pretty sure the water is bacon flavored
― iatee, Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
I feel like the success of the place is sorta a sign of things to come tho. I walk by it very frequently and it's pretty clearly doing great business.
― iatee, Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
I split with a broker at that corner and peered into Salt and Fat. It looked interesting.
Looks like I'm moving to Sunnyside!
― Virginia Plain, Sunday, 7 August 2011 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
woohoo where at?
― iatee, Sunday, 7 August 2011 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
42nd St., south of QB. Is that an ok place to live? It feels so disconcerting to be leaving Astoria, thankfully I am only going about a mile away.
― Virginia Plain, Sunday, 7 August 2011 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
a block from me is a good place to live
― iatee, Monday, 8 August 2011 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
really tho, I've found it to be really great
― iatee, Monday, 8 August 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
Close to Wendy's. But also close to that weird russian jewish supermarket with the best beer selection I've ever seen.
― dan selzer, Monday, 8 August 2011 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
also 3 seconds from (the newly renovated) associated supermarket, which is the best supermarket I've seen in western queens
― iatee, Monday, 8 August 2011 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
plus the 24/7 cvs
Cool, a good supermarket is high on my list of essentials. And proximity to iatee, of course:)
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 8 August 2011 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
when do you move? we should get coffee.
http://gothamist.com/2011/08/10/food_truck_sanctuary_opens_in_long.php
on the one hand cool, food, on the other hand doesn't this sorta hamper local biz development? that part of LIC is kinda 9-5 I guess.
― iatee, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
For sure on the coffee. If all goes well, Sept. 1.
Oh no! Dumpster pools!
Btw, is the 7 fucked every weekend?
― Virginia Plain, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
it happens in phases, but generally it's not as bad as it's been the last few weekends. ime the astoria service changes are actually worse because when you have to make a reverse-transfer trip (which isn't super frequent on the 7, though there have been periods in the past where it was worse) you're doing it on a line that's less frequent (x2).
when the 7 doesn't go to times square, it's generally not the end of the world, but it's always going to be an unpleasant experience at QBP.
― iatee, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
so on my way home from the Mets game, should I eat at M Wells, as it's closing soon?
― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 August 2011 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
they're eventually reopening in another spot in lic + apparently the lines are even worse than normal cause they're closing (/moving). so only if you've got patience, I guess.
― iatee, Thursday, 11 August 2011 12:18 (twelve years ago) link
it's probably too late but they're having closing dinners at 200/dinner so I'd think it's probably not a good idea!
― dan selzer, Thursday, 11 August 2011 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
maybe I should get the bkfast sandwich on the way out, then
― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 August 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
$200? ffs
― iatee, Thursday, 11 August 2011 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
rip queens
― iatee, Thursday, 11 August 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
Good riddance, I hate that place. M. Wells, not Queens.
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
C'mon. Hottest/most hyped restaurant in the city suddenly shuts down, requests for reservations go through the roof so they decide to do a few nights of crazy expensive foie-drenched meals. Let them have it! The food was a mixed bag but when it was good it was great and unique.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 11 August 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't go. I don't ...relate... to food this way.
― satan club sandwich (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 August 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
sorry to be all save-an-elitist dining establishment but their food was super affordable for what it was. They just set up a few special dinners in the last week of existence at that location. Let's not get crazy. It was a totally casual place that served adventurous and interesting meals for reasonable prices.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 11 August 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
ate at William-hallet on 30th ave last night.they have some pretty good pub sandwiches.
― Aerosol, Friday, 12 August 2011 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
pretty crazy review / article about M. Wells in GQ. critic goes there, gets bad service, some of his friends dining with him keep mouthing off (he admits), then the owner sends an email accusing him of patting his waitress on the ass
http://www.gq.com/food-travel/alan-richman/201109/alan-richman-m-wells-restaurant-scandal-review?currentPage=all
― dmr, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
gonna give the restaurant the benefit of the doubt since it's gq
― iatee, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
also it's ridiculous how much press these guys are getting considering that they're just moving to a new location
― iatee, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/when-a-tornado-in-queens-becomes-an-international-incident/?partner=rss&emc=rss
― iatee, Sunday, 21 August 2011 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
Think The Beasties Boys are doing something to have that fixed
― Viriconium Island Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 August 2011 01:34 (twelve years ago) link
Um, there might be more to fix soon.
― Zingling Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 26 August 2011 10:51 (twelve years ago) link
it's prob just gonna fly around the park like a bowling ball
― iatee, Friday, 26 August 2011 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
Just went out on a little errand while we are in between rain bands, asked the lady at the Walgreens when they were closing and she said "we are open twenty four hours."
― Don't ask for the steening, ask for the HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 August 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
that's the spirit, walgreens lady
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 August 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
prob one of the better places to be, all things considered...
― iatee, Saturday, 27 August 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/nyregion/5pointz-arts-center-and-its-graffiti-is-on-borrowed-time.html?hp
looks like this is pretty much official?
― iatee, Sunday, 28 August 2011 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
I had to get to work from Queens this morning, and ALL of the trains were not working properly -- first I waited about 15 minutes for an R (during which time no M came at all), then I tried to transfer to an E only to be unable to get on the first one, which only came after another 10 minutes. Meanwhile, still no M train at all. Then an out-of-service train of some sort passed slowly through. Then an F, which wasn't even supposed to be there, arrived in the station, waited, let off all its passengers, sat some more, and then pulled away. Finally another E came, which proceeded at a snails pace into Manhattan. Is this what it's like every day?
― Disraeli Geirs (Hurting 2), Monday, 26 September 2011 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
well...those R, F, M trains are the same trains that go to brooklyn so any delay you had to deal w/ was felt by someone else down the line. that said, the queens boulevard line is supposedly near capacity, so any rush hour disruption is going to lead to crowded trains fairly quickly. (same is true w/ the flushing line.)
― iatee, Monday, 26 September 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
don't you live on the l? that's definitely worse
― iatee, Monday, 26 September 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know. I take the LIRR! Sometimes it's 3 or 5 minutes late, but usually it's not problem. I always get a seat and it's 10 minutes to Penn Station!
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
the ideal would be if the commuter rail systems were better integrated into the subway system, as it's done in Paris w/ the RER. in-city LIRR and Metro North trips should be as cheap as a subway ticket. this would pay for itself w/ increased ridership. rich suburbanites would have to deal w/ 'the city' but and trains would be pretty crowded, but it would be a huge boost in mobility, esp to people in LIRR queens.
― iatee, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
What time was this, Hurting, 8:45? You got to be on the train earlier than that or you might get into a jam like you did.
― When I Stop Meming (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, about then. I had to return a rental car at LaGuardia so I took a cab to the subway, thinking it would be cheaper and faster than taking a cab all the way to work.
― Disraeli Geirs (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
But the main problem wasn't so much crowded trains as trains apparently not running.
Yes, the L is often full but it comes every few minutes during rush hour and so far I haven't had a morning where I waited long. They only really fuck you on the weekends with the L.
nah the M, R, F are as frequent in Queens as they are in Brooklyn...cause they're the same trains...
― iatee, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
I mean the frequency when combined is alright. you don't generally wait too long at forest hills or jackson heights - if there's gonna be a problem, it's gonna be a capacity one (like the l)
― iatee, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 03:59 (twelve years ago) link
Seven train at a standstill tonight, power off, had to walk from Woodside. Police investigation, sick passenger they told us, now I am hearing worse
― When I Stop Meming (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
hmm I was just on my way home. gonna check the MTA site I guess.
― iatee, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
whoa this is gonna be a bitch, I imagine the buses will be crazy. I think I'll go to Penn station and get on a q32 at the start of its route.
― iatee, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
Good luck
― When I Stop Meming (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 01:05 (twelve years ago) link