Eats

What’s Up With The Bella Via Location on Vernon Boulevard?

July 28, 2022 by editor Leave a Comment

IN March of this year the restaurant Bella Via vacated its prominent corner-front location on Vernon Boulevard. The absence has been very noticeable this summer due to the discontinuation of the usual street scene emanating from people seated and stopping by the outdoor tables. So we decided to call the broker listed on the window, David Barreto of Cast Iron Real Estate, to find out ‘What’s up?,’ and this is what he shared.

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Jungly To Open In Bierocracy Location On Jackson Ave

July 16, 2022 by editor 1 Comment

Jungly 12-23 Jackson Avenue Long Island City

‘WHAT lurks behind the papered windows of the former Bierocracy space1 at 12-23 Jackson Avenue?’ has been a close second to ‘Will Trump run in 2024?’ as the question on everyone’s mind this summer in LIC. Now, LICtalk can reveal that the answer to this question is ‘Jungly.’ Leading to the question ‘What is Jungly?’

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and prior to that a Sports Bar, and prior to that a steakhouse [↩]

SmorgasLIC: Culinary Update June 2022

June 15, 2022 by editor 3 Comments

MAN, I was quite miffed not to have broken the story about Xi’an Famous Foods opening downstream on the Jackson River in Hunters Point. A reader tipped me off a few months ago at which time the official flag of Xi-an hanging from the abandoned 12-15 Jackson Ave was not visible due to the wind wrapping it around the pole, giving me a false sense of security in terms of when I could break the news. Anyway Nick Garber at Patch wrote it up first so tip of the hat. He was also able to contact the founder, not an easy task, and shared the fact that they do not deliver due to the belief their noodles should be eaten asap after preparation.

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Ottomanelli’s Burgers & Shakes Coming to Oval in LIC

May 26, 2022 by editor 3 Comments

Hunters Point demolition 2022 — out with the old…

LIC Landing has closed and a restaurant founded by Frank Ottomanelli will take its place later this summer according to an article in the LIC Post. Located on ‘The Oval’ in Hunters Point South Park, the license for LIC Landing was not renewed by the Parks Dept. – probably not a big loss for LIC.

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Queens Store #1 In NYC Bagel Survey

April 29, 2022 by editor 2 Comments

Jessi Highet & Mike Varley NYC Bagel Survey

On occasion I will take the liberty to write about a topic not exactly LIC-centric, and in this case it only has a tenuous link to Queens overall. Yet this topic entails a quantitative analysis that would give a leg up to any second year investment banking associate looking to make Managing Director before age 30, and also a subject that is near and dear to many in NYC: bagels.

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