According to the papers, this Fairway in Douglaston is due to open in November, 2011. Finally.

I don't care for them. Unfortunately, my daughter lives a couple of blocks from there, and she thinks they are the best bagels going. I know I've failed her in other ways, but I thought at least that I 'd taught her good bagels! LOL

According to the local weekly paper, the Little Neck Ledger, Fairway is slated to open in Douglaston in January. They applied for a variance to add 10,000 square feet to the Waldbaums and also to add an elevator. I assume the elevator is so that you'll be able to park on the upper level, which is a very good thing, as that parking lot is awful.

Really looking forward to it!

I just had lunch at Tel Aviv, and was completely blown away! It is going to become one of my regular haunts. Amazing!! Neither my friend nor I is kosher, so I am not saying it is a great kosher restaurant - it is a great restaurant. Period. At least, lunch was wonderful.

They bring out a trio of dipping sauces - sweet (much like tamarind), and 2 different mildly hot ones, and wonderful home-made pita.

I had the sabich Iraqi which is a pita sandwich stuffed with eggplant, Israeli salad, mango pickle, hard boiled egg, and others, served with tahini sauce on the side. Absolutely delicious, and I really couldn't finish it - it was huge. But the price sure wasn't - $5.75!!

I will probably live there.

Yuck. That is one of the worst diners around!

You weren't even allowed in that Northern Blvd Patricia Murphy's unless someone in your party used a walker. I remember it very well - none of us were disabled, but my mother loved the popovers. The waitresses really had a knack with older folks.

I think the appetizers at Piccola Venezia are their strong point. Have aps and skip the entrees. Entrees are totally forgettable. Basically, I think the restaurant is highly overrated.

Just a side note - The Waldbaums in Douglaston is closing, and Fairway is moving in. Fairway just got permission from the planning board to expand the store. Sounds like it is a done deal.

Looking for a really good Indian restaurant around the city line. I know there are a lot of places in the Bellerose - Floral Park area, but can anyone recommend one? I would like to go on Mother's Day, and don't much feel like Jackson Heights.

Thanks, Alice

Looking for a really good Indian restaurant around the city line. Want to go Mother's Day. I know there are a whole bunch in the Bellerose-Floral Park area, but can anyone recommend one?

Thanks, Alice

I seem to consistently have divergent opinions from some of the regular posters, but here is my two cents anyway -

Pizza - Joe's on Marathon Pkwy in Little Neck (just South of the LIE)
Turkish - Kebab House on Northern Blvd.
Chinese - Harvest Buffet is surprisingly good, but if you don't feel like the self-serve aspect, Pearl East is a good solid 1960s Chinese restaurant
Bagels - Bagelman in what is now the HMart shopping center on Great Neck Rd at Northern Blvd. Their Egg Everything and Pumpernickel are both outstanding.
Trattoria Diane on Bryant Ave in Roslyn for a good solid meal

Restaurants that everyone else likes, and I won't go back to -
Ethos on Middle Neck Rd - snooty, bad service, and the food tasted nothing like the wonderful stuff I had all over Greece
Wild Ginger in Waldbaum's shopping center - I cannot deal with a restaurant that is unwilling to make substitutions. Too full of themselves. I asked for the Tuna to be served with a vegetable or salad instead of the delicious noodles (not on the diet of the moment) - Oh no, we cannot do that. Well, then, I cannot patronize a place that does not value its customers.
Tulip by the Post Office - was served mixed frozen vegetables. And when I ordered a fruit plate for dessert, I was served a sliced apple.
Seven Seas Diner - terrible. And unsanitary. Have gotten wadded up napkin in my tuna fish scoop, cigarette butt in my salad. Why would I go back?

We went to a wedding at Land's End in Sayville, and I thought everything was wonderful. The setting is gorgeous, and the food was excellent.

My husband really loves the Full Moon Chili at the Blue Moon in Bronxville. They have the Full Moon and something called Half Moon. Apparently, they are very different.

Just wanted to echo Spring Asian on Gramatan in Mt. Vernon. I highly recommend the shrimp with honeydew melon, broccoli and walnuts. I don't remember what it is really called, but they are the biggest and best shrimp I have ever had. Alice

I went to City Limits for the first time last week. Ordered a southwestern style hangar steak wrap. Was disappointed by the bland flavor, but the portion was huge. Came with a big pile of vegetable chips. Think if I ever returned I would concentrate on simpler dishes. Alice

Wow, I read thru the whole thread - no one put up my favorite, so, though I have posted it elsewhere on this board, I am going to have to put in a nod for the pumpernickel and egg everything bagels at Bagelman in Great Neck. I'm an addict. Alice

I have tried the herrings at Fairway - they are not what you get in Europe. Have not yet been to Nordic Delicacies yet.

I had not ever heard of them. I will take a run by there and check out the menu. Thanks for the info.

Alice

Does anyone know of a good restaurant with a special menu for Chinese New Year? Queens is OK, too - but I would rather not deal with the parking in downtown Flushing. We want to go out with friends who live pretty far east on Long Island, so Western Suffolk, Nassau or Eastern Queens would be best.

Thanks, Alice

Adding my vote for Kebab House on Northern Blvd in Little Neck. Yes, it is a fairly small restaurant, but excellent food. We have been with friends who have lived in Turkey, and they assure us that it is the real deal.

We just went to the Roslyn location for the first time last week. Just lovely. We went on a Sunday night and encountered their prix fixe dinner for $30. Appetizers were huge and delicious, and so were the entrees. And then, of course, I had to have dessert, since it was included. Service was fine. Only complaint - it was a really cold night, and when the door opened it was quite uncomfortable in the first floor dining room.

Alice

We bought the Ikea herring - definitely NOT what you get in Sweden or Denmark. I will definitely try the Nordic Delicacies below next time I get to that area of Brooklyn. Thanks.

Since we were in the Scandinavian countries several years back, I have been trying to purchase Scandinavian style herring - very different from Vita, that's for sure! They have herring in a good light tomato sauce, also in curry sauce, and in mustard sauce, among other varieties. Haven't been able to find it anywhere - even tried Ikea with no luck.

Does anyone know where it can be purchased in Queens or on Long Island?

Thanks, Alice

I do not know anything about the area, but I live in Great Neck, NY and want to meet a friend who lives in East Lyme, CT - we figured we would meet part way for lunch. I have no idea what kind of food she likes. Can anyone recommend a nice lunch place in the Stratford area, which I figure is about half-way? Thanks, Alice

I realize it is not in NJ, but for others looking for Frogurt, it is also at Yogurteria in Great Neck.

Alice

I do agree in part. I preferred the bagels before the change of ownership, but I still adore the egg-everything, and the pumpernickel bagels are the only true dark pumpernickel in the area. Whitefish salad is excellent. AND you can park, and they are fast; I generally stop on my way out of town, and both parking and speed are big issues. And no one can touch their pumpernickel or egg everything.

Alice

I have no idea if they deliver, but have you called West End Cafe at Old Country Rd & Glen Cove Rd? Ayhans at The Source?

Also, there must be a food delivery service in Westbury that will pick up foods from a variety of restaurants.

Alice

I didn't look at it closely, but there is a fair sized pharmacy area with all sorts of herbal stuff.

Alice

I've been to some small affairs there, and been impressed. Generally food for a group is not as good as it would be in a restaurant. So after these functions, I went to the restaurant part, and actually it didn't measure up to the standard of the group food.

I agree that the produce is terrific. There are grocery items that I cannot find in other local supermarkets. Didn't love the smell of the fish. But it is a whole lot cleaner than V&T in Hempstead.

A new H Mart will be opening in Great Neck - they are finally really working on the construction, instead of it sitting there like an empty shell. But for those in the area, take a peek at the new Chinese supermarket in Little Neck - south service road of the LIE, just east of Marathon Pkwy. Very Chinese. The "fish" gave me the creeps - swimming turtles ready for you to purchase and cook, as well as more standard seafood. And durians. Yuck.

Alice