Of all the vanity plates scooting around these roads, FALAFEL1 might be the best. Ever. Naturally, it belongs to Freddy Zeidaies of The King of Falafel and Shawarma, a popular cart on 30th Street and Broadway in Astoria. Zeidaies...
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Note: The 2009 Vendy Awards, a celebration of New York street food, will be held on September 26 at the Queens Museum of Art (buy tickets here). All proceeds will benefit the Street Vendor Project, an arm of the Urban...
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"It's like meatball speed dating.” Frank Pellegrino, co-owner of Rao's, judging three meatballs. As an Italian-American, I'm no stranger to meatballs or garish wedding halls, but nothing could have prepared me for Dish Du Jour’s 8th Annual food and wine...
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Burgers are half-price today at Dillinger's Pub in Astoria from 8 to 11:45 p.m. 46-19 30th Avenue; 718-956-5601 [via the skint]...
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Whyleaveastoria.com is turning one and Rizzo's Pizza is turning 50, which means a joint birthday party involving free beer (three kegs worth) and pizza at Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden in Astoria. Partytime is between 7 and 10 p.m., but...
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Thanks to Adam "Slice" Kuban I’ve known for years where to snag wonderful coal-fired oven pizza in Astoria: Sac’s Place. But until very recently I've never known where to get Alsatian pizza in Astoria. Until a friend took me...
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Photograph by The Flooz So many of the entrées at Montenegro Grille bear the descriptors francese, parmigiana and marsala, that it’s hard to tell whether it’s an Italian joint or one specializing in the cuisine of the Southeastern European...
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When I walked into the tiny shop in Astoria that is the Adriatic Meat Market, there was a lot of good-natured smiling from the men hanging out in the store’s one aisle, as they chatted with the butcher in...
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Who better to teach us where to buy Greek food in Astoria than Michael Psilakis, executive chef of Greek restaurants Anthos and Kefi? New York magazine followed Psilakis with a video camera as he visited Greek food purveyors, including...
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Don't know how to pull a Slurpee? I'll teach you how, in pictures and video.
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