February 8, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post Businesses continue to struggle in Sunnyside with the latest victim of the recession being Daco Romano, a cafe/bakery on Skillman Ave (btwn. 46th and 47th).
However, a notice in the window of Curves, a female health club that closed in December, tells the story of what many businesses now face.
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February 7, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post About 25 children, from kindergarten through 5thgrade, starred in The AristoCats at the Sunnyside Reformed Church on Saturday.
The young performers were members of Unity Stage Company’s After-School Musical program. They were being coached by Sofia Landon Geier.
The show was well attended by many local families that were looking for something fun to do at a good price.
This is the second production in recent weeks put on by Geier. The other was Loyalties, a play written by John Galsworthy, which received favorable reviews from Pat Dorfman of the Woodside Herald and the Queens Chronicle.
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February 7, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post A retired city correction officer working security at a Queens bowling alley was arrested Saturday after he shot two rowdy customers during a wild fight, police said.
Michael Iavecchio was charged with two counts of second-degree assault after the confrontation just outside the AMF Bowling Center in Woodside, police said.
Iavecchio, 54, ejected Gerard Hourigan and Justin Donaghy – both 29 – from the lanes at 1:45 a.m. after they refused to stop smoking cigarettes inside, police said.
Once he escorted them outside to 34th Ave., the two men turned and attacked him, the guard told investigators.
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February 5, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post In less than 24hrs since Dazies was abruptly shut by the Health Dept., the prestigious Italian restaurant has reopened.
The violation must have been minor, since restaurants with serious violations are typically shut down for an extended period of time. The city has not explained what the reason was for its action.
One reader said: “it was closed because a pipe broke and for health reasons they had to fix it.”
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February 4, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post Dazies, a Sunnyside landmark that offers upmarket Italian cuisine, was closed by the New York City health department today. The city has not yet posted on its website the details leading to this action.
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February 4, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post BY Daniel Edward Rosen
DAILY NEWS
Thursday, February 4th 2010, 10:52 AM
THE STATE attorney general’s decision to go after one of Queens’ most controversial landlords won’t deter a group of tenants from moving ahead with its own lawsuit, the tenants’ attorney said yesterday.
Rob McCreanor, a lawyer for the Immigrant Tenant Advocacy Project, is representing 21 families that are suing Vantage Properties for allegedly using illegal tactics to evict them from their rent-regulated apartments.
McCreanor said his clients are “absolutely elated” by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s decision to independently seek legal action against the private equity-backed company, which owns some 9,500 rent-regulated apartments in Queens and Manhattan.
“We think this is a tremendous success,” McCreanor said.
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February 3, 2010 | Posted by Sunnyside Post By Brendan McKenna
Sugar & Joe, a popular spot for weekend brunch, closed its doors at the end of January.
The coffee shop and restaurant, located at 42-20 Greenpoint Avenue (across from Thomas Noonan Park), opened in September 2008. At the time of opening, the Shauna Eats Sunnyside blog wondered if this particular stretch of Greenpoint was just too desolate to attract enough customers. For awhile, this appeared to be the case, as the business often appeared too quiet to stay open. However, in recent months, seats were filled, even during the workday, which makes its closure seem all the more sudden.
The closure sign notes, “we would like to thank you for all your support and if you would like to hear of our future plans please contact us. Sugarandjoe@aol.com.”
Many of us will miss the quality, homemade baked goods, and stellar lunch items (the soup was near perfect) – an update will be posted once we hear back from the owner. Let’s hope the owner finds another (and better) location in Sunnyside.
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