The Queens 50

Enjoy it while it lasts. A pre-gentrification to-do list.

By Mark Jacobson, David McAninch, Rob Patronite, Robin Raisfeld, Karen Rosenberg,Karen Parr, Ian Spiegelman, Nicolas Sywak & Eric Wolff
from July 18th New York magazine

...the idyllic English garden homes and stellar ethnic restaurants of Jackson Heights may be the next stop. ...

...#2 Taste the old Times Square. The Polk Theater (93-09 37th Ave., Jackson Heights; 718-639-4081) ...

...#21 Visit a luxury fortune-teller. There are a lot of fortune-tellers and ad hoc healers in Queens, but El Indio Amazonico (86-26 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights; 718-779-9390) ...

...#48 Overdose on kitsch. A typically modern New Yorker might not swoon when she walks into Newman Gifts (78-03 37th Ave., Jackson Heights; 718-429-3413) ...

Gratitude for a New Café

Satisfying Spanish cooking at the Café Bella Vista in the Mission

By Meredith Brody
Wednesday, August 24, 2005 from SFWeekly.com

...She's already found a place to live, in Jackson Heights, and we enthusiastically discussed the variety of food she'd find in the ethnically mixed neighborhood: Indian, Central American, Mexican, Chinese, Thai, barbecue, all tasty, all good value. "Café Bella Vista," I said, "would fit right in."

Ciao, Luigi's, you'll be missed

BY OREN YANIV
Friday, August 5th, 2005 from DAILY NEWS

Many of the patrons at Luigi's Restaurant are referred to by name. They celebrate holidays and family functions at the Italian eatery. Some even keep their spare keys there...

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