Feed: Food and Drink From My Beautiful Block, Broadway
“Feed” at Socrates Sculpture Park is stunning Socrates Sculpture Park, a local treasure exhibiting massive, thoughtful works of art, free of cost to the public, provides a fitting end to my beloved...
View ArticleAstoria Street Snacks: King of Falafel and Shawarma adds a Second Location,...
Fear not fellow denizens of my beloved block, the King of Falafel and Shawarma won’t be leaving its legendary spot at the corner of Broadway and 30th Street any time soon. They have, however, to the...
View ArticleNo Fences make Good Neighbors: A New Reason to Become a Member of the Noguchi...
I don’t know about you, but I am dreading the day I see the construction fences encircle 5 Pointz, that epic industrial ode to urban art and the artists who have covered its walls. 5 Pointz was my...
View ArticleAstoria Power Block! Broadway between 38th Street & Steinway
There are some single block stretches of our neighborhood that are so jam-packed with outstanding food, that I like to refer to them as Astoria Power Blocks. The first one I want to highlight is...
View ArticleBeer, Bourbon and Beyond: What to Drink at The Strand in Astoria
The Strand, a colossal beer, bourbon and barbecue hall, opened on Broadway in the old Blockbuster video space in mid-November with little in the way of fanfare or self promotion. That is somehow...
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