Posts tagged Woodside

Whenever I have the opportunity to spend a little time at the 61st Street/Woodside station - like when I’m waiting for an LIRR train, as I was this past weekend - I like to stop by this out of the way fence situated on the edge of the station on the station agent level. It just plain looks cool. I like the little station house that says “Woodside” on it, which means, to me, that this was a custom job. To find it, just head up the escalator and keep walking forward and you’ll see it on the left.

Whenever I have the opportunity to spend a little time at the 61st Street/Woodside station - like when I’m waiting for an LIRR train, as I was this past weekend - I like to stop by this out of the way fence situated on the edge of the station on the station agent level. It just plain looks cool. I like the little station house that says “Woodside” on it, which means, to me, that this was a custom job. To find it, just head up the escalator and keep walking forward and you’ll see it on the left.

This one time famous hamburger from Donovan’s Pub in Woodside comes with sweet potato fries or regular french fries. If you get it with cheese, they give you two slices! Donovan’s Pub is up for sale. Come by for a drink, to watch the game, and that juicy burger before the famous landmark becomes a thing of the past. 57-24 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377

This one time famous hamburger from Donovan’s Pub in Woodside comes with sweet potato fries or regular french fries. If you get it with cheese, they give you two slices! Donovan’s Pub is up for sale. Come by for a drink, to watch the game, and that juicy burger before the famous landmark becomes a thing of the past.

57-24 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377

If you’re looking for Mexican herbs like papalo, Mi Tierra Supermarket is the place to go. They also sell perfectly ripe avocados, stored away behind the refrigerated display for $1.50 each. Now, just curious to know what those other two herbs in neighboring bin to the right are - any guesses? Another good source for Mexican herbs is the El Poblano Farm stall at the Socrates Sculpture Park Farmer’s Market. Also spotted papalo there the other week! Mi Tierra Supermarket85-15 Roosevelt Ave, Woodside [map] Socrates Sculpture Park Farmer’s MarketVernon Blvd & Broadway, Long Island City [map]Saturdays, 6/23/12 - 11/17/128am - 4pm

If you’re looking for Mexican herbs like papalo, Mi Tierra Supermarket is the place to go. They also sell perfectly ripe avocados, stored away behind the refrigerated display for $1.50 each.

Now, just curious to know what those other two herbs in neighboring bin to the right are - any guesses?

Another good source for Mexican herbs is the El Poblano Farm stall at the Socrates Sculpture Park Farmer’s Market. Also spotted papalo there the other week!

Mi Tierra Supermarket
85-15 Roosevelt Ave, Woodside [map]

Socrates Sculpture Park Farmer’s Market
Vernon Blvd & Broadway, Long Island City [map]
Saturdays, 6/23/12 - 11/17/12
8am - 4pm

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Here’s a video the Queens Love Burger Party’s TOUR of the Ottomanelli’s Butcher Shop made by Queen’s own Joe Depace! (tour starts around 2:15)

In the video, the butchers of Ottomanelli’s demonstrate prime meat and all the ins and outs of butchering. They show us why the burgers at F. Ottomanelli’s are above all others. I’m glad Joe got to record this because I missed it!

F Ottomanelli Burgers & Belgian Fries, 60-15 Woodside Ave
Ottomanelli & Sons Prime Meat Shop & Wild Game, 6105 Woodside Ave

and here is Joe and Lenore’s video of the burger party.

After filling my belly at F. Ottomanelli at the Queens Love Burger Party, I decided to walk off the food coma. With meat still very much on my mind I encountered this awesome sign outside a Halal butcher on Roosevelt Ave. in Woodside.

After filling my belly at F. Ottomanelli at the Queens Love Burger Party, I decided to walk off the food coma. With meat still very much on my mind I encountered this awesome sign outside a Halal butcher on Roosevelt Ave. in Woodside.

Homage to a dear moth I found lying on the sidewalk today. It was huge, with a wingspan of nearly 6 inches. But one of its wings had a large tear, rendering the moth flightless. I sat on the ground trying to goad the moth onto a stick to move it off the sidewalk. It garnered a spectacle— At least a dozen people stopped to admire the creature and the operation, but my favorite exchange was between two men, friends, both with heavy New York accents and small dogs on leashes. Man 1: That’s one big butterfly. Thats the kinda bug you frame on your wall. Man 2: (to friend) You know, I think that’s a moth. (To me, gesturing apologetically) I ain’t no Johnny Insect or nothin’, but its shaped like a moth, ya know?  (Eventually, one no-nonsense man, better, apparently, at moving moths than me, finally plucked the moth onto the stick with a gentle firmness and got the moth safely into a tree away from foot traffic.)

Homage to a dear moth I found lying on the sidewalk today. It was huge, with a wingspan of nearly 6 inches. But one of its wings had a large tear, rendering the moth flightless. I sat on the ground trying to goad the moth onto a stick to move it off the sidewalk. It garnered a spectacle— At least a dozen people stopped to admire the creature and the operation, but my favorite exchange was between two men, friends, both with heavy New York accents and small dogs on leashes.

Man 1: That’s one big butterfly. Thats the kinda bug you frame on your wall. 
Man 2: (to friend) You know, I think that’s a moth. (To me, gesturing apologetically) I ain’t no Johnny Insect or nothin’, but its shaped like a moth, ya know? 

(Eventually, one no-nonsense man, better, apparently, at moving moths than me, finally plucked the moth onto the stick with a gentle firmness and got the moth safely into a tree away from foot traffic.)




At our first ever Queens Love Event, we took a tour inside the S. Ottomanelli & Sons Olde Fashioned Butcheria - the ones who supply the meat for the burgers at F. Ottomanelli and Sons Burger and Belgian Fries. (Yes, they are related!) MMM. Steak! Click the pic to take you to the rest of our tour! Or click here. S. Ottomanelli & Sons 61-05 Woodside Ave Woodside NY 11377

At our first ever Queens Love Event, we took a tour inside the S. Ottomanelli & Sons Olde Fashioned Butcheria - the ones who supply the meat for the burgers at F. Ottomanelli and Sons Burger and Belgian Fries. (Yes, they are related!)

MMM. Steak!

Click the pic to take you to the rest of our tour! Or click here.

S. Ottomanelli & Sons

61-05 Woodside Ave

Woodside NY 11377

I hate when my roommates get sick, but I do love having an excuse to pick up my favorite roasted chicken from this Woodside Ave. favorite. Peking BBQ’s rotisserie chicken is perfect eaten straight out of the box, but use it in some chicken soup and you’re cured, or at least heart-warmed, in no time. 

I hate when my roommates get sick, but I do love having an excuse to pick up my favorite roasted chicken from this Woodside Ave. favorite. Peking BBQ’s rotisserie chicken is perfect eaten straight out of the box, but use it in some chicken soup and you’re cured, or at least heart-warmed, in no time. 

A nighttime walk through Roosevelt Avenue will bring you many meals as all the late night food vendors have come out to cook. I don’t know the names of the things I have tried so far but certainly they are not limited to tacos and tortas.

A nighttime walk through Roosevelt Avenue will bring you many meals as all the late night food vendors have come out to cook. I don’t know the names of the things I have tried so far but certainly they are not limited to tacos and tortas.

There’s lots beyond the menu at Fresca la Crepe, one of my favorite locations in Woodside. Ask Patty what’s unlisted today and you might be the envy of all other patrons. Here’s a crepe with the biscoff spread spekuloos and strawberries. On another day, get The Bomb, a daily off-menu special which has Nutella, white chocolate, bananas, strawberries, toasted almonds, and mascarpone. Yessssss 4 and a half yelp stars on 73 reviews with over 2/3 of the reviews as 5-stars CANNOT be wrong! Fresca la Crepe, 39-82 61st St, Woodside

There’s lots beyond the menu at Fresca la Crepe, one of my favorite locations in Woodside. Ask Patty what’s unlisted today and you might be the envy of all other patrons. Here’s a crepe with the biscoff spread spekuloos and strawberries. On another day, get The Bomb, a daily off-menu special which has Nutella, white chocolate, bananas, strawberries, toasted almonds, and mascarpone. Yessssss

4 and a half yelp stars on 73 reviews with over 2/3 of the reviews as 5-stars CANNOT be wrong!

Fresca la Crepe, 39-82 61st St, Woodside

Photo: freshly baked bread and neon lights at the threshold of Krystal’s Filipino Cafe & Bakery, a Filipino community fixture in Woodside, Queens

Photo: freshly baked bread and neon lights at the threshold of Krystal’s Filipino Cafe & Bakery, a Filipino community fixture in Woodside, Queens

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Whenever there’s something I’ve never seen before, I always get it - hungry or not. Here’s an Ukoy from Fiesta Grill in Woodside. Ukoy is essentially a Filipino shrimp fritter. It’s probably not available today, but look for more Filipino at:Fiesta Grill, 69-12 Roosevelt Ave, Woodside, Queens

Whenever there’s something I’ve never seen before, I always get it - hungry or not. Here’s an Ukoy from Fiesta Grill in Woodside. Ukoy is essentially a Filipino shrimp fritter.

It’s probably not available today, but look for more Filipino at:
Fiesta Grill, 69-12 Roosevelt Ave, Woodside, Queens

So I recently fell head-over-feet in love with this outrageously delicious bacon cheeseburger at F. Ottomanelli Burger & Belgian Fries in Woodside, run by the famous butcher of the same name down the street.  The single is $5.39 (with unlimited free toppings), but of course I went with the double for $1.30 extra.  For one of the most affordable burgers in the area, it tasted like a million bucks.  They even make patties with seasonings mixed in, like chipotle or roasted garlic.  And the truffle parmesan aioli for the fries is outrageous. F. Ottomanelli Burger & Belgian Fries, 60-15 Woodside Ave, Woodside; (718) 651-5544

So I recently fell head-over-feet in love with this outrageously delicious bacon cheeseburger at F. Ottomanelli Burger & Belgian Fries in Woodside, run by the famous butcher of the same name down the street.  The single is $5.39 (with unlimited free toppings), but of course I went with the double for $1.30 extra.  For one of the most affordable burgers in the area, it tasted like a million bucks.  They even make patties with seasonings mixed in, like chipotle or roasted garlic.  And the truffle parmesan aioli for the fries is outrageous. F. Ottomanelli Burger & Belgian Fries, 60-15 Woodside Ave, Woodside; (718) 651-5544

Dig this Vice Munchies video in which  Chef Michael White of Marea and his pal glutton-about-town Josh Ozersky journey to Sripraphai in Woodside for a blowout Thai meal. Quoth Chef Bianco: “In that area whether it’s Indian, Sri Lankan, Thai there’s so many great places to eat. Queens is a melting pot. It’s a fucking fool’s paradise of food.” Word to your mother’s sous chef. I’ve been going to Srip since it was a divey storefront. These days I prefer the homier TCP. Either way it’s always good to see Queens getting some chef love.

“Scientifically processed form choicest Thai Fruit grown in exotic countryside of Thailand” Usually the form/from typo is easily forgiven. But here, on the description of Liquid Thai Fruit Concentrate (Instant Thai Fruit), I think they might actually INTEND it. Found at Thailand’s Center Point, 63-19 39th Ave, Woodside

“Scientifically processed form choicest Thai Fruit grown in exotic countryside of Thailand”

Usually the form/from typo is easily forgiven. But here, on the description of Liquid Thai Fruit Concentrate (Instant Thai Fruit), I think they might actually INTEND it.

Found at Thailand’s Center Point, 63-19 39th Ave, Woodside