Eats

Correction: previously it may have been inferred from my wording that Murasaki was only doing takeout.  The restaurant itself is now open for diners as well.

Long Island City finally gets it’s first dedicated sushi restaurant with the grand opening of Murasaki Sushi today.  Yes, we we have had numerous ‘fusion’ restaurants for years that made sushi along side various other Asian cuisines.  Plus Hibino’s opening a year ago gave us our first solely-dedicated Japanese restaurant.  Yet it specializes in Obanzai, or Japanese tapas, and sushi is a secondary consideration. So at last we get what every other neighborhood from Inwood to the Rockaways has long viewed as a staple: raw fish, on rice and solo.

According to an employee at the restaurant, the sushi chef has [Read more…] about MURASAKI SUSHI OPENS TODAY ON VERNON BOULEVARD

There’s a new dining option for the residents of Hunters Point.  A large food cart serving Indian food has appeared on the corner of 48th Avenue and Center Boulevard.  It is called Mysstik Masaala and is owned and operated by a native Mumbai resident named Yuvaraaj.

For a cart, it has a pretty extensive menu, which [Read more…] about INDIAN FOOD HAS COME TO HUNTERS POINT

Ok folks, the biggest restaurant opening in LIC occurs this Tuesday, June 9, at Maiella LIC on Center Boulevard.  Just like this year’s Macy’s Fireworks, legendary Queens chef Rocco Sacramone’s newest dining establishment is going to help pull the axis of NYC closer to LIC.  Expect Uber cars lined up in packs of ten on the street.

//This Sunday [Read more…] about MAIELLA LIC TO OPEN ON TUESDAY

We’ve got three whopper-size food stories for ya LIC – two of them are breaking news.  First of all, Danny Brown is bringing his act from Forest Hills and opening a new restaurant here in Long Island City.  Who the hell is Danny Brown you ask?   [Read more…] about DANNY BROWN TO OPEN NEW RESTAURANT IN LIC & MORE FOOD NEWS