Queens has so many ethnic eateries that it’s hard to keep track of new prospects. Sometimes I return to a restaurant only to find that it’s disappeared, as if I’d imagined the whole thing. Such was the case with...
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Merit Farms might just be one of the strangest eateries in Jackson Heights. Despite the name it’s not a farm-to-table type place, though I’ll bet it was once an old-school greengrocer. For years I passed by the storefront display...
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Ask most well-rounded ethnic eaters about Tibetan food and the one item that usually comes up is momo, the beef dumplings that are the country's national dish. It's almost impossible to imagine entering a Tibetan restaurant and not ordering...
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