Now Taking Your Nominations for Best and Worst of Queens 2009
Tuesday October 6, 2009
It was the best of years? The worst? You tell me.
Every year we run polls for the best of Queens and a worst of Queens -- here's last year's best and worst. The polls don't open until December... but to get ready, who do you nominate for contenders?
This year I'd like to open it up more to categories. Please submit your nominations (via comments below) for the best and worst of Queens:
- Restaurants
- Nightlife and Bars
- Family and Kids
- Politicians and Politics
- Neighborhoods
- Shopping and Services
Comments
Restaurants
Best: Tony Romma’s opens in Bay Terrace
Best: Thai Eatery in Douglaston
Worst: both of Martha’s Country Bakery’s locations are terrible.
Family and Kids
Best- apple festival at Queens County Farm
Politicians and Politics
Worst: Term limits extension
Best: Tony Avella, for being himself
Neighborhoods
Best: Flushing’s Bowne House finally got some funding.
Worst: Ticket blitzes in Forest Hills (and everywhere else)
Shopping and Services
Worst: Its Sugar in Queens Center Mall closed
Worst Mexican Restaurant: Garcia’s Mexican restaurant, on Austin Street in Forest Hills, bad service, extremely rude owner, horrible food, too pricey… very cheesey tacky decor something out of 1970’s. don’t go warn your friends!!
Best
Socrates Sculpture Park
NY Hall of Science
Dee’s Pizza
Kew Gardens Cinema
Worst
Hiram Monserrate
people who don’t clean up after their dogs
Best restaurant
Il Toscano
Politician
best: Rep. Anthony Weiner, for fighting for real health care reform–and explaining the issue clearly!
worst: State Senator Hiram Monserrate, for that weird coup, and abusing his girlfriend.
Kids
farm museum
museum of moving image
NY Hall of Science
APEC
Neighborhoods
flushing
astoria
douglaston
Shopping
atlas park
Services
24hr animal shelter in forest hills
Bars/pubs
bohemian hall
lounge 47
Best Bars:
Cocktail – Dutch Kills
Wine – Domaine
Coffee & Espresso – Sweetleaf
best thai: Erawan in Bayside
Best Colombian: Natives Jackson Heights
Best Italian: Manetta’s LIC
Best Coffee: Sweetleaf LIC
Best Chicken: Pio Pio Jackson Heights
Best Bakery: Martha’s Country Bakery…
Best Dance Company: Dance & Beyond
Worst Politician: All of the ones the are in office now..especially the ones who are always in the media.
Best Bakery: La Guli
Best Restaurant for Barbecue: Lucky Mojo’s in Long Island City
Best Restaurant – Danny Brown’s, Metropolitan Ave, Forest Hills
Best Hamburger – Morrison’s, Metropolitan Ave, F.H.
Best Sushi – Yasso Sushi – Yellowstone Blvd, Rego Park
Best Movie Theater – Kew Gardens Cinema
Best Racetrack – Aqueduct
Best Museum – Queens Museum of Art
Worse Liquor Store – Sunshine Liquor, Yellowstone Blvd., owner was mean.
Best:
Restaurants — 5 Star Banquet & Restaurant (Indian)
Nightlife and Bars — Beer Garden
Family and Kids — Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens County Farm
Politicians and Politics — Eric Gioia
Neighborhoods — Astoria
Shopping and Services — Steinway
Worst:
Restaurants – Oceano on Ditmars
Nightlife and Bars – Club DNA in Astoria
Family and Kids – Chuck E Cheese
Politicians and Politics – Any Vallone
Neighborhoods – Elmhurst
Shopping and Services – Also Steinway : )
Man, I may be a little Astoria biased
worst and fithy restaurants……Dees, pio pio on woodhaven, abracamento, d’sylvania, =all have roaches.
best restaurants…dom pepe, narita,
Best Thai Erawan
Best Pizza Manducatti’s Rustica
Best Coffee Sweetleaf
Best Steak Uncle Jack’s