54-46, that's my number: the Queens thread

Was also just told that in addition to the postcard the gift shop also has an ample supply of the product in question.
(Xp)

Based on the A.B. Guthrie, Jr. book?

Looks like it must be. Was on some summer reading list in high school. Wouldn't mind seeing the film, don't know if I can't make it.

On the Greek tip, I either go to no-name places or Kyklades, don't remember how close that is to museum.

If I can

Because it makes me feel like I'm a man

(Sorry)

yeah that's quite a haul from MOMI

the only place around there I regularly eat is Arepas Cafe. Not greek, but good.

thx dan

the globe on museum opening night (was visible all the way through the new wing glass, which was striking)

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1458485_10153456310130304_694553516_n.jpg

"Globe"? Can't you call it by its proper name? How long have you lived in this borough?

RIP 5 pointz

Yeah :(

sad but kind of fated -- just no way it was going to last as what it was unless someone set aside a fuckton of money for it to stay that way

Finally met Franklin Bruno yesterday- had to go home on an errand in the middle of the day and saw a guy who looked like him in 77 and indeed was him- but didn't know about this development or I might have discussed it with.

sad but kind of fated -- just no way it was going to last as what it was unless someone set aside a fuckton of money for it to stay that way

hard to argue that it should have had landmark status or anything like people were trying to do. still kind of a bummer. I was staying with a friend who lived on the 7 line in Queens when I first moved here and seeing that building every day when I came around the curve on the elevated part was one of those things that would give me a "you're in fucking NEW YORK now" feeling.

Yeah it was where the friend I was visiting brought me on the very first day I ever spent in New York.

landmarking it also means you don't get to spraypaint on it anymore

I thought it was on this thread but I guess it was elsewhere that I said Long Island City feels like New York for people who don't want to feel like they're in New York. I guess the whitewashing of Five Pointz kind of goes with that xp

One of the things I like about where I'm going to live (Yellowstone Blvd. Forest Hills) is that the old basic red brick co-ops and tree-lined streets like 60s or 70s New York, but in a warm glow sesame street sort of way, not in a grimey way.

Yes, it is pretty nice. There is a Latin Jazz trumpeter who lives right over there, maybe you will run into him and impress him with your Ted D stories.

Wasn't aware of this:
http://www.tortillerianixtamal.com/taqueria-nixtamalito

seems like a smart business move, but I feel sort of jealous at the same time, like it should be a queens-only thing

That's been there at least two years.

lol longer than I have been in Queens so durr

Has anyone been to Community Beverage? Interested in finding a good Queens beer store, if one exists.

nope.

superior market/beer world on Queens Blvd in sunnyside is small but has a great selection.

astoria bier and cheese is great

beer world might be going out of business, they had a 'business for sale' sign up for a bit...it's gone now though

If nabisco would be still active here, most other posters could shut up.

Ha wrong thread sorry

Forever looking for half-decent places that deliver to me, and this one turns out to be pretty good:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/cheburechnaya-rego-park?nb=1

Uzbeki Jewish food. Many varieties of Kebab, and they have these giant things called Chebureki, which are almost like oversized wontons

Read a lot of good things about that place...but never been. Vegetarian girlfriend can be a big hassle sometimes. And I don't eat wheat. Not the place for us, sadly!

love the lamb fat kebabs at that place.

Yeah it was solidly good food with interesting flavors. Probably would have been better eaten there rather than delivered, and also Sunday night usually = meat is not the freshest.

My friend and neighbor Edward Perez bringing Latin Jazz drum legend Ignacio Berroa to Terraza 7 tonight as part of his trio!
/street_team

Not too many people here yet, plenty of room for qbilxors

that actually sounds great but I pulled an all-nighter last night, gonna turn in early. #hurtingexcuses

Can't recall offhand if he ever played with Ted D.

Finally about to start.

So far, so awesome. Lots of musicians in the audience so kind of doubting I will get to meet the man on the break.

Tried Zenon for greek/cypriot food last night, 31st Ave in Astoria. Very good place, pleasant neighborhoody/family-run kind of vibe, and for $20-25 per person you can get a ridiculous mezze with like 10 salads and 8 kinds of meat (or seafood or whatever). We got the "Cypriot" mezze, and it had pork loin, fried calamari, pork meatball, pork kebab, lamb meatball, sausage, quail, and a bunch of standard cold appetizers like tsatziki, beets, etc. Not quite as good as Kyclades in quality but very good for the money and it was an easy place to be with a toddler.

Had a similar Cypriot mezze feast at Kopiaste Taverna. Very pork heavy, with some sausages the are amongst the best things is ever eaten.

The pork kebab and pork meatballs were the highlights actually, and everything else was very solid.

IMPORTANT QUEENS FOOD UPDATE

We've been going to Arepas Grill instead of Arepas Cafe because there's a parking lot and it's less crowded than the original location. Initially the food was basically the same, with some more plates, but on my last visit I noticed they're serving cachapas and patacones. The latter is basically the best thing ever. I've had them at a place in Elmhurst and a place in Inwood and this was as good as anywhere. Pork, beef and chicken (or shrimp) and lettuce and tomatoes and ketchup and mayonnaise sandwich with two giant monster tostones instead of bread. A serious gut-buster of the first degree. Add some of their usual hot and green sauce and forget about it (as they say in Brooklyn).

cannelle is opening up an outpost in LIC

The andean bear at the queens zoo was fellating himself today.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/realestate/new-york-boomers-on-hipster-turf.html?_r=0

Greg Stone, 57, was also drawn to the youthful vibe of Long Island City. Mr. Stone lived in the New York area until 2007, relocated to Florida, and returned to the city last summer. In early March he moved to a one-bedroom rental in the Maximilian, whose amenities include a gym, a landscaped roof deck and bike storage. He pays about $2,700 a month for his apartment, and was attracted in part by the easy commute to his office in Midtown, where he works as a financial analyst. But as a single man, a powerful lure was the vibrancy of the street life.

In searching for a home, he had ruled out neighborhoods like Forest Hills, Queens — “a grandma place,” as he described it. “I wanted to live someplace younger,” Mr. Stone said. “I liked that the restaurants on Vernon Boulevard aren’t too stuffy, that they’re more casual than the ones you find in older neighborhoods. I like that you see people walking the streets late at night.”

get those Forest Hills grandmas to take a stroll at 2 a.m. with their walkers

btw I havent ruled out Queens for a July 1 move, if anyone has leads

Forest Hills may not be all that hip, but there are definitely a lot of young people there, especially new parents. Even since I've been there it's gotten a little more Park Slope-like, especially the area just north of the Gardens and east of where Nick's Pizza is. My area has a lot of young parents too but it skews a little more russian/chinese/israeli.