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NewsFeed

6/ 4/08

2:30 PM

How New York Kitchens Cut Costs

Rising food costs are so universal that they've jumped from the Times' "Dining" section to the "Metro" section. The paper reports today on several budgeting strategies undertaken by local restaurants, including a Chinese restaurant in Queens that makes you order rice; an Upper West Side brunch place that charges extra for walnuts and raisins on your French toast; and a Barbadian joint in Queens that now serves smaller portions of pudding and souse. How are your favorite spots cutting back to stay in business? Tell us in the comments box.

As Costs Keep Rising, Restaurateurs Find Creative Ways to Cope [NYT]

More: NewsFeed »food costs, inflation, new york times, queens, upper west side

Openings

3/25/08

5:15 PM

Ion’s Ups the Romanian Ante in Long Island City

Your go-to spot in the LIC for Romanian sausages.Photo: Sarah Lohman

New York has seen a Romanian renaissance in recent years: Along with Sunnyside’s wonderful Romanian Garden and the serviceable Acasa, now Ion’s Corner Café brings the cuisine to Long Island City. Ion’s, like most of New York’s Romanian restaurants, is filled with hungry Romanians, émigrés who like value and aren’t looking for watered-down flavors.

More: Openings »acasa, ion's, long island city, queens, romanian, romanian garden, sunnyside

NewsFeed

3/18/08

12:00 PM

Interborough Burger Contest Heading to Queens

Only Staten Island has no chance to win.Photo courtesy The Cuisine of Queens

The grilling armies in the city’s burger wars usually hail from Manhattan, but every competition needs new contenders. The Burger Battle of the Boroughs will be on May 20 in Astoria as part of the Cuisine of Queens & Beyond tasting event. Staten Island could not field a team, but representatives from Brooklyn (The Farm on Adderley, 67 Burger), Queens (Harry’s at Water Taxi Beach, Joe’s Bestburger), and the Bronx (Coals) will battle Brgr and Resto — the latter being Rob and Robin’s favorite burger in New York last year.

More: NewsFeed »67 burger, arthur schwartz, brgr, coals, cuisine of queens and beyond, farm on adderley, george motz, harry's at water taxi beach, joe's bestburger, kelly choi, queens, resto, terrance brennan

NewsFeed

2/21/08

1:15 PM

Roosevelt Avenue Enjoys a Moment in the Sun

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Roosevelt Avenue in Queens has always been one of our favorite strips: middle-aged-lesbian dance parties at Bum Bum! Baby-doll night at Flamingo! We like to eat there too, and apparently so does Good magazine which, we hear, will name “la Roosie” one of America’s best food streets. Their picks: El Sitio, Unidentified Flying Chicken, Krystal’s, Zabb Queens, and the Arepa Lady. The feature will be found here in the coming week (others, such as a writer’s attempt to bag a deer in suburban L.A., are up now); in the meantime Metromix and AM New York have joint-published a Joshua M. Bernstein piece in which he hits ten places on Roosevelt and spends just ten bucks — culminating in an ill-fated attempt to eat a fertilized duck embryo raw. If you want to try one of these without gagging, hit up Elvie’s Turo-Turo.

Issue 009: All You Can Eat [Good]
Dollar Grub: Roosevelt Ave. [Metromix NY]
Related: Riding the V Line: Guinea Pig on Roosevelt Avenue

More: NewsFeed »bum bum, el sitio, elvie's, flamingo, jackson heights, krystal's, queens, the arepa lady, unidentified flying chicken, woodside, zabb queens

The Orange Line

1/ 9/08

5:15 PM

Riding the V Line: Tokyo Teriyaki’s Gloriously Unironic Spam Roll

We’ve been riding the B and V from Coney Island all the way to Forest Hills, jumping off frequently to rave about our favorite restaurants along the way. This week brings us to the end of the line. But it's been a hell of a ride, hasn't it?

More: The Orange Line »forest hills, queens, tokyo teriyaki

Back of the House

1/ 7/08

5:40 PM

King Yum Patriarch Jimmy Eng Dies at 87

"Uncle" Jimmy Eng: R.I.P.Photo courtesy Mimi Lam

Jimmy Eng, the owner and patriarch of Fresh Meadows' King Yum, died on New Year’s Eve, and something died with him. King Yum’s GM, Jimmy Chen, says you’ll be able to sing karaoke and drink mai tais for many years to come, but beyond the tiki statues, the unreconstructed Cantonese-American menu, and the waiters in red jackets toting spareribs under dragon lamps, the soul of the place was the ancient Eng.

More: Back of the House »chinese, jimmy eng, king yum, queens

Neighborhood Watch

1/ 7/08

3:00 PM

Fort Greene Restaurant Scene's Crescendo; De Niro Hotel So Close You Can Book It

Astoria: The Southwest restaurant that's been under construction near the Ditmars stop on 31st Street is named Mojave and opens tonight. [Joey in Astoria via Astorians]
East Village: The Mermaid Inn reopens tomorrow after a one-week renovation, which may have been inspired by Time Out‘s mouse sightings. [Eater]
Fort Greene: New restaurants the Smoke Joint and 67 Burger have joined older favorites like iCi and Thomas Beisl to build a thriving restaurant scene near the Brooklyn Academy of Music. [NYT]
Tribeca: De Niro’s Greenwich Hotel is now taking reservations for the spring. [NewYorkology via Eater]

More: Neighborhood Watch »67 burger, astoria, brooklyn academy of music, east village, fort greene, fresh meadows, greenwich hotel, ici, jimmy eng, king yum, mermaid inn, mojave, queens, robert de niro, smoke joint, thomas beisl, tribeca

The Orange Line

1/ 3/08

9:30 AM

Riding the V Line: Coming Back Around to Russia

We're riding the B and V from Coney Island all the way to Forest Hills, jumping off frequently to rave about our favorite restaurants along the way.

As the V Line reaches its terminus along the vast, terrifying stretch of Queens Boulevard that dominates Rego Park, we find it poetically pleasing that it resumes the Russian atmosphere of its starting point in Brighton Beach. Our second favorite Uzbek kebab restaurant, Cheburechnaya, is at 63rd Drive, but our favorite, Café Arzu, is at 67th Avenue.

More: The Orange Line »cafe arzu, kebabs, queens, rego park

The Orange Line

12/19/07

11:00 AM

Riding the V Line: Ben’s Best, the Pride of Rego Park

We're riding the B and V from Coney Island all the way to Forest Hills, jumping off frequently to rave about our favorite restaurants along the way.

Katz’s, the Carnegie, and the 2nd Avenue Deli are the pride of Manhattan, but Ben’s Best still belongs to Rego Park. Get off the V at 63rd Drive, walk past Wiggles strip club, and there you are.

More: The Orange Line »ben's best, deli, jay parker, jewish, queens, rego park

The Orange Line

12/12/07

5:20 PM

Riding the V Line: The Life Aquatic at Ping’s

We're riding the B and V from Coney Island all the way to Forest Hills, jumping off frequently to rave about our favorite restaurants along the way.

This far along the V, you can tempt death crossing Queens Boulevard, wander for blocks alone on the sidewalk, and pop into several houseware stores and travel agencies. Or you could go to Ping’s, a citadel of classic Cantonese food that makes even doubters delight and shout, “This is why I love Queens!”

More: The Orange Line »chinese, dim sum, flushing, ping's seafood, queens, seafood

The Orange Line

12/ 5/07

5:30 PM

Riding the V Line: Thai Heat and Genius on Elmhurst Avenue

We're riding the B and V from Coney Island all the way to Forest Hills, jumping off frequently to rave about our favorite restaurants along the way.

It’s not much of a secret anymore, but it would be madness to get off at Elmhurst Avenue and not eat at Chao Thai, a Thai restaurant nearly as good as Woodside’s legendary Sripraphai.

More: The Orange Line »chao thai, elmhurst, queens, sripraphai, thai

The Orange Line

11/28/07

2:30 PM

Riding the V Line: Guinea Pig on Roosevelt Avenue

We're riding the B and V from Coney Island all the way to Forest Hills, jumping off frequently to rave about our favorite restaurants along the way.

Roosevelt Avenue’s riches are almost impossible to exhaust: It's a glorious land of tacos, papusas, Colombian hamburgers, Himalayan soups, late-night arepas, and fried chicken. But the last time we looked, there was only one place on “Rosey” to get guinea pig. And that’s Hornado Ecuatoriano.

More: The Orange Line »cuy, hornado ecuadoriano, jackson heights, queens

The Orange Line

11/14/07

2:00 PM

Riding the V Line: The King of Cuban Sandwiches

Night on Broadway in Woodside is electric: Trains rumble overhead, a hundred dialects of Spanish are barked in the air, and the promise of everything from dance lessons to roasted guinea pig glares nightward out of neon signs. When we step off the V at 65th Street, though, we somehow never find ourselves tempted by all that novelty. What we want is the undisputed classic, the El Sitio Cubano sandwich, the patriarch of its race. It’s just a few steps from the train to the counter, but even those are too many.

More: The Orange Line »cuban, el sitio, queens, woodside

The Orange Line

11/ 7/07

9:30 AM

Riding the V Line: The Diner to End All Diners at Cup

We're riding the B and V from Coney Island all the way to Forest Hills, jumping off frequently to rave about our favorite restaurants and food stores near the subway.

Steinway Street is where the gastronautic joys of Queens really begin. We hope it won’t seem perverse of us, then, to choose a non-ethnic, non-hole-in-the-wall restaurant for Steinway Street. You walk past a number of them, as well as the Museum of the Moving Image, on the way to Cup.

More: The Orange Line »astoria, cup, diners, queens

Foodievents

9/19/07

9:30 AM

Queens Restaurant Week Is Upon Us

Courtesy of Discover Queens

The idea of Queens Restaurant Week, we maintain, isn’t as ridiculous as it sounds. Sure, the borough is defined by great restaurants that cost next to nothing, so a $20.07 dinner special may not sound worth schlepping to Elmhurst for. But in fact, anything that brings people to Queens is worthwhile; its restaurants are the source material for so much of what is happening in Manhattan, and most chefs, at least privately, will admit that the ethnic kitchens of Bayside and Jackson Heights are usually better than their midtown emulators.

More: Foodievents »flushing, happy buddha vegetarian restaurant, kum gang san, la fusta, queens, sripraphai, woodside

NewsFeed

8/ 9/07

10:40 AM

Hark! New Shake Shack to Open at Shea Stadium

The greatest hamburger mystery of our time has been solved: We have it from a high-level source near the situation that the location of the long-awaited sequel to Shake Shack is Citi Field, better known as the new Shea Stadium. (Citi Field is currently under construction; it will be finished in April 2009, in time for opening day.) And that most definitely is not all: The Union Square Hospitality Group also plans a Danny Meyer sit-down restaurant there. (We’re waiting to hear back from Meyer on both of these reports.) As for the new Shake Shack, well, if you thought ball games resulted in long lines to the bathroom …

Update, August 10: Danny Meyer conveyed the following message to us yesterday evening: “We think it’s a great idea and would love to do it. If you can help us figure out how to make that deal happen, Shack burgers are on the house!” Awesome. Since nowhere in the statement do we see the words “the report is 100 percent untrue” or “there will not be a Shake Shack at Citi Field,” we’re looking forward to some potato-bun frolics on Opening Day.

More: NewsFeed »citi field, danny meyer, queens, shake shack, union square hospitality group

Mediavore

8/ 8/07

10:13 AM

The Upper West Side Arrives; Clone Restaurants Flourish

The Upper West Side is “Manhattan’s hottest restaurant neighborhood” with a confluence of good places from name chefs and anonymous but high-quality local eateries. The addition of Daniel Boulud’s new wine bar is just the icing on the cake. [NYP]

If you like Peter Luger, Magnolia Bakery, or Pearl Oyster Bar, know that there are clones all over town. [TONY]

The glories of hidden Queens range from an Argentine steakhouse with “insane” portions to an ancient ice-cream parlor in Jackson Heights. [NYP]

More: Mediavore »cipriani, jackson heights, magnolia bakery, mario batali, milk, peter luger's, queens, restaurant management boot camp, top chef, upper west side

VideoFeed

7/18/07

9:00 AM

A Toddle Around Jackson Heights With Floyd Cardoz of Tabla

Many are the times that we’ve found ourselves wandering around the Indo-Pak wonderland that is Jackson Heights, wishing we only knew a little more about what was behind the counters in all those sweet shops, restaurants, and grocery stores. So we recruited Tabla’s Floyd Cardoz, arguably the country’s top Indian-American fusion cook, and asked him if he would give us a quick guided tour. Floyd assented, and we headed off to Queens in a 1990 white Coupe DeVille, with empty stomachs and open ears.

More: VideoFeed »floyd cardoz, indian, jackson heights, queens, tabla

NewsFeed

5/15/07

5:00 PM

How to Avoid 46 Trips to Queens

Come for the celebrity chef, stay for the pot stickers.Photo courtesy DishDuJour

Manhattanites tend to give lip service to the jubilee that is the Queens restaurant scene, and who can blame them? Schlepping out to Rego Park and trying to find 63rd Drive and 108th Street could drive anyone crazy. Hence the beauty of "The Cuisine of Queens and Beyond 2007," being held on the 22nd. The event features Aquavit chef Marcus Samuelsson, pushing his book on African cooking, but the real reason to go is to experience representative dishes from 47 different Queens restaurants which you might normally never get to. Some of our favorite places are there, and we strongly recommend them to you.

More: NewsFeed »aamos estiatorio, astoria, island cafe bar grill, jj's asian fusion, josie malave, marcus samuelsson, queens, sac's place

Mediavore

4/20/07

9:56 AM

Taking Food Snobbery to the Next Level; Paula Deen and the Pork Giant

“Localvores” are highly virtuous and a big pain in the ass. [NYDN]

Paula Deen finds herself on the wrong side of a Smithfield Foods labor dispute, and striking workers are calling for her to sever ties with the pork giant. [NYT]

It’s not just red wine with fish anymore: Celebrity chefs are leading the way toward more imaginative wine and beer pairings, from Joe Bastianich's pouring Dom Pérignon rosé with roast pheasant to Laurent Tourondel's quaffing beer with his steak. [Forbes]

More: Mediavore »celebrity chefs, grub street, joe bastianich, laurent tourondel, localvores, mercat, milk, organic, paula deen, queens, restaurant girl

Openings

4/ 3/07

9:00 AM

Have a Cigar: Trattoria L’Incontro Gives Birth to a Wine Bar

No word yet on the size of the newborn's awning.Photo: John Saponara

The wait for a table at Astoria’s Trattoria L’Incontro has long been an ordeal for Queens diners. Thank the outer-borough gods, then, that the restaurant’s opening a new wine bar, Vino di Vino, later this month. Right around the corner on Ditmars Boulevard, the wait-and-drink spot will have its own casual, small-plate menu centering on hot antipasti, cured meats, and cheese boards. But the big draw should be the wine list: 50 different varieties by the glass, with an emphasis on big reds like Amarones and Barolos. And, oh, the place will be enormous: 2,500 square feet. Finally, L’Incontro loosens its belt.

Vino di Vino, 29-21 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria; no phone yet.

More: Openings »astoria, italian, queens, trattoria l'incontro, vino di vino, wine

The In-box

3/ 8/07

12:05 PM

Where Do I Party With Pupu Platters? And Strong Drinks? And, Oh, Mirrors?

Dude, is that not the greatest awning to smoke under?Photo: Jason Perlow, Off the Broiler

Dear Grub Street,
I’m on a quest to find the perfect restaurant venue, so naturally I went straight to the source. A group of fifteen to twenty desperately seeks a Chinese restaurant with over-the-top hokey décor, mirrored walls, and decent food. And strong drinks. Well, the mirrored walls aren’t a requirement, but someplace that will allow semi-raucous, dressed-in-a-theme patrons and hopefully not be more than $25 a head. Does this place exist?
Andrew

More: The In-box »chinese, fresh meadows, king yum, queens

NewsFeed

9/18/06

9:00 AM

Five Nights in Queens

Photo: Mary Altaffer (AP Photos)

There was a time when just the words "Queens Restaurant Week" would have provoked laughter. But those days are no more: Beyond its cornucopia of dirt-cheap ethnic eats, the Big Borough hosts a range of good restaurants, many of which are offering three-course dinner specials for $19.86, starting tonight.

There's a full list of participating eateries here, but there are only five nights to take advantage of the deal. Our choices are as follows.

More: NewsFeed »happy buddha vegetarian restaurant, la fusta, malagueta, queens, water's edge restaurant, woo chon restaurant

Click and Save

9/18/06

12:05 AM

Beer and Chicken, From Moonachie to Sunnyside

Every Monday, Click and Save surveys food service journalism from the previous week. Today, shaking the trees for plums, we came up with a collection that ranges from Sunnyside to Seoul, with special attention paid to beer and chicken.

The Daily News reveals that tailgaters at Giants Stadium are going gourmet and provides recipes (including one for chipotle chicken with vinegar peppers) that make us wonder why we ever settled for pregame Vienna sausages.