Comments on: And let’s not forget Court Square: construction, beautification, burgers http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square A Blog About Life and Real Estate in Long Island City, Queens, NYC Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:37:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-21762 Anonymous Fri, 07 May 2010 00:46:11 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-21762 I met the Burger Garage owners recently and they are good people. Their family is part founder/owner of the Palm. I have a feeling these will be great burgers. Can't wait. I met the Burger Garage owners recently and they are good people. Their family is part founder/owner of the Palm. I have a feeling these will be great burgers. Can’t wait.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-19881 Anonymous Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:30:45 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-19881 The Burger Garage will be an awesome addition to Court Square and all of Long Island City. Everyone in the Court Square area I speak to CANNOT WAIT to dine there. Such a convenient location for all. The Burger Garage will be an awesome addition to Court Square and all of Long Island City. Everyone in the Court Square area I speak to CANNOT WAIT to dine there. Such a convenient location for all.

]]> By: Ricky http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18985 Ricky Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:11:28 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18985 Mark my words taking away parking on Jackson ave will kill off most of the business within a year then they will have to rip up those dividers and plants and put back the metered parking... Mark my words taking away parking on Jackson ave will kill off most of the business within a year

then they will have to rip up those dividers and plants and put back the metered parking…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18982 Anonymous Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:43:12 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18982 I think the name "The Burger Garage" is a great name! It suits the industrial element of the neighborhood! I actually met the owner at the recent LICBDC luncheon and he comes from The Palm Restaurant family (the famous steakhouse)! So am SURE the burgers will be amazing. Seems like it's going to be a really cool spot. I'm looking forward to it! I think the name “The Burger Garage” is a great name! It suits the industrial element of the neighborhood! I actually met the owner at the recent LICBDC luncheon and he comes from The Palm Restaurant family (the famous steakhouse)! So am SURE the burgers will be amazing. Seems like it’s going to be a really cool spot. I’m looking forward to it!

]]> By: Townie http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18934 Townie Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:21 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18934 Maybe 35, but not the original 37, but I guess it's history until they re-post...But...Why bother? Maybe 35, but not the original 37, but I guess it’s history until they re-post…But…Why bother?

]]> By: Townie http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18932 Townie Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:24:10 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18932 Weird, ain't it? It's like there's a virtual principal's office. I don't recall the original #35 saying anything unworthy of this splendid thread. Weird, ain’t it? It’s like there’s a virtual principal’s office.
I don’t recall the original #35 saying anything unworthy of this splendid thread.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18930 Anonymous Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:52:44 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18930 I'm curious why a completely non-provocative post got snipped out amongst the more provocative ones. I’m curious why a completely non-provocative post got snipped out amongst the more provocative ones.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18926 Anonymous Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:39 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18926 No one is talking about those laws. I believe Townie is refering to the raid which took place a few weeks ago when the DOB, INS Fire Dept., DOL, police, DOH, SLA, etc swooped in and found that the lettering for the street address was too small. Other than that they were in full compliance with all applicable laws. Great use of resources. I wonder how much this adventure cost the taxpayers. No one is talking about those laws. I believe Townie is refering to the raid which took place a few weeks ago when the DOB, INS Fire Dept., DOL, police, DOH, SLA, etc swooped in and found that the lettering for the street address was too small. Other than that they were in full compliance with all applicable laws. Great use of resources. I wonder how much this adventure cost the taxpayers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18917 Anonymous Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:46:00 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18917 mostly paranoid people I'd say! mostly paranoid people I’d say!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18909 Anonymous Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:26:03 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18909 There are paranoid people, but there is a law too There are paranoid people, but there is a law too

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18908 Anonymous Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:01:21 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18908 No, I'm certainly not suggesting that the CB has some long term vision. I'm not foolish enough to believe that. However having said that the CB is signing off on a lot of aspects of development which is taking place around here - they gave the nod to Queens West and HP south for example. Zoning variances go through them. I believe there is a land use committee that part of the CB structure, etc. so their fingerprints are all over the new development taking place. How do you move 10's of thousands into an area and then try to limit the growth of the support services that the residents are now demanding? It doesn't make any sense. I also don't think they have LIC best interest at heart. No, I’m certainly not suggesting that the CB has some long term vision. I’m not foolish enough to believe that. However having said that the CB is signing off on a lot of aspects of development which is taking place around here – they gave the nod to Queens West and HP south for example. Zoning variances go through them. I believe there is a land use committee that part of the CB structure, etc. so their fingerprints are all over the new development taking place. How do you move 10′s of thousands into an area and then try to limit the growth of the support services that the residents are now demanding? It doesn’t make any sense. I also don’t think they have LIC best interest at heart.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18907 Anonymous Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:06:03 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18907 People have started to move into the Vere this past week. People have started to move into the Vere this past week.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18906 Anonymous Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:01:10 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18906 26, I think you give the CB too much credit. You are suggesting they have some kind of a long-term vision, a master plan of sorts, for the neighborhood. Instead, I think they are flying by the seat of their pants and have any idea what they are doing. They're simply ad hoc'ing away, just as they've always done. 26, I think you give the CB too much credit. You are suggesting they have some kind of a long-term vision, a master plan of sorts, for the neighborhood. Instead, I think they are flying by the seat of their pants and have any idea what they are doing. They’re simply ad hoc’ing away, just as they’ve always done.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18905 Anonymous Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:32:30 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18905 Well said Townie. You can't encourage 40 story towers on one hand and then try to kill retail develpoment with the other. Its like planting a tree and then refusing to feed it. Make a decision about what direction you want the area to take and stick with it. Well said Townie. You can’t encourage 40 story towers on one hand and then try to kill retail develpoment with the other. Its like planting a tree and then refusing to feed it. Make a decision about what direction you want the area to take and stick with it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18903 Anonymous Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:01:33 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18903 any news on the vere building near court square any news on the vere building near court square

]]> By: Townie http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18900 Townie Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:32:11 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18900 Apparently there's a perception on the part of the Community Board that certain types of businesses may be permitted to make enormous investments on Vernon Boulevard, only to be strung out indefinitely because a busy faction has managed to create the illusion that we want a sub-urban bourgeois climate in Hunters Point. There are precedents in the evolution of neighborhoods, from working class or industrial into a bohemian frontier, then into a zone of profitable development potential, but in this case I think they are mistaken to try to structure the character of this evolution by stifling free enterprise on a small scale while making no effort to inhibit it on the large scale. Apparently there’s a perception on the part of the Community Board that certain types of businesses may be permitted to make enormous investments on Vernon Boulevard, only to be strung out indefinitely because a busy faction has managed to create the illusion that we want a sub-urban bourgeois climate in Hunters Point. There are precedents in the evolution of neighborhoods, from working class or industrial into a bohemian frontier, then into a zone of profitable development potential, but in this case I think they are mistaken to try to structure the character of this evolution by stifling free enterprise on a small scale while making no effort to inhibit it on the large scale.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18897 Anonymous Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:17:44 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18897 you would think that #24, but there many paranoid people here in LIC. And after all the trouble Blend had with getting their liquor license, I can see why there would be some questions. But thankfully both Testaccio and El Ay Si got their liquor licenses like restaurants should be able to get. you would think that #24, but there many paranoid people here in LIC. And after all the trouble Blend had with getting their liquor license, I can see why there would be some questions. But thankfully both Testaccio and El Ay Si got their liquor licenses like restaurants should be able to get.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18896 Anonymous Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:31:34 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18896 don't restaurants open all the time with liquor licenses? i don't think that's some strange new phenomenon or indicative of any corruption or under the table dealings. the fiasco on vernon boulevard with other restaurants trying to get their license is not normal... thankfully. don’t restaurants open all the time with liquor licenses? i don’t think that’s some strange new phenomenon or indicative of any corruption or under the table dealings. the fiasco on vernon boulevard with other restaurants trying to get their license is not normal… thankfully.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18895 Anonymous Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:20:36 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18895 . .

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18894 Anonymous Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:09 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18894 How in the name of all that is righteous, can El Ay Si have their liquor license BEFORE THEY ARE OPEN??? If anyone has been to Rustica lately, they still don't have one. This makes no sense to me at all. And I was not a conspiracy theorist... but after Testaccio and now El Ay Si got it without any trouble, it makes me wonder what is really going on? Obviously something is wrong with the system. How in the name of all that is righteous, can El Ay Si have their liquor license BEFORE THEY ARE OPEN??? If anyone has been to Rustica lately, they still don’t have one. This makes no sense to me at all. And I was not a conspiracy theorist… but after Testaccio and now El Ay Si got it without any trouble, it makes me wonder what is really going on? Obviously something is wrong with the system.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18893 Anonymous Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:48:50 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18893 The waitress we had at the soft opening said they do have it, they just couldn't serve for the previews. The waitress we had at the soft opening said they do have it, they just couldn’t serve for the previews.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18892 Anonymous Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:36:48 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18892 #19 - they did a "soft opening" a few weeks ago. the food was delicious and a very attractive space. i'm looking forward to an expanded menu. does anyone know if they have their liquor license? #19 – they did a “soft opening” a few weeks ago. the food was delicious and a very attractive space. i’m looking forward to an expanded menu. does anyone know if they have their liquor license?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18891 Anonymous Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:06:46 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18891 "re-open"? El Ay Si hasn't opened for the first time yet. Y what is going on with them? Is this going to be another Ihawan? That spot must be cursed a little bit... it was left in construction for over a year... I forget what was there before that. But El Ay Si seems stalled. “re-open”? El Ay Si hasn’t opened for the first time yet. Y what is going on with them? Is this going to be another Ihawan? That spot must be cursed a little bit… it was left in construction for over a year… I forget what was there before that. But El Ay Si seems stalled.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18889 Anonymous Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:16:43 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18889 I'm #3, not complaining, thought it was funny. The bakery is in a garage and the Garage is in a store. But I do love a good burger. I've eatin at El Ay Si once and came away really positive, can't wait for it to reopen. I’m #3, not complaining, thought it was funny. The bakery is in a garage and the Garage is in a store. But I do love a good burger. I’ve eatin at El Ay Si once and came away really positive, can’t wait for it to reopen.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.liqcity.com/neighborhood/a-walk-around-court-square/comment-page-1#comment-18887 Anonymous Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:09:44 +0000 http://www.liqcity.com/?p=8682#comment-18887 name and signage fairly generic, not inspiring, brooks has a good burger, time will tell, nice to see lots happening in court sq. still the best practical location in lic, looking fwd to when the subway station construction is done, but who knows when that will be. name and signage fairly generic, not inspiring, brooks has a good burger, time will tell, nice to see lots happening in court sq. still the best practical location in lic, looking fwd to when the subway station construction is done, but who knows when that will be.

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