Re: Astoria/LIC lovers!

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Posted by DeeluvsVinny

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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!

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that's awesome!! me toooo!!! i love the commute to the city.. and my fav thing as of now.. looking out into the city from my living room..

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I cant believe i forgot one of my favorite places, its in LIC and we also had our RD there. The waterfront crabhouse, the food is AMAZING!!!! their crabmeat stuffing is to die for, i love the chicken stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat but almost everything on the menu is so good. Its right by watertaxi.

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Posted by DeeluvsVinny

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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!

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you definitely should, LIC is about 5-10 mins away from astoria and not like you get on a highway or anything either, you take it locally.

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Posted by Espo22

I cant believe i forgot one of my favorite places, its in LIC and we also had our RD there. The waterfront crabhouse, the food is AMAZING!!!! their crabmeat stuffing is to die for, i love the chicken stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat but almost everything on the menu is so good. Its right by watertaxi.

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i wanted to do the whole watertaxi thing for the longest.. hopefully soon..

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Oh the waterfront crabmeat house I saw when I went to the watertaxi, we usually park our car near the restaurant instead of inside. Don't you love the LIC waterfront??? I wish we could afford one of those buildings!!!! I think LIC will be new Hoboken(NJ). I wanted to get married at The Metropolitan in LIC, I fell in love with that place.

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oh I also forgot, there's this greek bakery called Artopolis(sp) is right by the train tracks (NW) near Ditmars and they have the best bread, spanikopitas(sp), and its such a cute bakery. We love it there.

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Posted by Espo22

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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I LOVE McCann's!!!!!! Best bar food by far.

Best Colombian Restaurant: Basurero! (On Steinway)

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Posted by RadiantBride

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Posted by Espo22

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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I LOVE McCann's!!!!!! Best bar food by far.

Best Colombian Restaurant: Basurero! (On Steinway)

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Where is the Mccanns?
Oh yeah the Basurero! My sister loves that place. I haven't been there yet.
And there's Grand Cafe on 30th Avenue, I love their food and the decor.
for pizza we LOVE Gino's on Broadway

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Posted by AR31

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Posted by Espo22

I cant believe i forgot one of my favorite places, its in LIC and we also had our RD there. The waterfront crabhouse, the food is AMAZING!!!! their crabmeat stuffing is to die for, i love the chicken stuffed with shrimp and crabmeat but almost everything on the menu is so good. Its right by watertaxi.

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i wanted to do the whole watertaxi thing for the longest.. hopefully soon..

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well its outside and on the water so now its going to be real cold. Wait until like spring

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Posted by tj2008

Oh the waterfront crabmeat house I saw when I went to the watertaxi, we usually park our car near the restaurant instead of inside. Don't you love the LIC waterfront??? I wish we could afford one of those buildings!!!! I think LIC will be new Hoboken(NJ). I wanted to get married at The Metropolitan in LIC, I fell in love with that place.

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yeah in those luxury buildings i was looking at listings for it, and most of them were about 600k for 1 bedroom. For 2 br's it got even more ridiculous and many of them were like 1.2 million for an apartment. Its crazy bc a few years ago LIC was not like that, they really fixed it up

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Posted by tj2008

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Posted by RadiantBride

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Posted by Espo22

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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I LOVE McCann's!!!!!! Best bar food by far.

Best Colombian Restaurant: Basurero! (On Steinway)

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Where is the Mccanns?
Oh yeah the Basurero! My sister loves that place. I haven't been there yet.
And there's Grand Cafe on 30th Avenue, I love their food and the decor.
for pizza we LOVE Gino's on Broadway

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mccanns is right next to marthas bakery. Infact marthas now stays open until like midnight bc of mccanns, they realized alot of drunk ppl from the bar like to get marthas cupcakes late at night hahaha, ive definitely done that haha

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yeah in those luxury buildings i was looking at listings for it, and most of them were about 600k for 1 bedroom. For 2 br's it got even more ridiculous and many of them were like 1.2 million for an apartment. Its crazy bc a few years ago LIC was not like that, they really fixed it up

mccanns is right next to marthas bakery. Infact marthas now stays open until like midnight bc of mccanns, they realized alot of drunk ppl from the bar like to get marthas cupcakes late at night hahaha, ive definitely done that haha

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Yes, the price of those luxury buildings are amazing, but you know what, they get the best views of the city, better than people that are in the city, get to watch the 4th of July like a VIP, around great restaurants, near the subway, you don't need anything else! I wouldn't hahaha!

I gotta go check Mccanns out then and I'll certantly be over at Martha's yum! Great to know they're open until late now

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Here's my list of the places dh and I have to go in the next few weeks:

718
Euros
Mccanns
Zac's
Basurero
The crabmeat house near the water taxi...

Denise, you mentioned about the Riverview, is the food good there? I hear people saying it's ok

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Posted by tj2008

Here's my list of the places dh and I have to go in the next few weeks:

718
Euros
Mccanns
Zac's
Basurero
The crabmeat house near the water taxi...

Denise, you mentioned about the Riverview, is the food good there? I hear people saying it's ok

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The food is good, we had the crab legs and they had to be the biggest crab legs ive seen and they were good. Its pricey though so thats one thing to keep in mind. The dessert was awesome too.

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Posted by Espo22

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The food is good, we had the crab legs and they had to be the biggest crab legs ive seen and they were good. Its pricey though so thats one thing to keep in mind. The dessert was awesome too.

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oh ok, I always wanted to go there so I think I'll put on the list

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OOops forgot this one is not food related hehe

I found out that Calipso(that clothing store) have an outlet/warehouse open to public 3 times a week in LIC, I have the addres at home if anyone needs it.
I haven't checked out yet but I can't wait because I love that store

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This post just inspired me to go to McCann's tonight then stop and get a cupcake at Martha's.
have you girls tried their redvelvet cheesecake?? YUMMMYYYYYYY

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Posted by RadiantBride

This post just inspired me to go to McCann's tonight then stop and get a cupcake at Martha's.
have you girls tried their redvelvet cheesecake?? YUMMMYYYYYYY

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i know, im in the mood for mccanns now too. I want the jalapeno poppers and their fried macaroni and cheese squares

i didnt know you were from astoria, do you go to Mccanns alot? I used to go there alot more than I do now. I did go about 2 weeks ago but before that hadn't been there in a while. But i used to regularly

ive had the redvelvet cupcakes and they are AWESOME!!!!

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I was born and raised (all 32 years) in astoria, and i DO LOVE IT....but we just bought a house in Oyster Bay, and im excited about the change and having my own OWN home and doing the LI thing...the thing i will miss most is my 15 min commute to midtown ! But I will have a backyard and grass!!! WOOOO HOOO

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Nuevo Jardin de China- We call it our Cuban Chinese place. They have this steak and onions thats so amazing and this shrimp in garlic sauce thats my FAVE! Its one block up from Tierras Colombiana on Broadway (One of my other faves)

Watawa! AMAZING
Taverna Kyclades
Steinway Street
Kaufman Theaters
Rizzo's Pizza
Forno Italia-they have these amazing personal pies
Porto Bello-Excellent chicken parmesan
Jackson Hole
The Gyro Lady on 33rd and Ditmars

Waterfront Crabhouse has got to be the best hidden treasure in Queens. I ADORE this place.