Mysteriously stalled Filipino BBQ joint ‘Ihawan’ to finally open in LIC?

BANY is right around the corner. Their sushi is ok though. Good, but overpriced. Bet they’ve been happy this restaurant hasn’t opened yet.

I like BANY too. But Ihawan 2 looks like it has a great menu! Should be a nice alternative to the crappy bbq at Unlucky Mojos.

Ihawan has a great reputation for excellent Filipino cuisine—–but they do not need to add Sushi to their menu. Remember when everyone was begging for Sushi in Hunters Point? Enough already with Sushi. This might be one of those cases of “Be careful what you wish for”. Now is the time to start begging for a great noodle bar with pork rolls etc a la Chang and the Korean gang…crispy pork belly anyone? yumyum!

I heard that they were going to stop serving sushi… maybe they never stopped…

Exactly what LIC needs… yet another mediocre sushi “fusion” joint. *puke*

YAY!!! we will be heading there for some pancit and halo halo as soon as it opens!!!

I’ve been to Lucky Mojo’s twice in the past few weeks and they don’t have sushi anymore. They just reprinted their menu, sans sushi.

How about some Vietnamese food?

Orange Julius.

There are a lot of Filipinos in the ‘hood… has anyone ever gone to that Filipino grocery store at 21 St and 45 Rd? (across the street from the Filipino church)

McDonald’s? Taco Bell? Jamba Juice? Are you frakkin’ serious? Please go back to whatever strip-mall choked surburb from when you spawned. Ugh. These soul-less MDCs have played a huge part in strangling my native Manhattan, and you want them springing up like so many corporate weeds in an actually decent part of Queens? Um, no thanks.

19, what did you expect? You flood the area with boring drones from Anywhere USA, this is what they want. Having said that, I also don’t agree that LIC needs to offer every single goddamn ethnic cuisine on the planet. LIC is starting to look more and more like some Asian Bladerunner nightmare of the new millennium. Get me the hell out of here.

Though kudos to you, #21, for making me spittake on my keyboard with your line:

“LIC is starting to look more and more like some Asian Bladerunner nightmare of the new millennium.”

Oh so funny because it’s oh so sadly true. Sigh.

You’re scaring me, #24! Who in the hood is Truman? Worse still, where are the cameras, besides in the bars?

I finally went to Manducatis the other week. It may have been the raddest restaurant I’ve ever been to.

Da Gianni is solid, but nothing to write home about.

I went to Masso for brunch once… kinda crappy service (and they weren’t even busy) plus awful music playing.

Still need to do Manetta’s.

Is Junior’s pizza really the best in town, can anyone confirm?

Anyone know what happened to Fast & Delicious? I used to order from them all the time, but no one has answered the phone in months. I miss the simple combo of grilled chicken, vegetables and beans.

#29, maybe a horrible name?

Lucky Mojos sucks no matter what they do! Bad food!

Do you guys need to be such assholes? Do you know how hard it is to put together even a bad restaurant? At least let’s show some respect for business owners in LIC trying to bring the people something at least. For pete’s sake we hardly have anything! Lucky Mojo is run by great people… if you don’t like something there, try to give them some constructive feedback instead of just anonymously bashing them on the blog.

I’ve eaten at Manducatis. When we walked in we were underwhelmed with the decor. The service was slow too. But I can honestly say it was one of the best Italian meals I’ve ever had. Everything was truly delicious. It seems like the orders are cooked from scratch which is probably why service is slow. For one appetizer, 2 mains, 3 glasses of wine and tip we paid $100. And it was worth every penny. The portions were on the large side by the way.

I agree with #35. Give local businesses a chance. People seem to spend a lot of time moaning about what we don’t have and not supporting what we do have.

38, This is 37 again. Fair enough, you’ve tried them out and are not going to waste your money going back. My comment was more towards the folks who keep asking for more/other types of businesses but don’t try the ones we have.

Frank Bruni (NYTimes Food Critic) ranks Manducatis as one his favorite resturants for authentic “home-style” Italian cooking. I also have always enjoyed my meals there. Bella Via’s coal fired thin crust Pizza is very Italian. It is very much like the type of pizza that I used to eat in Firenze during the many trips to that city that I made “back in the day” when I worked in the fashion industry.

Boo Lucky Mojos…time fore something new in that space…even though it seems that no matter what you put there, it’s a bust…anyone remember when it was Smokey’s? I think that space is cursed.

some people just don’t have taste buds I guess…

21, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

I think its a cool location. Ravenswood has all the European restaurants… Bulgara and Ion’s seem to do fine over there. I’m sure the rent is cheap, too… between people in Ravenswood, Roosevelt Island, and SW Astoria there are folks in the area… a real easy bike ride from Hunters Point, too.

Yes, they do digress. I’m still waiting for #30 to tell me why he reported a false rumor re: diGiannis. It’s a very popular destination. That’s what prompted me to call them to find out if the story bore any truth — which thankfully it did not!