Ch-Ch-Chiapas! Long Island City Gets A Taste At Casa Enrique
Long Island City, Queens, is getting a little more Mexican this week. That’s because the guys behind Bar Henry have branched out to the borough to open a 40-seat spot there, Casa Enrique, focusing on the regional cuisine of Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state. Why Chiapas? That just happens to be where the chef and the […]
Food business training for entrepreneurs is hot commodity in Queens
A variety of training programs are bubbling up in Queens to help the culinary entrepreneurs start up food businesses. The Queens Chamber of Commerce is offering a free Restaurant Boot Camp in Spanish on Monday in Astoria to help aspiring entrepreneurs navigate often confusing city regulations, secure funding and avoid costly fines. The Entrepreneur Space, […]
Food business training is hot commodity
A variety of training programs are bubbling up in Queens to help the culinary entrepreneurs start up food businesses. The Queens Chamber of Commerce is offering a free Restaurant Boot Camp in Spanish on Monday in Astoria to help aspiring entrepreneurs navigate often confusing city regulations, secure funding and avoid costly fines. The Entrepreneur Space, […]
David Foster Wallace Inspires Piece at Chocolate Factory
As his admirers know, economy was not Wallace’s signature style. His footnotes alone can ramble for more than a thousand words at a stretch, and his most famous novel, “Infinite Jest,” all but bore out the adjective of the title. Mr. Fish’s tribute to Wallace certainly honors his affinity for long-haul composition: it runs a […]
Spring signs in LIC
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Three Questions: NobleStrategy CEO built a business and then wrote a book about it – The Star-Ledger
William Parrish achieved more in 500 days with his construction management firm than most companies do in years. Parrish, of Maplewood, is president and CEO of NobleStrategy. The firm serves as an owner’s representative on construction projects. It focuses on program and project management, sustainable design and construction practices, and emerging contractor development and mentoring, […]
$7M pension HQ running on empty
EXCLUSIVE It’s a $7 million waste of space — and taxpayers are picking up the tab. The city’s largest pension system has blown $2.5 million on rent for an emergency backup office that has sat empty and unusable for six years. And it’s sinking another $4.7 million into renovating the 27,000-square-foot “disaster recovery site” in […]
Sara Friedlander, Matthew Siegel
Opinion » Draft: Readers’ Sentence Selections In response to an essay on subjects and predicates, readers sent in some of their favorite sentences.
Murray Park
Murray Park is pretty good these days. Complete with a modern sport field.
Casa Enrique across from Chocolate Factory
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Want a Cab? He Owns the Keys
By 4 a.m., Mr. Wissak is on duty, working as the dispatcher within the gritty confines of 55 Stan, his yellow-cab company on Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens. With 140 medallion cabs, 55 Stan is one of the larger fleets in the city, and under a less-experienced dispatcher, the busy pre-sunrise shift change […]
Quite excellent DFW piece at Chocolate Factory
If you never read David Foster Wallace, here is your chance! Plus the show is clever, avant-garde, close to home and cheap. Congratulations on a really impressive production. (Bit long though. And a crowd that more resembles a bridge tournament than experimental performance.)
Chocolate Factory has an exciting show this week
The NYT liked it. Tonight is the second night. Time to rock! (It’s the production riffing on David Foster Wallace.)
Spaghetti Alla Carbonara at Testaccio Ristorante
LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — This week, we take you out for some Italian food at Testaccio in Long Island City on Long Island. Carlo Bordone opened Testaccio with his partners in 2009. The menu features Italian dishes such as pastas, pizza and seafood as well as Roman specialties like oxtail, artichokes, and Spaghetti Alla […]
Creative expression writing class for big kids
NEW CLASS CREATIVE EXPRESSION POETRY AND PROSE A creative writing class for ages 8 and up. This 8-week after-school guides student-writers–enthusiastic and reluctant alike–toward the skill, and joy, of using language creatively to express ideas, feelings, and experiences. Instructor Tim Fredrick brings humor and pinpoint precision to assessing and teaching a small group of students, […]
News: Seldin vs Hall; Ocasio-Sosa; Joe DeGuardia
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (March 22, 2012) “The Hebrew Hammer” Cletus Seldin heads back to the ring on Saturday, March 31st at Star Boxing’s ROCKIN’ FIGHTS 3, at The Paramount in Huntington, Long Island. The 25-year-old Seldin has turned heads in the New York City area with his stunning knockouts in his last three bouts, […]
M. Wells Returns to LIC at MoMA PS1 in May
Escargot and bone marrow, with shallots and red wine puree at M. Wells Diner. (Flickr/Wally Gobetz) QUEENS — When the cult favorite M. Wells Diner closed in Long Island City at the end of August, foodies across the city lamented the loss of its escargot and bone marrow, foie gras grilled cheese and tortilla espanola […]
Now hiring in LIC; RapidRealty coming soon
Break into real estate, as they say in the mail room. Rapid Realty comes to LIC
NYS Federation Class A boys tournament preview
ALBANY — NYPost.com boys basketball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down this weekend’s New York State Federation Class A tournament at the Times Union Center in Albany. To follow our interactive live blog, click here. SCHEDULE Friday 6:45 p.m. – Brooklyn Collegiate vs. Long Island Lutheran 8:30 p.m. – Iona Prep vs. Harborfields Saturday 7:30 […]