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It’s time to forget about subways and affordable housing, the weekend is here. With that in mind comes word from the LIC Partnership that there’s a new restaurant on Jackson Avenue called Mr. Nilsson. Ok, it’s not really a completely new restaurant. In quickly googling the address, I noticed that it was the same one as ‘Sage General Store.’ So I gave them a call and spoke to the owner, Leslie Nilsson. She told me that [Read more…] about NEW RESTAURANT OPENS IN LIC: MR. NILSSON
Wow, what changes in a year. More pizza, more burgers, ramen fever, Peruvian, Japanese, and a Michelin star! The local dining scene feels more like Manhattan every day. Nevertheless, I’ve hopped aboard the latest fad, the Bushwick baby-food diet. Picture it: men with beards and $800 boots eating jars of baby food with baby spoons. Brooklyn has seven of these restaurants already, one with a $120 tasting menu! I hear Jean Georges is scouting locations to open the first one in Tribeca, and Chipotle has fired up its test kitchens to bring it to the masses. For now though, here’s the Long Island City 2015 Restaurant Round-up. Bon Appetit! [Read more…] about LONG ISLAND CITY 2015 RESTAURANT ROUND-UP
A double headline, one surprising, one anything but. The news of Joe Conley’s resignation from Community Board 2 after 23 years, was unexpected and sudden. Under normal circumstances, a reign of that duration usually ends with months of boozy goodbye celebrations at night, replete with cigars and backslapping. Followed by hungover days ferrying around to local public schools and senior citizen centers to pick up newly contrived award plaques. There’s also usually a handpicked and groomed successor. Unless there’s a big scandal, in which case [Read more…] about CONLEY SUDDENLY RESIGNS AND MU RAMEN HAS LONG LINES
A year and four days ago, LICtalk declared that Ramen Fever Had Come to LIC. It was a prescient headline from a haughty but highly-respected rag, and today it has come full circle, [Read more…] about MU RAMEN LIC TO OPEN MONDAY, THE TURKEY HAS ASCENDED
Urban Market will open tomorrow. Located in Gantry Park Landing on 50th Avenue by the water, the 8,000 square foot store will feature, well, …all those items that supermarkets in upscale neighborhoods do in 2014. You can read the the story below for the details, of greater interest was [Read more…] about NEW SUPERMARKET SET TO OPEN TOMORROW IN HUNTERS POINT