Hot Dog!

Crain’s New York Hot dogs won’t lack buns in Queens By Hilary Potkewitz Published: February 22, 2009 – 5:59 am Residents of Jamaica, Queens, can sleep soundly. Their buns are staying in the oven. After emerging from bankruptcy early this month, Interstate Bakeries Corp. wasted no time in trumpeting the glad tidings: Its Jamaica factory, [...]

How Clean is That Restaurant?

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES January 31, 2009 Diners to Get a Quick Guide to Cleanliness By GLENN COLLINS For the first time, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will compel the city’s nearly 25,000 restaurants to publicly post inspectors’ cleanliness ratings, which have previously been available only online or at [...]

Bay Terrace Ben’s Deli – Lease Extension

Victor Mimoni reports in the Queens Courier that a lease extension between the Bay Terrace Ben’s Deli and Cord Meyer Development is a done deal. The lease extension will allow Ben’s to remain at their current location in the Bay Terrace Shopping Center. Panera Bread, which was going to take over the Ben’s location has [...]

Caffe on the Green Looking to Expand

Caffe on the Green Looking to Expand According to an article in the Daily News, Caffe on the Green will be renamed Valentino’s on the Green and is looking to expand. “I don’t know what to expect,” said Community Board 7 Chairman Eugene Kelty, who is worried about possible expansion on the site. “The other [...]

New operator tapped for famed Queens restaurant

From Crain’s New York: January 05, 2009 3:23 PM New operator tapped for famed Queens restaurant Site is the former mansion of Rudolf Valentino, Fiorello LaGuardia and others. The city’s Parks & Recreation department has tapped a new operator to run the popular restaurant in the Bayside, Queens mansion that was once the home of [...]

Caffe on the Green

The following full page notice appeared in the January 1st, 2009 edition of the Queens Courier: Effective Thursday, January 1st, 2009, Caffé on the Green will cease operations and will not reopen at this location. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the New York City of Department of Parks, has decided to prematurely terminate our license agreement [...]

We’ve Got Ben’s

It’s been reported that Ben’s Deli will be staying at their present location in the Bay Terrace Shopping Center. This should come as good news to many of Ben’s loyal customers who were upset at the loss of a Kosher Deli in the community. Maybe Ben’s can repay customers for their continued patronage by undertaking [...]