Category: bar-restaurants

Taste of Texas comes to Queens for 2024 Chili Cookoff

Jun. 5, 2024 By Czarinna Andres June 5, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Over 700 people attended the Texas Chili Cookoff at Pig Beach BBQ in Astoria on Sunday afternoon, celebrating the Lone Star State’s best chili and queso.  Now in its 55th year, the annual event hosted by the New York Chapter of… Read more »

Seek Coffee to open new location on Ditmars Boulevard next month

May. 8, 2024 By Czarinna Andres May 8, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Popular Astoria coffee shop Seek Coffee is set to open a new location on Ditmars Boulevard in early June.  Seek, which opened near Broadway nine months ago, is expected to open on June 1 at the site of the former Yogurt… Read more »

Mother’s Day brunch spots to try in western Queens

May. 7, 2024 By Czarinna Andres May 7, 2024 By Amanda Salazar With Mother’s Day swiftly approaching on Sunday, May 12, now is the perfect moment to finalize your celebration plans. If you are still searching for the ideal spot to honor the occasion, we have curated a list of Western Queens’s top 10 brunch… Read more »

Thai restaurant in Astoria named best halal restaurant in the borough

May. 6, 2024 By emarshall May 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The Queens Chamber of Commerce, the oldest and largest business association in the borough, announced Friday that the winner of its inaugural “Queens’ Best Halal Restaurant Competition” was the Astoria modern Thai fusion restaurant Nur Thai. In celebration of the restaurant’s distinct honor, Nur… Read more »

Butterfield Market to expand beyond Manhattan with new Long Island City location and commissary kitchen

Apr. 25, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Apr. 25, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Upscale Upper East Side grocery store Butterfield Market is set to open a new location in Long Island City next year. The store will operate a retail space and a 9,000-square-foot commissary kitchen.  Butterfield Market, which currently operates locations on Madison… Read more »

New bagel store set to open in Sunnyside next month

Apr. 5, 2024 By Seán Ó Briain A new bagel shop serving the Sunnyside community is set to open its doors on 47th Avenue at the end of May.  Mark Curley and his wife Bridget Kane have teamed up with Anne Muldoon and Killian Hunt of the Lowery Bar and Kitchen to launch Curley’s Bagels,… Read more »