Jan. 3, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Are you ready to play? A new interactive gaming center and arcade is set to open in Astoria next week, featuring a number of state-of-the-art 4 and 5D arcade games. Gaming City is scheduled to open its doors at 36-10 31st St. by Friday, Jan. 10, occupying a newly… Read more »
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Krave It pizza and sandwich joint to open new Ditmars location next month
Dec. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Krave It, a popular pizza and sandwich joint with locations in Bayside and on 30th Avenue in Astoria, is set to open a new Astoria location on Ditmars Boulevard next month. The new location is set to open at 35-16 Ditmars Blvd. in the first two weeks of January,… Read more »
Tech-driven dental studio Tend opens in Long Island City
Oct. 3, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 3, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Tend, a new-era dental company seeking to reinvent a dentist’s office using technology, has opened a new location in Long Island City. Tend LIC opened its doors at 10-64 Jackson Ave. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, becoming the 13th Tend location in New York City… Read more »
Pokeworks to celebrate Astoria grand opening this Sunday, joining Spot Dessert Bar
Sept. 19, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Pokeworks, a Hawaiian-inspired fast-casual chain specializing in healthy poke bowls and poke burritos, will hold a grand opening celebration at its new 30th Avenue location this Sunday. The store opened its doors at 31-16 30th Ave. on Aug. 5 alongside Spot Dessert Bar, which offers Western-style desserts influenced by… Read more »
Korean fried chicken and street food franchise to open in Long Island City next month
Sep. 6, 2024 By sobrien Sept. 6, 2024 by Shane O’Brien A new restaurant specializing in Korean fried chicken and Korean street food is set to open its doors in Long Island City next month. bb.q Chicken, which operates more than 250 locations in North America and more than 3,500 locations worldwide, has already opened… Read more »
New Irish bar coming to Jackson Heights this fall, from the owner of Woodside’s The Brewery
Aug. 30, 2024 By sobrien Aug. 30, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The owner of a well-known establishment on the border of Woodside and Astoria, the Brewery Bar and Kitchen, is opening a new Irish bar in Jackson Heights, with plans to open by the fall. Padraic Sheridan, a native of Ireland’s County Cavan who opened… Read more »
New Jackson Heights pizzeria adds to Northern Boulevard’s food offerings
Aug. 16, 2024 By sobrien Aug. 16, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A new pizzeria offering a range of classic New York-style pizza slices served with specialty dough is adding to the growing diversity of food options in Jackson Heights. Elements Pizzeria, which opened at 83-01 Northern Blvd. at the end of June, is a joint… Read more »