Jackson Heights

The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 5/17/13

The Killers walk into an Electric Daisy Carnival with known Liars ... these are the 10 best concerts of the weekend.

The New "On The Go!" Digital Subway Maps Are A Tourist's Dream Come True

Aside from a subway death solution, a review of the G train and a whole slew of transportation inconveniences, the MTA is also in need of a technological upgrade. Luckily, that'll be arriving shortly (the other issues mentioned... maybe not so much). Two summers ago, the agency installed several ne ... More >>

Queens La Chifa's Wild & Wacky Sino-South American Menu

Wantan Frito -- Served with a tamarind ketchup, these fried wontons are gigantic, and each enfolds a nugget of gnarly pork. This cluster looks like a prehistoric armor-plated fish. When Chinese food hit Peru in the late 19th century, it transformed itself to conform to popular tastes, creating an ... More >>

London Calling Brooklyn at Dear Bushwick; Chinese by Way of Peru at Chifa

This week, Tejal Rao checks in at a "spot of warmth" on the otherwise gloomy Wilson Avenue, Dear Bushwick. Having previously honed her skills at Goat Town, chef Jessica Wilson offers "English-inspired dishes with American ingredients" and assures us that "this is the sort of simple, seasonal food th ... More >>

Tacos Cachanilla: Pass Me the Pigskin

A visit to one of the city's most evolved taquerias

Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Incredibly Cheap Eats in New York

An overweight chicken roasted in the Peruvian manner will set you back only $3.10 at La Casa del Pollo in Jackson Heights. For an additional two bucks, you can have a giant serving of rice and beans. But will the place make our list? Most food publications spend their time trying to get you to spe ... More >>

Where's My Hot Dog? Perro Colombiano at La Casa de la Antojitos

Look closely and you'll see the frank cautiously peeping out at the right end of the assemblage. Those who like their dogs topped with kraut and mustard will be shocked at the South American take on hot dogs. Take the perro Colombiano at La Casa de la Antojitos, a combination bakery and diner in J ... More >>

Where Am I Eating? Here's a Clue.

You've given some good guesses so far, but I was not at El Jalapeno, Fonda, Coppelia, Cafe El Portal, Oaxaca, or El Sol Azteca.

Tacos Morelos: A Starchy Delight Shines in Queens

Asian-American Advocacy Groups: New Congressional Maps Are Pretty Good

Asian Americans in New York City may actually have the voting power they deserve in Congress if the lines drawn this week by a judge become reality, advocates said today. If you haven't been following the redistricting drama closely, here's what you need to know: Since state legislators, stuck in ... More >>

Study of City's South Asian Immigrants Documents Housing and Employment Struggles

South Asians make up one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the city -- increasing by more than 150% over the last two decades -- and one Queens-based nonprofit group has spent the last year-and-a-half surveying the community and documenting its housing and employment trends. Today, Chhaya Co ... More >>

Cemita Versus Torta: Your Mexican Sandwich Primer

Peeling back the top of a sandwich from a Mexican bodega can sometimes cause momentary confusion. "Where's the pickled jalapeno? What's this green stuff?" is all too common a refrain. Here we clear up the difference between the two most popular Mexican sandwiches, the cemita and the torta, and where ... More >>

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Soccer Fans Say NYPD Used Excessive Force After Uruguay Win

​After Uruguay defeated Paraguay in the finals of the Copa America on Sunday, ecstatic fans flooded the streets of Jackson Heights. Minutes later, dozens of police officers arrived at 37th Avenue and 84th Street and began pushing back the crowd. This led to scuffles between the soccer fans and ... More >>

Fork in the Road Guide to Dining in Himalayan Jackson Heights

​Carved wooden doors at Himalayan Yak Over the last 10 years, Central Jackson Heights (the blocks around the subway/bus station) has turned into a concentrated Himalayan business zone, as immigrants from Tibet and Nepal have moved into the neighborhood, turning the area into a Himalayan hub ... More >>

Phayul: Up You Go!

A new Tibetan place scales the Heights of Jackson

Ten Fascinating Ethnic Ingredients Chefs Should Get to Know Better

Sprinkled with sesame seeds, marinated jellyfish makes a memorable summer salad​ The last couple of decades have flooded NYC with colorful cuisines many of us never knew existed, and stocked ethnic markets with exotic ingredients that had strange names and fascinating properties. This influx ... More >>

Queens Man Builds and Lives in Igloo, to Great Displeasure of Wife [Video]

​A man in Jackson Heights, Queens, has taken advantage of the remaining snow on the ground to make himself a "fully functional" igloo, which he then decided to sleep in on Thursday's 15 degree night. He could have just stayed at one of our apartments if he wanted no heat and exposure to the el ... More >>

Battle of the Dishes: the Alfajor Death Match

Victoria BekiempisUruguyan civil war!​ The plain sandwich cookie has indeed met its long-lost -- and far more badass -- sibling, the alfajor. The South American snack is simple, but super-flavorful, made up of a thick layer of dulce de leche between two round, doughy pieces of shortbread. Coco ... More >>

Fall Previews Continue; How to Be a Restaurant Regular

​There are more and more dining options for Muslims in France, including a new supermarket that stocks halal Chinese food and pizza. [Wall Street Journal] Chef Richard Sandoval believes there is such potential for Latin American food these days that he opened two restaurants next door to each ... More >>

Church Bingo Scam in Queens Nets $830,000, Old-School-Style

​We thought this "oldest trick in the book" sort of con only happened in movies with smooth-talking snake-oil preachers and gullible townsfolk, but clearly, we were the gullible ones here! According to ABC, three wayward church-goers implemented a bingo scam in Jackson Heights that netted them ... More >>

Olio Pizza e Più: More Neapolitan Pizza for the Village

Margherita Extra​There is a new Neapolitan-style pizza joint in the West Village. Olio Pizza e Più is run by Giulio Adriani, a lifelong pizzaiolo who recently moved from Italy to open this place. He claims hardcore authenticity, and is an instructor in the Verace Pizza Napoletana association, ... More >>

Ronnie's Kids: The Bright Side of "Amnesty"

So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

Where Should I Go For a Weekend Eating Crawl?

Include newcomer Eighth Avenue Noodles on your noodle crawl​Welcome to this week's installment of Ask the Critics. If you have a question--any question!--you'd like answered in this column, email us. This week, Amol M. asks: "Can you suggest a weekend excursion/eating crawl in the five borou ... More >>

Double Happiness at Merit Kabob and Dumpling Palace

Jackson Heights serves up a South Asian two-for-one

Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free

​The National Weather Service says it's pretty much definitely going to rain all weekend, so indoors is good. Go see the Wizard of Oz today and tomorrow at the Film Forum (double feature, with Captains Courageous)

4-Alarm Fire in Jackson Heights

​Update: Thirteen businesses were destroyed and over 100 people were evacuated from their homes. Over 200 firefighters were eventually called in. Four suffered minor injuries. Investigators are looking into the cause of the blaze. Update: ABC News is reporting that the fire was extinguished b ... More >>

Clip Job: The Abortionist, Before Roe v. Wade

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 18, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 44 The Abortionist on The Circuit of Fear By Marlene Nadle The abortionist is the man hunted by the police and a million desperate women a year. No city can be without him. Few are. In almost ever town ... More >>

This Is, Apparently, Who We Have To Blow

​ ...or rather, blow away, in the next election. Ladies and gentlemen, the 'No' votes...

NYC Voters Still Pulling Levers On Those Ancient Machines

Sure, it's 2009, well into the new century, but as us New Yorkers head to the polls today, we're still using the same clunky, decades old lever voting machines we always have. That's because an effort to purchase newer, more technologically advanced machines is still bogged down in Albany. The sta ... More >>

Street Corner Renamed for Local Fallen Soldier

Martha Clark, center, holds the street sign bearing the name of her only child, Corp. Jonathan Rivadeneira who was killed in Iraq in 2007. Last Saturday afternoon on a Jackson Heights' street corner, Martha Clark clasped her tiny hands around a microphone, tilted her black sunglasses towards the ... More >>

Strange Snacks of the World -- Sel Roti

Sel Roti at Mustang Thakali Kitchen Sel roti is a bread beloved of Nepalis, featured during their Festival of Lights, but also eaten as an everyday snack. It's made with rice flour and resembles an anorexic Krispy Kreme. Sometimes banana is added to amp up the sweetness, but the version served ... More >>

Man Threatens to Throw Shoe at MTA Boss

Bangladeshi Voting Fever in the Boroughs

Bangladesh Society of New York puts your election obsession to shame

Gay Pride in the Outer Boroughs

Fringe benefits on the city's fringes

New York's Best Markets: Patel Brothers

New Isaan Café Charges into Southeastern Astoria Spewing Chilies

Poodam's thai cuisine: fire in the hole

Poor Man's Pinkberry to Ooze in Jackson Heights

Are We There Yeti?

Very strange combination of cuisines flourishes in Sunnyside

Vendy Award Finalists Announced

Letters

No Justice, No Work

Immigrants tap May Day's radical roots

Shopping Districts

Buttons, Diamonds, and Cannabis Soap

Noodle Envy

Hold the Bile in Woodside

Ordeal by Beef

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Ethnic Mysteries Revealed

Blisters on Bleecker