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QUEENS RESTAURANTS By Neighborhood
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PETER LUGER
American Steakhouse
$$$
255 Northern Blvd
516.487.8800 | peterluger.com
High-quality beef is the focus of this branch of the classic Brooklyn steakhouse. Cash-only.
Long Island City
ADDA INDIAN CANTEEN
Indian
$$
31-31 Thomson Ave
718.433.3888 | addanyc.com
A menu of updated Indian cuisine is served in a funky, relaxed setting with newspapers on the walls.
ASTORIA SEAFOOD
Seafood
$$
37-10 33rd St
718.392.2680
Family-owned, counter-serve, BYOB seafood market with create-your-own eats in busy, old-school digs.
$$$
4540 Center Blvd
718.606.9851 | blendrestaurants.com
Modern restaurant and lounge featuring cocktails, gourmet Latin-inspired eats and expansive water views.
CAFE HENRI
Brunch/French Cafe
$$
1010 50th Ave
718.729.5794 | henrinyc.com
Quaint and classic haunt specializing in crêpes and other classic French plates.
CASA ENRIQUE
Mexican
$$$
5-48 49th Ave
347.448.6040 | henrinyc.com/casa-enrique
Michelin-rated casual cantina serving up refined Mexican classics and cocktails over concrete floors and mod seating.
COFFEE PROJECT
Coffeehouse
$$
21-10 51st Ave
coffeeprojectny.com
Known for unique pour-overs and deconstructed lattes.
FIFTH HAMMER BREWING
Brewhouse
$$
10-28 46th Ave
718.663.2084 | fifthhammerbrewing.com
BIG ALICE BREWING
Brewery/Taproom
$$
8-08 43rd Rd
347.688.2337 | bigalicebrewing.com
Serving up unique blends of drafts, flights and barrel-aged drafts.
BLEND ON THE WATER
Latin American
Long Island City
Long Island City is booming with new residential buildings, restau- rants, bars, cultural attractions, and hotels. The other news is the constant upgrade and expansion of Gantry Plaza State Park, which covers 12 acres of East River shoreline. With direct views of Midtown Manhattan, the park has playing fields, fishing piers, a promenade, and outdoor furniture in a site that was once a dock facility with gantry cranes.
Get there: Take the 7 to “Vernon Blvd-Jackson Ave”; “Court Square- 23rd St”; or “Queensboro Plaza”
Take the E or M train to “Court Sq-23rd St” or “Queens Plaza”
Take the N or W to “Queensboro Plaza”
Take the G to “Court Square” or “21st St”
You can also take the East River Ferry to “Hunters Point South” or the Astoria Ferry to “Long Island City”
Get culture: Located in a former public-school building, MoMA PS1 presents emerging artists and genres via an outdoor gallery, a two-story display room with high ceilings, and many creatively utilized nooks and crannies. Yes, it’s affiliated with Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art, and the two venues collaborate on many exhibitions, education activities, and special programs.
Address: 22-25 Jackson Ave; www.momaps1.org.
Get culture: The Museum of the Moving Image is the country’s only
Address: 44-19 Purves St; www.sculpture-center.org. 2020 BEST OF QUEENS HOSPITALITY & DINING: AN EXPERTLY CURATED GUIDE TO QUEENS’BEST RESTAURANTS & HOTELS
institution dedicated entirely to exploring the art, history, popularity, and
technology of film, television, Internet, cartoons, and even video games. The complex, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, features the 267-seat Sumner M. Redstone Theater and the 68-seat Celeste and Armand Bartos Screening Room, where more than 400 films are screened per year. On the second floor, the permanent Jim Henson Exhibition displays almost 300 objects from throughout the namesake’s career. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, The Swedish Chef, Big Bird, and Elmo are among 47 muppets there along with charac- ter sketches, storyboards, scripts, photographs, and costumes from The Muppet Show and its related movies, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock,
The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth.
Address: 36-01 35th Ave; www.movingimage.us.
Get culture: SculptureCenter is NYC’s only contemporary art museum dedicated primarily to sculpture. Located in a cavernous converted trolley repair shop, the venue has presented works by nearly 750 emerging and established artists over the past 18 years with an emphasis on emerging international talent.
In 2014, the venue finished a major, multi-million-dollar renova- tion that added a bookshop, coatroom, seating area, and restrooms to 6,500 square feet of unique exhibition spaces on two levels. The museum also boasts a 1,500-square-foot, enclosed courtyard for outdoor exhibitions.
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