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Food Trucks & Pop-Ups Coming to Long Island City

April 9, 2019 by editor Leave a Comment

Yes, I’ve been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?

Looking for a little variety in your nightly dinner routine Long Island City? [Read more…] about Food Trucks & Pop-Ups Coming to Long Island City

Mina’s Restaurant is Moving Into MoMA PS1 in LIC

February 20, 2019 by editor 1 Comment

Mina’s and MoMA’s and Mu’s – still plenty of M”s

Spring training started this week, yet the gloom of winter still casts its pall on Long Island City with nary a bulb peeping and local news in deep hibernation. Sure, I could do a post-mortem on HQ2, but why? It’s time to move on and with that we’re happy (sad) to share that M. Wells Dinette will be leaving MoMA PS1 at month’s end and [Read more…] about Mina’s Restaurant is Moving Into MoMA PS1 in LIC

LONG ISLAND CITY 2019 RESTAURANT ROUND-UP

January 29, 2019 by editor 1 Comment

Goin’ where the chilly winds don’t blow
Goin’ where the chilly winds don’t blow
Goin’ where those chilly winds don’t blow
I don’t want to be treated this away

IF ever I give consideration to opening a restaurant in LIC/NYC, I need but utter three words to myself and the inspiration will instantly dissipate: Mothership Meat Company. The lengthy timetable for getting this restaurant open in Dutch Kills is enough to crush any prospect of a decent IRR, not to mention a BBQ-lover’s soul.

Thus, I have decided to list all three returnees from last year in the Coming Soon category as opposed to the “Not-So-Soon” category in the hopes that their dreams, and ours, will be realized.

Despite Amazon’s not-so-imminent arrival and the bounty of retail space being created at the ground level of the many towers going up, there have been surprisingly [Read more…] about LONG ISLAND CITY 2019 RESTAURANT ROUND-UP