Eats

Wind in the willow’s playin’ “Tea For Two”
The sky was yellow, and the sun was blue
Strangers stoppin’ strangers just to shake their hand
Everybody’s playing in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band

COVID, shmovid, omicron, omacaroon, the world wide web is crackling over the news that sweetgreen is coming to Long Island City. More specifically to 25-35 44th Drive on the corner of Jackson Avenue at the base of a big TF Cornerstone tower.

A new market is coming to Long Island City, and by ‘new’ we also mean a new concept. MogMog is coming to 5-35 51st Avenue and it will offer premium sushi grade fish, Japanese cooking items and grocery.

Chun Yang Tea is coming to 49-10 Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City, formerly the home of Something Sweet. Chun Yang is a bubble tea shop with four other locations in NYC, proliferating the explosion in Asian mini-chains across the city.

Sweetest little baby
Daddy ever saw
I’m gonna keep you lovin’ baby
I’m gonna give you more
Bring it on home, bring it on home

BACK in the 20th century during an excursion while on my semester abroad, I found myself at a sandwich shop in Rome trying to place a ‘to-go’ order. It was not an easy task. In addition to the language difference, with Italy seemingly being the lone holdout to English everywhere in Western Europe – the concept itself was inconceivable.