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THE SANDWICH KING IN LONG ISLAND CITY HAS FINALLY OPENED
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Tag Archives: Vernon Boulevard
THE VERNON JACKSON CHOKE POINT
Another choke point coming to Hunters Point in addition to this one
NO one knows Long Island City better than LICtalk. NO ONE! Unlike politicians, journalistic interlopers, and other carpet-baggers, we eat, breathe, and actually live on the streets of this town. Therefore we’ll share a local issue that has heretofore been missed. While every talking head discusses the worry about overcrowding on the 7-train (legit but obvious), there’s a much smaller yet more immediate bottleneck that will require a solution: access into and out of Continue reading
WHAT’S WRONG WITH RETAIL IN LONG ISLAND CITY?
Of course then there’s…
And if you say to me tomorrow,
Oh what fun it all would be
Then what’s to stop us, pretty baby,
But what is and what should never be
Given all the empty storefronts, anyone walking along Vernon Boulevard might wonder how Long Island City is the fastest growing city in the nation. Of course excessive retail vacancies abound through many stretches of Manhattan as well, and “retailing” as a concept is under siege nationwide due to Amazon.
One of the problems lies with the entrepreneurs who start these businesses. Continue reading
HALLOWEEN PARADE AND FALL FESTIVAL WILL BE ON OCTOBER 28
Getting in the spirit
The Star Chamber of Long Island City has passed down through their disciples that the LIC Halloween Parade on Vernon Boulevard will occur on Sunday, October 28 this year. You know the drill: kids wear costumes and get candy from the local merchants. In addition, Continue reading
WHAT’S UP WITH ‘THE SANDWICH KING’ IN LONG ISLAND CITY?
“I could really use a sandwich, woof”
Excellent question sir and one that’s been eating at me all summer. Originally scheduled to open by early May according to owner Nick Giovanniello, the storefront has sat undisturbed since. Recently though, Continue reading
“KNOCK DOWN THE PROJECTS AND BRING IN THE CRANES”
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head
But at night it’s a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it’ll be alright
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it’ll be alright
3 1/2 years ago LICtalk proposed razing Queensbridge. Not because it was a blight on Long Island City – its presence has minimal impact, but instead as a pragmatic solution to the endemic problems of, well …the projects. It took awhile, but now others are making similar arguments, most notably in Continue reading
ONE NIGHT IN SUSHI DAIZEN
Opening the kimono
I don’t see you guys rating
The kind of mate I’m contemplating
I’d let you watch, I would invite you
But the queens we use would not excite you
Almost 2 1/2 years ago a new restaurant landed on Vernon Boulevard with hardly a peep. In the ensuing period Continue reading
DAI HACHI COMING TO VERNON BOULEVARD IN LIC
Chinese no, fugu maybe?
THE red trim at 46-18 Vernon Boulevard reveals that the new restaurant coming to this corner will be called Dai Hachi. Continue reading
CHINESE RESTAURANT COMING TO VERNON BOULEVARD
Wo Hop on Vernon?
CAPITALISM fills the void as the wave of change continues in Long Island City. No sooner had Chinese take-out New City Kitchen closed and morphed into The Sandwich King, that we hear from an inside source that Continue reading
VERNON BOULEVARD’S NIGHT SCENE HITS CRITICAL MASS
It’s all coming together
SATURDAY night I walked down Vernon Boulevard around 9pm and found all of it’s dining and drinking establishments more packed than not – a big change from numerous other strolls I’ve taken along the same path in the past year. Maybe it Continue reading