One-upping the Astoria beer-garden competition with creative menu. Gourmet (jalapeño, beer and cheese) and exotic wursts (rabbit, alligator, rattlesnake) are the stars of the show. Also soup... read more
Move over France, boutique from Japan shows how unmentionables should be done. All about the fit: signature Three Step customizing will have your silhouette maxed on sexy. Curated selection of eleg... read more
Bar Henry and Cafe Henri brainchild. Owners/hermanos Cosme and Luis Agular bring authentic family recipes from Chiapas, Mexico. Share a seafood plate to start, or guac with homemade totopos. Do not... read more
Ramen joint takes name from the Japanese flag, brings authentic flavor to Astoria. Smiling monkey banner out front welcomes you in for steaming bowls of savory pork broth. Eight soups to choose fro... read more
The grease spot, and we mean that in the best possible way. LIC incarnation recreates Village legend, right down to the red neon sign and corner location. Changes to the template are all for t... read more
Rock ‘tude bistro. Local duo drops creative takes on American classics. Signature Cobb salad upgrades bacon to slow-braised pork belly, pairs it with a poached and then fried egg. Turducken a... read more
Last in the alphabet, but first in the hearts of travelers looking for stylish nights at merciful prices. Boutique amenities like feather beds, Egyptian cotton, Gilchrist & Soames toiletries. I... read more
Bistro 33 transforms its café arm into serious sushi destination. Seasonal menus make the most of wild-caught seafood, sourcing plenty from off Strong Island. Creativity in the roll departme... read more
Screw the kennel, faithful friends are welcome at budget hotel out Queensboro Plaza way. Sweet views back to Manhattan, red-framed balconies for taking them in. Café and bar on the gro... read more
Vesta peeps go Mexican, keep focus on fresh, seasonal food and neighborly vibe. Folk art on the walls, festive backyard. Local sourcing hits up Brooklyn sodas and Corona tortillas. Plating goes glo... read more
Kaufman Astoria Studios hosts supperclub scene that harks back to the days when Rudolph Valentino and Mary Pickford chilled here. Formerly private Paramount space amazingly well-preserved, rocking ... read more
Famiglia Pizza heir, Giorgio Kolaj and chef Don Pintabona -- formerly of Tribeca Grill – join forces to breathe new life into this old Bayside mansion. Classic Italian fare and exquisite d&ea... read more
Queens bakery closer to the Getty Museum than a Getty auto body shop (which is what it's converted from). High-design café starts with rolling-pin motif outdoors, moves on to contemporary me... read more
Fake 'n bake salon brainchild of pasty English girl married to a ballroom dancer, who "understands what it feels like to be super-white" when everyone around you is orange and cha-cha-ing. Her sign... read more
Swank hotel rooftop nestled in beside the largest public housing development in North America. Bright city lights across the water not entirely obscured by smokestack foreground. Pan-Asian fusion b... read more
Modernist deconstruction of Bohemian Hall. New Astoria beer garden the biggest in the city, with room for nine-fucking-hundred boozers, spread out across industrial picnic table landscape. Cobblest... read more
LIC finally gets a turn-of-century style saloon to call its own. Little Branch folk relocate in the shadow of the Queensboro Bridge with this soon-to-be talk of the town. Borrowing the ancestral na... read more
Unassuming Astoria exterior gives way to petite slice of true French flavor. Trad menu features delicious steak au poivre (you'll begin bringing truffle oil with you to McD's), coq au vin, and Fren... read more
Long Island City, we hardly recognize ye. Ultra-modern, hangar-sized space provides injection of glamour into Queens waterfront. Sick views of the UN, where owner-brothers worked for almost two dec... read more
Boutique luxury hotel in Queens. Pause for laughter. No, seriously, nicely designed spot right under the wrong side of the 59th Street Bridge. Rooms are good-sized, available in five different tier... read more
Second coming of legendary Chelsea pachyderm. Shake-up of original ...
Moroccan/Mediterranean fare is spruced-up version of Bistro Truck&r...
NYC location number quatre for très chic French luxury brand...
What is the American jet-set doing these days? If you ask Michael K...
San Francisco’s famed hole-in-the-wall expans to the LES. Swa...