Edge of the City

Here's the new restaurant, White Radish American Kitchen, that is going into the former Jack & Nellie's space on Ascan. They hav...

According to the Queens Chronicle the Ascan Avenue Bonelle Pastry Shop, one of the older bakeries in Forest Hills, will close in January. T...

Thanks to Steve for sending in this photo today...

Yup, same corner, another horrible crash. I assume they're parking an ambulance near the corner of Ascan and Queens Blvd.? Sorry to ...

The scene tonight. Pieces of I guess the other car were as far as the eye can see on Queens Blvd. You can see some of them on the pavemen...

Corner of Ascan and Austin So that quiet, beautiful part of Austin Street diagonally across from the church is in for some big changes,...

Readers of the blog will recall a few weeks ago I posted about a nice email I received from the owner of Jack & Nellie's restaurant...

 I've been meaning to return to Jack & Nellie's on Ascan for quite some time. I paid them a visit more than a year ago when t...

Here's some vittles from my visit to Jack & Nellie's, our new restaurant/night spot over on Ascan. These were taken quite a few...

A reader was nice enough to snap this pic of their menu and send it in. If you're not familiar with it, Jack & Nellie's is the...

.... Nick's Pizza. Especially their pepperoni.

There seems to be a ton of interest in this new place, opening soon where the old Q Bistro used to be on Ascan. Here's a pic of what I ...

A car crashed Friday night into the convenience store at the corner of Austin St. and Ascan.

I saw on the Queens Neighbors message boards that the former Q Bistro restaurant space on Ascan is going to be turned into an Irish bar of ...

Sadly, or perhaps not sadly depending on how you look at it, there's been a bit of a backlog of news about local stores and restaurants...

With some in my party unwilling to wait for a table at the packed Agora Taverna last eve (they shall remain nameless :), we headed east down...