Good Eats Momo Crave is great if you are…well…craving Nepalese dumplings, known as “momos.” This cozy-chic Woodside café offers a wide range of dishes. Of course, they serve traditional Himalayan cuisine, such as steamed momos stuffed with your choice of meat or vegetables, but they also specialize in fusion. The menu include such items as
At least 2 million people live in Queens. This month’s contributor lives for Queens. Here are some of her favorites things about the world’s most diverse borough. Find out more about her at the bottom of this post. Good Eats I’m a big seafood lover so when I need a fix, I go straight to
As St. Patrick’s Day is on March 17, we asked a cara maith (good friend in Gaelic) to provide the MonthlyPicks. Here’s how the Irish Leprechaun responded. Good Eats Sláinte! Ah, there’s so much to do in County Queens that it’s hard to know where to start. But I’m the lucky one because my good
Local residents and borough enthusiasts chime in on their favorite places to eat, learn, walk, and have fun in this monthly column. The February 2021 picks are by longtime Flushing resident Marie Pedraza, who is Vice President Sr. Regional Community Development Manager at HSBC. She works with nonprofits that serve low-to-moderate income households and small
Local residents and borough enthusiasts chime in on their favorite places to eat, learn, walk, and have fun in this monthly column. The January 2021 picks are by Astoria resident Ellen Kodadek, Executive and Artistic Director of the popular cultural institution Flushing Town Hall. Good Eats My neighborhood go-to place is Sanfords on Broadway in
Good Eats Richmond Hill (aka Little Guyana) is one of the city’s greatest neighborhoods for food, thanks to its large Indo-Caribbean and South Asian communities. Guyanese cuisine features a melding of Caribbean, Indian, South American, and Chinese influences. This year, Condé Nast Travel highlighted NYC’s Guyanese cuisine in its feature “50 States, 50 Cuisines: The
The Queens Economic Development Corporation and Queens Tourism Council will host Queens Taste 2024 at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Tuesday, May 21, from 6 pm to 9 pm.
We expect to attract more than 500 attendees with 50 restaurants and beverage purveyors, who will offer samples of their products. Thus, attendees will be able to bounce from table to table, tasting treats from tangy to fiery, crunchy to velvety, and sweet to briny.
Queens Taste is also a celebration of the borough — and a great way to network. Almost all the anticipated 500 attendees either live in Queens or do business there. Many are executives and captains of industry. The atmosphere is always festive, almost giddy, creating an ideal scene for meeting and greeting.