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

Hard agree about King Yum, loved that place too deep & it left a huge hole in my heart when it closed. Tiki decor needs to die, though.

Good info as usual. I'm mostly vegan and strictly vegetarian, could give Purple Dough a try TY :)

I think filipino food may be one of the hardest for vegetarians! I may be wrong, check out the menus of various little manila joints.

nepali bhancha ghar on roosevelt by the station is lively and the food is good

― adam, Thursday, February 15, 2024 11:55 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

We went to this place tonight. Never had Nepalese food, but this seemed amazing. Goat momos in a kind of curry soup were spicy and delicious.

Prophecy confirmed.

Queens needed a thread to itself, feel like this will mostly just be about food but hey

― iatee, Wednesday, February 23, 2011 8:38 AM (twelve years ago)

if you want more of that, there's a very active facebook group called Eat Something New in Queens that's good.

Went back to Zaab Zaab tonight, the original one. I see they're in williamsburg too.

Walking home noticed some new places, or places I hadn't noticed. Red Panda, another nepali place, but on Woodside Ave

Next to that is Yoku Sushi and Bubble Tea. They have bubble tea, sushi, momos, panipuri, "authetic himalayan piro chips".

Will check that facebook group out.

I wanted to hit Birria Landa down the street as well, but we ate too much.

That was a standout rec from adam, some people need to post more hint hint. The "extra pocket features" one was a classic riposte.

Queens would still be the best borough if it wasn't the best food borough. Has all the classic NYC vibes without the gaudy opulence and the pretentiousness and nauseating hipster bullshit. The 20th century refuses to recede completely away and contemporary life buzzes around the ruins (literally!), and you can travel across time and vast distances in a single day. Food is a great way to celebrate the collision of cultures though! I know this sounds corny af, but i don't care. You should visit Queens, Aimless. It's pretty cool.

You should visit Queens, Aimless.

I fully agree, but I am going to die in abject ignorance of 99.9% of this amazing planet merely for lack of time, money, or energy. But not for lack of interest!

yeah same, for sure

currently at izakaya nana sitting behind a taiko drum autographed by eric adams.

https://i.postimg.cc/GmrWjPDr/IMG-7544.jpg

Put it in the trash

^^^

update: was cursed with the worst food poisoning i've had in recent memory after the meal. up all night on the toilet. do not recommend. also, pretty sure the place is run by chinese people. if that matters to you.

it's on
https://i.ibb.co/tzPptck/IMG-20240226-162251169-HDR.jpg

place is a real time capsule, not the cleanest. expectations exceeded. it's awesome

still has a bar attached, not open at 4:30 on a monday but i had a peek amd doesn't appear tiki themed

Couldn't tell you the last time I was in there. Or don't want to ;)

https://i.ibb.co/kK0Wsvk/IMG-20240226-171014010.jpg

not bad for a f***** who doesn't know how to bowl

114 very respectable in my book.

do we know when that place is closing?

https://gothamist.com/news/council-clears-path-to-replace-whitestone-lanes-with-housing

per this article from feb 8, no construction schedule yet

The Bowlero near the BQE is still in business but that doesn’t have nearly the charm or history

It was still an AMF or whatever and still had some charm the first time I went but that was quickly erased.

Melody lanes in sunset park looks hella charming, but the fuck am i going to Sunset park

it's in the wrong borough for starters

i have been to Sunset Park once, it took forever on the subway. I've made it to Philly in less time on mass transit. or that's what it felt like.

I did my bachelor party at melody lanes. It has a really old school bar that’s popular. I was already in queens but all the guests were in Brooklyn. It was the post college DJ dudes vs the college indie rockers. We went to dinosaur bbq in gowanus first and it was really disappointing.

Should’ve done Whitestone and little pepper instead.

Or Legend of Taste (is that still there?). I never made it, but still remember a friend describing it in the manner of recent convert to a religion.

omg legend of taste rules
too out of the way to hit regularly to spot after fort totten excursions

*but is my go-to spot

I have to go soon.

i have been to Sunset Park once, it took forever on the subway. I've made it to Philly in less time on mass transit. or that's what it felt like.

― A street taco cart named Des'ree (Deflatormouse), Tuesday, February 27, 2024 5:00 PM (yesterday)

you can just take the commuter van from flushing

flushing is a solid hour from me on the subway lol

little spice looks amaaaaaazing too, dan when is your guidebook coming out srsly

north of the expressway is tough for pedestrians tho, not that bay terrace isn't

was thinking of doing a fort totten day next week actually

Little Pepper requires a car, or bus.

i went to little pepper after the pete wells review came out. thought it was OK. it's definitely got that 'home-cooked' feel to it. the sichuan restaurants in flushing are comparable. so don't feel too bad if you can't get up to college point.

I have eaten at Little Pepper more than any other Chinese restaurant. Their tripe and tongue in chili sauce is all-time.

Uncle Zhou was maybe my favorite restaurant. Their knife shaved noodles were amazing. Rabbit or Chicken in Big Tray (rabbit or chicken that had been hacked into little pieces (bones and all) and wok fried with a mega ton of dried chili pepper and peppercorn). They closed pre-pandemic and I just found out they had moved to TX.

https://sunnysidepost.com/its-confirmed-shake-shack-is-coming-to-sunnyside-this-year

ugh, shake shack moving into the void left by the deeply missed Mangal Kebab.

Shake Shack sucks is a hill I will die on. I would rather eat McDonalds.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/03/06/fbi-new-world-mall-eric-adams/

scandalous!

https://i.imgur.com/9mczvu2.jpeg

closed on our co-op today. officially a queens resident for life!

Congrats!

Welcome!

lol, that’s what I said in 2013 when we bought ours. Gateway to the suburbs.

In seriousness though, congrats!

Thanks to this thread, I took my visiting nephew to Sripraphai a couple of weeks ago! It was fine. I couldn't remember what the recommended dishes were but my taste is not that adventurous. The funny part is that a week later, one of my very culinarily advanced co-workers was being secretive about her supposed secret best Thai spot in Queens...which was guess where lol. Thanks, ilx!

ha, best kept secret Sripraphai.

I haven't been in years but I was underwhelmed when I went, whereas I thought Ayada was great.

Nothing there is bad and a few things are great, some standards I like there, but not quite blow your mind like some of the newer places. Def far from a secret.