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A NEW restaurant by the name of 4747 LIC will be moving into the former home of Bellwether. Though the actual address is 47-25 Vernon Boulevard, the name represents its being located between 47th Road and 47th Avenue according to the owners. As with Casa Lola we will once again have to be somewhat coy in revealing the details due to legal particulars. Somewhat.
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Several readers let me know that the windows are papered at BLVD, a winebar on Center Boulevard. Originally thought closed, it looks more like a renovation, which is exactly what the website says.
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METS boo, Jets and Giants woo-hoo. The ebbs keep ebbing and the flows keep flowing in sports and on Vernon Boulevard.
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Peas, pudding and saveloys
What next is the question
Rich gentlemen have it, boys
In-die-gestion!
Food, glorious food
We’re anxious to try it
Three banquets a day
Our favorite diet
SO much restaurant news in Long Island City, let’s just get right to it.
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WHAT’S happening to businesses in Long Island City these days? That’s a vague catch-all question, as are the varied answers. Yet a number of interesting headlines, lowlines, sightings and snippets have caught my attention in the past month, which collectively seem to be a pretty good snapshot on business in America half a year into the pandemic.
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