Sinks & Stones, 46-01 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City

While we’re all waiting for economic bailouts to kick in, there quietly exists at least one way to actually help our local economy, which is to patronize local businesses as much as possible. In talking with many local biz owners, there is a spectrum of struggle; some are doing great, most are hanging in there but feeling a decline, and others are operating in the red. With that in mind, and also gratitude towards liQcity sponsors, here’s some opportunities to support local biz »

Sushi Siam, Vernon Blvd @ 48th Ave, LIC

The new Japanese/Thai fusion restaurant that’s been brewing at the corner of 48th Ave & Vernon (the old 5SL sales office) has some signage action. Sushi Siam will soft open sometime in the middle of November. According to the new owners, the restaurant will feature a full Thai menu, along with Sushi and traditional Japanese offerings.

The storefront right next door is also undergoing a transformation into a dentist’s office. Actually, that whole block on Vernon »

The Creek sans the cave, Jackson Ave @ the Pulaski Bridge, Long Island City

Business deals live and die like everything else in LIC (and the world) so it shouldn’t have come as any surprise (it didn’t) to liQcity to discover the following »