Category Archive for New Businesses99c Fresh Pizza opened on Tuesday selling pies and slices at discount prices. The pizzeria, located at 41-10 49th Street, is selling 18” pies for $8.00 ($2.00 extra per topping) and a slice for 99c (plus 50 cents per topping). It offers free delivery (718-507-9099). “This [pizzeria] is the first of about 20 that we’re Read More »
The former proprietor of Bliss Bistro is opening Tapenade, a casual French restaurant located at 44-07 Queens Blvd, on Thursday. Alim Maruf, with his business partner Abu Khan, will be marking the restaurant’s grand opening by offering free drinks and hors d’oeuvres from 12pm through 10pm. “Tapenade will be a French bistro–just more affordable and Read More »
41-10 49th Street (source Amit K.) A new pizzeria that’s opening on 49th Street, across the street from Café Marlene and next to Florent’s, will be selling a slice of pizza for 99cents.
For upper Skillman Ave residents, the struggle to find a slice of pizza is going to be over– as two pizzerias are about to open. A new pizzeria will be opening on 49th Street, across the street from Café Marlene and next to Florent’s. That pizzeria is expected to sell pizza for a $1 per Read More »
Doctors’ offices will be opening at 45-10 Skillman Ave. early next year, according to workers on the site and other local sources. The property, which has been vacant for about 18 months, was at one time the location of the Sunnyside Medical Center.
Shalom Book Store, the Catholic store located on Skillman Ave., is opening another shop—just one block from its existing operation. Shalom, based at 49-08 Skillman, will be opening its new store at the former Sea Kiss Boutique, which is at 48-13 Skillman Ave. The new store will focus on selling statues and figurines of Mary, Read More »
Another French restaurant is opening in Sunnyside and this one will be owned by the former proprietor of Bliss Bistro, Alim Maruf. Maruf, with his business partner Abu Khan, is opening up “Tapenade” at the location of the former Rose Restaurant on Queens Blvd. “The menu will be larger and more affordable than what Bliss Bistro Read More »
The French restaurant Bliss 46 is opening its doors for the first time on Thanksgiving Day. The restaurant will be offering a special menu for Thanksgiving that will be based around turkey and pie. However, starting Friday, it will be offering classic French bistro fare. “The menu will include classics such as escargots à l’ail, Read More »
Two businesses opened this week between 39th Street and 39th Place, with another one expected to have a grand opening this week. On Monday, a pizza shop called Verdecchio Pizzeria opened at 39-11 Queen Blvd, which sells slices for $2.25 and large 18” pies for $13.00. The shop also serves heros, pasta, burgers and salads. Read More »
Risen 99 cents, which has moved into the space formerly rented by Casa Romana, has opened. However, it’s in for some competition. Directly across Queens Blvd, where Master Billiards was located, the discount store Deal$ is in the process of moving in.
A spa treatment center is moving into the location that was the previous home of April Glass. The spa, which will be located at 44-09 Queens Blvd, will focus on facials. It is expected to open in a few weeks, according to its owner, who was too busy to provide any further details. April Glass Read More »
A new bar/restaurant is scheduled to open on the corner of Skillman Ave. and 46th Street this Friday, replacing the shuttered Bliss Bistro. The pub/restaurant, called “The Dog and Duck”, will officially open at 5pm Friday. The pub, located at 45-20 Skillman Ave., will be offering a menu that includes dishes such as ham & leak Read More »
Nodus, a Thai restaurant located on Queens Blvd, held its grand opening Wednesday. The restaurant’s primary focus is on Thai noodles. Chai Chunton, co-owner and Sunnyside resident, said that the aim of his restaurant is to show that “Thai food is more than Pad Thai.” He said the restaurant offers everything from rice noodles in a spicy Read More »
A convenience store is slated to open on 43rd Ave (bet. 43rd and 44th Streets) within the next month. The store, which will be located at 43-25 43rd Ave., will be selling newspapers, candy, cigarettes, cigars, beer and lotto tickets. The space was formerly occupied by Quest Realty, which closed at the end of April. On this block, two Read More »
Village Voice Blog It was only a matter of time (and rents) before this happened, but little bits of Queens are starting to look like little bits of Brooklyn. Case in point is the newly-opened Salt & Fat, a restaurant whose name points towards the similarly pared-down North Brooklyn nomenclature favored by certain North Brooklyn Read More »
Juan’s Barber Shop, located at 42-09 Queens Blvd, opened for the first time yesterday. The owner is Juan Guallpa, an Ecuadorian immigrant who was a full time barber at Master Barber Shop # 1, which is located just two blocks away from his new store. Guallpa decided the time was right to start his own business and Read More »
Molly Blooms, a bar modeled on the life and times of Irish playwright James Joyce, opened its doors at 43-13 Queens Blvd. on Thursday. Ciaran Staunton, a long-time Sunnyside resident, named his new establishment after the fictional character in the Joyce novel Ulysses. The bar’s design is based on the Victorian-style pubs built in Dublin Read More »
