Flash – THERE WILL BE NO 7-TRAIN SERVICE FROM LIC TO MANHATTAN THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT – per tipster & MTA website
We’re going to squeeze the lemon and try to get a post’s worth of LIC information for you during a slow news week where all the local stories were broken or created by the citywide press. Though I promise not to do a wholesale regurgitation of one of those stories, I will start with food. The New York Times gives a big smooch to the Court Square Diner in its Neighborhood Joint column. In summary, it dwells on the camaraderie not the cuisine. Oh wait, The Court Square Blog, one of LIC’s finest publications (there are two in that category), did announce that a Sweetleaf is coming to Tishman Speyer’s massive residential project in Queens Plaza. Oh wait, here’s another local food tidbit as broken by moi, thanks to a tipster: The Howard Stern show had a staff outing at Maiella late last month, and raved about the [Read more…] about FOOD NEWS, REAL ESTATE PORN, & NO 7-TRAIN