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Woodside (New York)

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Ask the Critics: The Sweet Spot

    Calvin Godfrey​ Everyone I Know asks: Do you know where I can the find a restaurant that serves inventive, exceptionally prepared food at dirt-cheap prices with a fun atmosphere and plentiful booze? Dear Everyone I Know: I am not a magician. I cannot conjure up a restaurant with the food of P ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 27, 2011

    Ahoy, Pinoy! Sa Aming Nayon's Home-Style Filipino

    Filipino cuisine returns to the East Village

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Tacos Morelos Truck Brings Tacos Placeros to Williamsburg. Double Yum!

    ​Now you don't have to go to East Elmhurst to enjoy a taco placeros, just take the L to the Bedford stop. Four years ago on an extreme taco run from Corona to Woodside on Roosevelt Avenue - intent on sampling every at least two tacos from every store, truck, and cart - my gang and I stumbled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Crispy Fried Whole Fish With Basil Sauce at Thailand's Center Point

    ​The delectable-looking snapper is No. 25 in our 100 Days/100 Dishes series. Thailand's Center Point is one of those small Thai cafes that grew up in the long shadow of Sripraphai. It started out as a grocery (by contrast, Sripraphai began life as a bakery), but two years ago split the spac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Scumbag Mugs Queens Man, 96, Gets $5, Knocks Him Down

    Mugger of man, 96​Cops are looking for the chickenshit mugger who snatched $5 from a 96-year-old man in a Woodside elevator and then knocked him down. The Queens ambush happened at about 3:30 p.m. last Thursday at 30-81 54th Street. The old man avoided serious injury. Tipsters can call Crime Stop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Eating the Gestated Duck Egg Called Balut at Umi Nom

    ​I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob. Every cuisine has its odd passion, and Philippine has its balut. The word refers to the gestated egg of a chicken or duck, which has been incubated for 10 to 19 days, depending on how funky you want it to get inside. Eati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    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 >>

  • Dining

    July 6, 2010

    Brazil and Nepal Hook Up at Katmandu Spice

    Woodside gets an odd combo restaurant

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Katmandu Spice Turns Mushrooms Amazonian

    ​Amazonian mushrooms is a thick seething jungle of food on the plate. When I heard from an old friend that a restaurant had just opened in Woodside serving both Brazilian and Himalayan food, I almost fell off my chair, but I was there the next day.

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Morning Links: OTB Lives, New Yorkers Imagine a World Without Doormen, Chastity Becomes Chaz

    ​Hey, it's Monday, time for lots and lots of coffee and, of course, your Monday morning update. • The OTB has a second (ninth?) life. The board voted to keep operations open for at least another year, and will submit a plan on how they will restructure the company to the New York State Wage ... More >>

  • News

    March 16, 2010

    New York's Ten Worst Landlords, Part 1

    In a city of slumlords and broke-ass apartment buildings, these stand out.

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2010

    TLC: New York Taxi Drivers Overcharged Passengers $8.3 Million

    ​In the last 26 months, city taxi drivers have illegally flipped a switch on their meters to charge a higher out-of-town rate on rides within the five boroughs 1.8 million times, according to the Taxi and Limousine Commission, which believes that riders were overcharged $8.3 million dollars.

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Tendon Soup Thickened with Pig Blood at Sripraphai

    ​The pig blood renders the broth rich and salty. The Organ Meat Society convened last night at Sripraphai, a Thai restaurant in Woodside, Queens, that began life more than a decade ago as a bakery, also selling homemade snacks and a simple roster of meals. That one room has ballooned into thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Edible Queens and Joe DiStefano Join Forces to Create Queens Food Blog

    llahbocaj/flickrFood in Queens: here, there, everywhere.​Roving reporter, serial masticator, and sometimes Fork in the Road contributor Joe DiStefano knows a thing or two about eating his way through Queens, so we can't think of a more fitting author for World's Fare, the blog he's just launch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Our 10 Best Restaurant Openings of 2009

    Saltie turned out some spectacular sandwiches in 2009. But did it make our top 10?​ ​ During the past couple of weeks, food publications have thrown our year's-end lists like so many cords of wood onto the fire. Now, it's our turn. We've decided to end the year with a shout-out to the 10 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Queens Subdivided Basement Fire: How Many More Waiting to Happen?

    ​After a fire in an illegally and dangerously subdivided Queens basement killed three people last weekend, the Times has been raising questions about whether authorities are doing enough to crack down on the estimated 100,000 units of illegally-converted housing units in the city. They're rig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Posts of the Week

    As we sweat into the weekend, here's a look back at the best posts of the past week:Our Ten Best Indian Restaurants A gravestone merchant on Graham Avenue also sells excellent bread from Il Fornaretto Bakery.Frank Bruni talked about his new book, Born Round.  We re-capped the premiere episode o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Pix from Four Thai Restaurants in Astoria and Woodside

    ​ Steak Laos at Thai Pavilion is an exercise in upscaling fusion, pretty to look at and tasty, too, but lacking a certain zing. Last week Counter Culture assayed a quartet of unfamiliar Thai restaurants located somewhat off the beaten path in Astoria and Woodside. While some extended our unde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Under Review: Sietsema at a Handful of New Thais in Queens

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema checks out four new Thai restaurants in Woodside and Astoria, and will definitely be going back to two of them. Bruni's second-to-last review is a glowing ode to Eleven Madison Park, to which he awards four stars, after raising his rating from two to three s ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 11, 2009

    A New Crop of Thais Pops Up in Woodside and Astoria

    This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema checks out four new Thai restaurants in Woodside and Astoria, and will definitely be going back to two of them. Bruni's second-to-last review is a glowing ode to Eleven Madison Park, to which he awards four stars, after raising his rating from two to three s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    This Week in the Voice

    ​New Yorkers can do a lot of things other people can't: ride the Staten Island Ferry at midnight, have lunch in Central Park, etc. But we can't buy a damn bottle of wine at the grocery store. This year we had a chance to change it -- but the state's liquor stores and their lobbyists blocked it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Among New York's Bangladeshis, a Boom in Underground Gambling

    With the economy in a coma, members of the city's working class immigrant community have been hit hard in various ways. In Woodside, Queens, for instance, some unemployed Latino day laborers have taken to sleeping in the streets. Among the Bangladeshi community, remittances home have plummeted. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Day Laborers, Used to Standing in Streets, Now Living in Them

    Not surprisingly, the economic slowdown, especially in construction, is also being felt by the city's day laborers, who gather in shadowy places like under the el train in Woodside, Queens, hoping for a day's work. Problem is, jobs are so scarce for these guys, mostly undocumented immigrants fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    The Early Word--Jollibee

    The landing of Jollibee, a Filipino fast food chain, in Woodside, Queens, practically inspired riots of joy. In the first few weeks, lines snaked around the block, as documented on Serious Eats. Jollibee is apparently wildly popular in the Philippines, where there are about a thousand branches (the ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 19, 2008

    Philippu Lounge y Restaurante: Food A Dominican Could Love

    Philippine cuisine in western Queens

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    Black Iron Burger

    Philippine cuisine in western Queens

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2008

    Night Trip: Train Yards to Marcus Garvey Park to Urban Gravestones

    Philippine cuisine in western Queens

  • News

    May 20, 2008

    Wall Street Takes Dead Aim at Affordable Housing in New York City

    A new investment scheme is turning bankers into your ugly landlord

  • NYC Life

    September 18, 2007

    On the Taco Trail

    Our restaurant critic goes hunting on Roosevelt Avenue

  • News

    August 21, 2007

    Letters

    Our restaurant critic goes hunting on Roosevelt Avenue

  • NYC Life

    February 27, 2007

    L-Bars

    Our restaurant critic goes hunting on Roosevelt Avenue

  • Dining

    December 26, 2006

    Recurring Curry

    Burmese returns to Queens with a bang

  • NYC Life

    May 16, 2006

    Garden State

    Eating alfresco never tasted so good

  • News

    November 1, 2005

    Letters

    Eating alfresco never tasted so good

  • Dining

    September 20, 2005

    Snacker's Paradise

    Microscopic Elmhurst spot offers an inexpensive Thai overview

  • Dining

    May 31, 2005

    And Don't Forget . . .

    Ten champions from previous lists that retain their culinary glory

  • NYC Life

    March 8, 2005

    Spell It With an 'E,' Please

    Distilling the truth about Irish whiskey

  • NYC Life

    August 5, 2003

    Close-up on Woodside, Queens

    Distilling the truth about Irish whiskey

  • Dining

    June 17, 2003

    Noodle Envy

    Hold the Bile in Woodside

  • Dining

    February 25, 2003

    Does Bland Equal Bad?

    Testing the Limits in Little Manila

  • NYC Life

    February 4, 2003

    Studio in 1940s Building

    Testing the Limits in Little Manila

  • NYC Life

    January 7, 2003

    Close-up on Astoria

    Testing the Limits in Little Manila

  • NYC Life

    September 17, 2002

    Close-Up On: Sunnyside

    Testing the Limits in Little Manila

  • Dining

    October 30, 2001

    Pasta con Chile

    Testing the Limits in Little Manila

  • Dining

    April 17, 2001

    Orbiting Yum

    Testing the Limits in Little Manila

  • Dining

    August 29, 2000

    Ketchup Versus Ketjap

    Testing the Limits in Little Manila

  • Dining

    March 28, 2000

    Sail Away

    Cancel That Flight to Los Angeles

  • Long Island Voice

    December 28, 1999

    Queens For A Day

    Cancel That Flight to Los Angeles

  • News

    May 26, 1998

    Vanity Fare

    A court ruling this month brings the shadowy world of vanity publishing into the open

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