Not much local news to speak about, unless you like food. Oh you do? And drink too, in copious amounts? Well then, here’s a few things that may be of interest. [Read more…] about WEEKEND GORGING IN LIC
Eats
DINING AL FRESCO IN LONG ISLAND CITY
LIC’s 2014 Spring battle over the use of restaurant’s backyards, has gotten citywide attention now that summer is here. Yesterday, The Daily News published an article highlighting Alobar’s and 51st Bakery & Cafe rejections so far of their use. Adding fuel to the fire, the story disclosed that:
“The Buildings Department approved plans at 51st Bakery and Café and then backpedaled after receiving an anonymous complaint saying the business did not have a proper certificate of occupancy to open the garden.”
Hmm, the timing sounds a little fishy to me, might it be an inside job?
Anyway, while Community Board 2 is still in its exploratory phase regarding the use of restaurant’s backyards1, there are a few new options for dining al fresco this summer. [Read more…] about DINING AL FRESCO IN LONG ISLAND CITY
- which is expected to be completed around the same time as the library [↩]
LONG ISLAND CITY: SOON TO BE A 3-BAKERY TOWN
Nothing puts a town on the map like a local bakery. Astoria has Rose and Joe’s, a traditional old-school Italian bakery. Greenpoint has Peter Pan, an old-fashioned donut shop manned by young Polish women in uniforms. Williamsburg has Fortunato Brothers, a pasticerria that transports you back to 1970’s Brooklyn, and where cannolis are to dessert, what pasta is to dinner: a midway point. As in “I’ll have the tiramisu and a slice of cheesecake, and throw in a cannoli …or two.” [Read more…] about LONG ISLAND CITY: SOON TO BE A 3-BAKERY TOWN
CAN WE ALL GET ALONG …IN HUNTERS POINT?
There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas
Last week, the LICpost wrote two solid articles about the inability of local restaurant owners to access their backyards. Basically, there has been one long time member of Community Board 2, who due to his not wanting outdoor seating adjacent to his own back windows, has used his position on the board to block any restaurants in Hunters Point from doing so. This is a long term battle he has waged, and you can read about the start of it back in 2003 right here.
Fast forward to 2014, and were I, The Editor, to have the power to dispense with some personal and local annoyances simply by decree, I cannot say that I wouldn’t. Unfortunately, I’m just a lowly copy boy with a local blog. So here is the problem as I see it: [Read more…] about CAN WE ALL GET ALONG …IN HUNTERS POINT?
QUEENS BEER WEEK AND LIC EASTER EGG HUNT NEXT WEEK
We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout,
We’ve been talkin’ ’bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
I’m goin’ to Jackson, I’m gonna mess around,
Yeah, I’m goin’ to Jackson,
Look out Jackson town.
How’s that for a twisted pairing? Eggs for the kids, beer for the ‘rents, sounds good to me. We’ve documented the explosion of the Queens beer scene over the last 24 months, but who knew there was a burgeoning Easter Egg Hunt frenzy in LIC? [Read more…] about QUEENS BEER WEEK AND LIC EASTER EGG HUNT NEXT WEEK