Astoria/LIC lovers!

Here I am Denise, I think we should post what we love about Astoria, here are my reasons:
Moved here in March 2005 and in June of the same year met DH on the stoop of my building
Amazing restaurants:
Piccola Venezia
Trattoria L'incontro
Bai
Watawa
Water;s Edge
Martha's Country Bakery
Brooklyn Bagel Co.
Titan Food
Elias
Locale
Cafe Bar

Amazing view:
Long Island City Pier

Amazing places for parties:
The Foundry
The Metropolitan

Amazing park:
Astoria Park
Water Taxi beach thing(sp?)

whatelse? denise? missliss???

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Also, the great commute to the city!!!! woo hoo!

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Posted by tj2008

Here I am Denise, I think we should post what we love about Astoria, here are my reasons:
Moved here in March 2005 and in June of the same year met DH on the stoop of my building
Amazing restaurants:
Piccola Venezia
Trattoria L'incontro
Bai
Watawa
Water;s Edge
Martha's Country Bakery
Brooklyn Bagel Co.
Titan Food
Elias
Locale
Cafe Bar

Amazing view:
Long Island City Pier

Amazing places for parties:
The Foundry
The Metropolitan

Amazing park:
Astoria Park
Water Taxi beach thing(sp?)

whatelse? denise? missliss???

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I LOOOOVE this thread hahaha

ok other restaurants not on the list, 718 like i mentioned before. Its spaniard and french fusion and food is AMAZING. The inside is very cozy and romantic. They have an awesome brunch there too.

I just posted about this on the 08 thread hahaha. But theres a place called Euro's in astoria on 45th street and ditmars right on the corner. Its a small hidden secret hahaha. Its spaniard food and feels like youre eating at someones home, its cozy. The owner is this spanish woman and its run by her family, her kids work there. The owner takes the orders and serves you too so gives you more of that home feeling and food is delicious.

Ponticello-great italian restaurant

Gotta mention Cavo, the place looks AMAZING, the outdoor garden area with water fountains then separate lounge area and restaurant. Love this place

I also love cafe bar, its right by kauffman studios. Its a nice low key place to get drinks. Love their crepes too and sandwiches.

LIC-riverview is across the street from gantry park. The inside is romantic and beautiful, and the food is so delicious. Great view of the city skyline and has outdoor seating

water taxi is awesome. I went recently and wish i had went more in the summer. Its right on the water so you have an amazing view, they have a tented area with a dancefloor and great music. The rest of the area is on sand and has picnic type tables around and big bar area on the other side.

Hmmmm let me see what else i think of hahaha

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by tj2008

Here I am Denise, I think we should post what we love about Astoria, here are my reasons:
Moved here in March 2005 and in June of the same year met DH on the stoop of my building
Amazing restaurants:
Piccola Venezia
Trattoria L'incontro
Bai
Watawa
Water;s Edge
Martha's Country Bakery
Brooklyn Bagel Co.
Titan Food
Elias
Locale
Cafe Bar

Amazing view:
Long Island City Pier

Amazing places for parties:
The Foundry
The Metropolitan

Amazing park:
Astoria Park
Water Taxi beach thing(sp?)

whatelse? denise? missliss???

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I LOOOOVE this thread hahaha

ok other restaurants not on the list, 718 like i mentioned before. Its spaniard and french fusion and food is AMAZING. The inside is very cozy and romantic. They have an awesome brunch there too.

I just posted about this on the 08 thread hahaha. But theres a place called Euro's in astoria on 45th street and ditmars right on the corner. Its a small hidden secret hahaha. Its spaniard food and feels like youre eating at someones home, its cozy. The owner is this spanish woman and its run by her family, her kids work there. The owner takes the orders and serves you too so gives you more of that home feeling and food is delicious.

Ponticello-great italian restaurant

Gotta mention Cavo, the place looks AMAZING, the outdoor garden area with water fountains then separate lounge area and restaurant. Love this place

I also love cafe bar, its right by kauffman studios. Its a nice low key place to get drinks. Love their crepes too and sandwiches.

LIC-riverview is across the street from gantry park. The inside is romantic and beautiful, and the food is so delicious. Great view of the city skyline and has outdoor seating

water taxi is awesome. I went recently and wish i had went more in the summer. Its right on the water so you have an amazing view, they have a tented area with a dancefloor and great music. The rest of the area is on sand and has picnic type tables around and big bar area on the other side.

Hmmmm let me see what else i think of hahaha

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hahaha I'm notebooking my own thread!!! hahahaha

Ponticello and Punta Dura are awesome and around the corner from my house!

Oh Yes, Cavo! I love their food too and decor is unbelievable!

How about the one all the way in the end of Steinway??? Beautiful greek place

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do you mean ammos, next to central? This is right by where i lived, i used to walk to central

yeah i went there one time, the food was delicious and the inside is so different and gorgeous.

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oh and i LOVE the food at Mccanns, great bar to hang out at and the food is awesome. Their wings are soooo good, but they have so many other great things. Many times we go there just for the food. Its the bar next to marthas

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Ooh thanks ladies! I'm in LIC for work a lot lately so it's nice to have some info about the surrounding area.

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sniff sniff I miss living in Astoria!
I just love how easy it was to get into the city, and I loved the homey, yet city feeling of the town. I miss 31st Street, Astoria Park, McCann's, the Beer Garden.....it was a great time in my life when I lived there so I also miss those good ol' days.

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Posted by GettinHutched

sniff sniff I miss living in Astoria!
I just love how easy it was to get into the city, and I loved the homey, yet city feeling of the town. I miss 31st Street, Astoria Park, McCann's, the Beer Garden.....it was a great time in my life when I lived there so I also miss those good ol' days.

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that was a great description, its homey yet also has a city feeling. Theres some very residential areas and then theres great commercial areas. Oooo the beer garden forgot to put that on the list. Great place to sit back with friends in a laid back atmosphere, have some good food and beer.

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everyone I know that has lived or does live in Astoria LOVES it. I have a good friend living there now, so we go once in a while.

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Posted by Espo22

do you mean ammos, next to central? This is right by where i lived, i used to walk to central

yeah i went there one time, the food was delicious and the inside is so different and gorgeous.

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Yes! Ammos is beautiful!

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We also love:

Terras Colombianas
Pollos Mario
Omonia Cafe

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by GettinHutched

sniff sniff I miss living in Astoria!
I just love how easy it was to get into the city, and I loved the homey, yet city feeling of the town. I miss 31st Street, Astoria Park, McCann's, the Beer Garden.....it was a great time in my life when I lived there so I also miss those good ol' days.

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that was a great description, its homey yet also has a city feeling. Theres some very residential areas and then theres great commercial areas. Oooo the beer garden forgot to put that on the list. Great place to sit back with friends in a laid back atmosphere, have some good food and beer.

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YEP! and its great how you hop in the train and you're at 59th St or Central Park within 15 minutes

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Posted by tj2008

We also love:

Terras Colombianas
Pollos Mario
Omonia Cafe

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its so funny bc after i posted i thought to myself that i forgot about terras colombianas and pollos a la brasa mario. Awesome colombian food, and i love the chicken at pollos mario with rice and beans YUMMMM. La fonta antiquena is also very good spanish food, i think they have the best empanadas in astoria too, the others either dont have or not the same. Its more of a homey type atmosphere.

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How did I miss this post??

Let's see....I love so much about this place and I'm going to miss it sooooo much when we move next month. If you work in the city but can't afford to live there, Astoria's really the best place to live, hands down. It's the best mix of city life and residential life I've found. We live right by the train, are in midtown in less than 15 minutes, have the most wonderful restaurants within blocks of our apt., have beautiful Astoria Park nearby, the water, shopping. We park our car near our house, never really have a problem with finding a spot. We're not ready to make the move to the suburbs yet and don't know that we ever want to so for us, it's the best.

Trattoria L'Incontro
Piccola Venezia
Fatty's Cafe
Brick Cafe
La Guli Italian Pastry Shop
Rosario's Deli
The Beer Garden

Those are my favorite food places and all but 2 I could throw rocks at from my place. Most of all though I love the people here. It's homey and comfortable and everyone looks out for each other here. The shopkeepers know you and you know them, you see the same people on the corner, it's safe to walk down the street at night, i never feel worried or that I shouldn't go down a certain block. Though it's absolutely mostly a Greek neighborhood still, there's so many different kinds of people and we LOVE that. We love learning new things and eating new foods. It's an exciting way to live.

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Posted by missliss

How did I miss this post??

Let's see....I love so much about this place and I'm going to miss it sooooo much when we move next month. If you work in the city but can't afford to live there, Astoria's really the best place to live, hands down. It's the best mix of city life and residential life I've found. We live right by the train, are in midtown in less than 15 minutes, have the most wonderful restaurants within blocks of our apt., have beautiful Astoria Park nearby, the water, shopping. We park our car near our house, never really have a problem with finding a spot. We're not ready to make the move to the suburbs yet and don't know that we ever want to so for us, it's the best.

Trattoria L'Incontro
Piccola Venezia
Fatty's Cafe
Brick Cafe
La Guli Italian Pastry Shop
Rosario's Deli
The Beer Garden

Those are my favorite food places and all but 2 I could throw rocks at from my place. Most of all though I love the people here. It's homey and comfortable and everyone looks out for each other here. The shopkeepers know you and you know them, you see the same people on the corner, it's safe to walk down the street at night, i never feel worried or that I shouldn't go down a certain block. Though it's absolutely mostly a Greek neighborhood still, there's so many different kinds of people and we LOVE that. We love learning new things and eating new foods. It's an exciting way to live.

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yay there you are! although you're moving you'll still be close and i'm sure you'll be coming back here to eat, walk, hang out etc.

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Posted by Espo22

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Posted by tj2008

We also love:

Terras Colombianas
Pollos Mario
Omonia Cafe

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its so funny bc after i posted i thought to myself that i forgot about terras colombianas and pollos a la brasa mario. Awesome colombian food, and i love the chicken at pollos mario with rice and beans YUMMMM. La fonta antiquena is also very good spanish food, i think they have the best empanadas in astoria too, the others either dont have or not the same. Its more of a homey type atmosphere.

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pollos mario's rice is the BEST, I'm so obsessed with that rice, dh gets amazed with me and that rice lol
How about Caravan chicken? Its a really ugly place but they have great fried rice and their chicken is really good too and they have this green sauce hummmm

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try sac's! It's a pizzeria but they have a restaurant there I think it's on broadway. DH moved out of astoria 4 years ago but we make trips there just to go to sac's

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wonderful thread.. i moved to LIC after the wedding and been slowly venturing out.. i felt like a fish out of water intially.. keep them coming ladies..

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Posted by AR31

wonderful thread.. i moved to LIC after the wedding and been slowly venturing out.. i felt like a fish out of water intially.. keep them coming ladies..

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Yay..I'm an LIC girl too! Where are you?

I grewup here, but just moved back after thw wedding...totally bookmarking this site as DH has NEVER been to Astoria and I keep telling him we should take a ride or walk through so I can show him all that's there.

I'm down the block from the piers in LIC...my favorite thing...looking at the empire state building when I sit on my front stoop!