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WESTVILLE, a small local chain of fast casual restaurants, is opening a location at 43-12 Hunter Street in the heart of Court Square. If 43-12 Hunter Street doesn’t ring a bell or conjure up an image denoting it to be the heart of Court Square, then how does directly across from Food Cellar on Crescent Street strike you? Down the street from M Wells? Half a block from the tower fka as the Citi Building?
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THE final week of summer comes with some good news, and some less than good. First off, following in the footsteps of LICtalk, Florence Fabricant of The New York Times gives a shout out to ‘Oh Calcutta,’ the new Indian restaurant on Jackson Avenue.
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FORGET about Biden, Kamala, JD, Iran/Israel, and even the Olympics. The biggest news this summer in Long Island City is that Mercato is coming to 47-46 Vernon Boulevard. Formerly the home of Casa Lola and Bella Via, this prominent corner location has been empty since New Year. No more.
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ROBERT Pearson passed away a few weeks ago. Who was Robert Pearson? He was the ‘best pit master north of the Mason Dixon Line’ according to his obituary in The New York Times, and he was the first to bring Texas style BBQ to NYC. Why are we discussing him in a website about Long Island City? Because he opened his first NYC restaurant here.
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ABOUT two weeks ago, the windows were papered over at 10-01 50th Avenue. Previously the brief home of Juice n Bagels/Black Star Bakery, and for a much longer period Dorian’s Diner, this highly visible and well-trafficked location on Vernon Boulevard and on top of the Vernon/Jackson Manhattan-bound subway station, has been vacant since January. Curiosity got the best of me and in snooping around the premises on the way to work, I asked a construction worker ‘What’s coming in here?’
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