While wandering through Long Island City this past summer, luck led me to discover Chef Keizo Shimamoto's pop-up ramen noodle shop. Though it lacked a quickly visible menu, I took my chance and entered. Good decision. Among the...
M.Wells Steakhouse finally opened in Long Island City. In only two months, Chef Hugues Dufour and his wife Sarah Obraitis have managed to generate genuine buzz. The night I went, a few days before New Years, when the only seat was at the bar. Honestly,...
For those unfamiliar with it, Long Island City is a section in Queens, which is one of New York’s five boroughs and where I make my home. Long Island City has a nice view of Manhattan, some great industrial architecture, and some surprising art spaces. Now it has a...
