LIC Linkage: 49th to become one-way, Court Sq changes, Queens is tasty too
The soft side of Long Island City: flowering tree near Vernon Blvd
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LIC road becomes one-way but locals say they got little notice [Daily News]
First installations in Court Square subway transfer construction [LICNYC]
German-made escalator about to go in at Court Square [LICNYC]
El Ay Si Restaurant opening this Thursday [Foodista]
New merchandise, markdowns & events @ LIC’s Little Closets [Little Closets]
Interview with ‘The Dream Express’ creator, now playing @ Chocolate Factory [Brooklyn Rail]
Hey, we’re tasty, too, sez editor of Edible Queens mag [Daily News]
Acrobats get high-flying education @ LIC’s NY Circus Arts [Daily News]
Ruminations on LIC’s Citigroup ‘megalith’ [Newtown Pentacle]
VP of LIC’s Wonton Food Inc lands on bizarre jobs list [Web Urbanist]
LIC’s Petrocelli Electric owner gets 3 months for bribes to assemblyman [NYT]
Its just you.
No it’s not #2. It’s me too. If the quality of the food is excellent… but still… $8 for a side of mac & cheese? On Vernon Blvd… Despite that, looking forward to the place.
Honestly, where can you go and get a main course for less than $15 bucks? It’s not 1950.
#4 so that makes it acceptable to sell teeny weeny nothing special and gouge us?
McReilly’s had main courses well below $15. Below $12 if i remember correctly. It was a popular gathering spot for a wide range of folks from all walks of life. The new building owner bought well below market so he could have settled for a modest rent hike. But I guess he just had to go after the bigger bucks. He gave them the boot (with one month notice) after they’d been a neighborhood mainstay for 20 years.
He’s been renovating now for more than a year and a half and the latest is that the bar that was gonna move in has now backed out. Eventually some business will move in and those pricey main courses will be even higher.
Just a small parable.
Why would then make the street a one-way if the problem is speed? One ways just make people drive even faster as there is no worry about on coming traffic. Speed bumps etc. that makes sense, a one-way does not.
Pro-one way anti speed bump. This is not a suburban culdesac.
Burger King also has main courses well below $15, but I don’t think that is a fair comparison. You can’t compare a burger to a well prepared meal.
Price is only one condideration. If the food is well prepared, service really good and atmosphere inviting, people are willing to pay a few extra bucks for their dinners. El Ay Si seems to have an imaginative menu. Good luck to them.
#8 you obviously never ate at McReilly’s if your comparison is Burger King. If you think the pretentious over priced dishes in very recently opened places are a good value, bless you.
No, I just realize that there is a difference between eating at a restaurant and eating bar food at a pub. I enjoy fast food as much as the next guy (possibly more), but I don’t expect the same service, prices, quality, etc. between the two.
Whatever. This debate is had everytime a new place opens up. You get a few people saying its too expensive, stating their food better be this and better be that to justify their prices and then predicting that no one will go there. For the most part they all seem to draw in a crowd and be sucessful. Speaking of which I was at Tessacio this past week and wsa happy to see that every table was full and there were several parties at the bar waiting for a table. The food was great. So I guess not everyone is looking for cut rate discounts when it comes to their dining experiences.
Cassino’s had meals under $15 for sure too.
How much Mac and Cheese do you get for $8?
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Is it just me or are the prices for El Ay Si really up there? Let’s hope the quality is there.