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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
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
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
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
Blurring the lines between house and club, dirty and bacterial, Ridgewood (that's in Queens) performance loft offers chance to see the next big obscurity while moshing by the fridge. Beer is served... read more
Name sounds like a Joss Whedon production, but is actually neighborly art bar. Extends a welcome to "artists of all disciplines, revolutionaries and fallen angels," which can't be said for just eve... read more
Awesome summer diversion, sippin' Spaten in the best beer garden in New York. Sprawling throwback to a long-forgotten era, might just convince you to move to Astoria. After you've had a few, get lo... read more
If Whitesnake were a place instead of a band. Gent's club where everything is big (screens, stage) and artificial (buffet, boobs). Awesome purple neon makes it even better. Is that Tera Patrick? Po... read more
Astoria triangle intersection with prime people-watching. Outdoor seating in the shadow of the N train attracts local Greek celebs and their posses. Frappes and tight shirts for everyone! Service s... read more
Even the competition concedes this is the center of Astoria nightlife. Lounge under the leaves of an indoor bamboo tree while feasting on oil-drizzled Mediterranean tapas and charcoal-grilled skirt... read more
By day, Deco-fabulous café serves pastries and great roast pork and haloumi sandwich. Food waits increase with the crowds, so hold off until the post-lunch rush. After hours, owner Monica Contantin... read more
The Far Bar, in local parlance, but well worth the trip. Nicely weathered corner spot thick with neighborhood history, resurrected by the folks behind Greenpoint's Pencil Factory. Low-lit, dark w... read more
Why Astorians never come to the city. Greek goddesses, Asian alt-rockers, and Italian stock brokers cozy up with Sex on the Sofa(s). Alluring corner spot on a quiet block has plenty of late-night d... read more
A reclaimed bank, that conjures up a mix of mid-century vacation destinations, filtered through a DIY lens, featuring pools made from retro-fitted steel receptacles, otherwise known as dumpste... read more
El Ay Si's executive chef, Chris Frakes of the former Butcher Bay, has perfected the talent of seduction. With a brunch menu as voluptuous as Dita Von Teese's... lips, and an ample dinner menu to b... read more
Feel like having one of those posh, exclusive, Manhattan lounge experiences, but lack the motivation to make it out of Queens? Then head to this pioneering restaurant/club, which has been doing its... 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...