Shauna Eats Sunnyside

Update and 'Hood Observations

Mayjah apologies, dear readers, for the lapse in posts. B broke his foot and mama got laid off, so the neighborhood dining circuit has taken a backseat in recent weeks as B moonboots his way to recovery and I hoard cash in cannisters in the pantry. We’ll be back and eating soon. Lots goin on in town… a few notes:

• New McDonald’s house on Queens Blvd. looks exactly like the old one

• Casa Romana apparently does catering

• Bucharest European restaurant on 40th St. has huge, cozy interior (bar and dance floor), festive exterior holiday lights

• The Grind appears to be rockin’ new fluorescent beer signage

• Manhattan spawn Arriba Arriba! on Queens Blvd. is (finally!) accepting apps for bar and floor staff

• Tasty Thai dies; new Mexican joint on Greenpoint

• Baked Argentinean goodness and killer whole pea soup at Sur Empanadas

• Mysterious Tibetan gift shop on 47th St. - there are lots of Buddhas

• Las Americas Carniceria moves around the corner to 46th St. - no more hot food counter?

• New wine bar on Skillman at 46th St. has sparse interior, ginormo Xmas tree; may be a solid local cocktails option

• B spots fluorescent orange (apparently off-duty) hot dog/knish truck near 40th St. station

• Piazza Pizza tags parked cars with menus, torrential downpour mushes marketing scheme

• Even the Churro Lady eats at the weekend Ecuadorian cart on 46th St.

• I Love Py. delivers (fresh!) empanadas; B is beside himself

• Another fro-yo place opens on Greenpoint, inconveniently enough, in the wintertime

• Gray Point Thai menus everywhere; we’re still skeeved by 26 violation points in April, down from 56 in March…

• The villainous eSparks Coffee flips to Ave Cafe; coffee still sucks.