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A new restaurant called Madame Jade is coming into the former Crabhouse site at 2-03 Borden Avenue in Long Island City. Or maybe it’s a new theme as [Read more…] about MADAME JADE BRINGING ASIAN FUSION TO EX CRABHOUSE IN LIC
There’s a new restaurant in Hunters Point that suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Sort of. Like many a start-up, the Crabhouse LIC on Borden Avenue has pivoted and is now called The Loft LIC. The transformation occurred New Years Eve according to an employee who answered the phone today at the restaurant, he also shared that the ownership remains the same: Skinny of Skinny’s Cantina etc. For those unfamiliar with the history, the Crabhouse was only revamped and re-opened in July 2016 after closing down in early 2015 after 3+ decades when the original owner passed away.
Though there is no new website, a reader described the cuisine/menu [Read more…] about CRABHOUSE LIC MOLTS & IS NOW ‘THE LOFT’ W/ A LATIN MENU
A new beer hall is coming to the Blanchard Building on Borden Avenue according to Patrick Sweeney of Related Companies, which is the new owner of the building. This information was buried in an article in yesterday’s New York Times about how the fashion industry has been gobbling up commercial space in LIC to the extent that it very well may become the second coming of the garment center, or actually replace it all-together. We’re happy to mine the crumbs of this esteemed newspaper to wring a great headline1- even if unlike the NYT we can’t get a call back from Related. We’re also very happy to have yet another tremendous beer offering coming to LIC.
//I’d also be very happy to be acknowledged by said newspaper as being [Read more…] about BEER HALL COMING TO BORDEN AVENUE