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A favorite neighborhood shop departs for cyberspace

April 25th, 2018 | by Lynn Fantom | published in slider, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

The awning of G-Free NYC on West 85 Street and Columbus Avenue, where the store now sits vacant. Photo: Lynn Fantom.

When a food business migrated from storefront to e-commerce, costs dropped, but so did sales. But this proprietor has a plan.

Beef’s chicken-and-egg problem

April 23rd, 2018 | by Aaron Moline | published in slider, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

In upstate New York, farmers aiming to raise healthier cows for beef compete with cheaper feedlot beef.

Café brings traditional Vietnamese food to Sunnyside

April 5th, 2018 | by Caroline Hroncich | published in Business, slider, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

A former Buddhist monk opens a Vietnamese and Thai café in the heart of Sunnyside.

At Ebe Ye Yie, stew and uncertainty

April 5th, 2018 | by Aaron Moline | published in Business, slider, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

Lamb stew is served with fufu and sticky rice. Photo;Moline

Immigrant siblings from West Africa contend with the harsh realities of maintaining an aging restaurant in the Bronx.

Island Roti: 20 years and a second-generation surprise

April 5th, 2018 | by Bo Hamby | published in Community, slider, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

Melisa Mahadeo, a co-owner of Island Roti Shop & Bakery, preparing a curry.

As a Trinidadian roti shop hits its 20th anniversary, the original owner passes the restaurant on to his two nieces, who had different career paths in mind.

Little Athens: New wave of Greek immigrants in Astoria

April 5th, 2018 | by Sabrina Caserta | published in Community, slider | Leave A Comment »

Traditional Greek Easter bread. Photo: Courtesy of Victory Sweet Shop.

The Astoria neighborhood of Queens, also known as ‘Little Athens,’ experiences a Greek revival- even in the midst of gentrification.

Kyoto pastry chef seeks independence in Brooklyn

March 30th, 2018 | by Sanam Yar | published in Business, slider, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

Tomoko Kato (right) decorates a cake with dried rosebuds while Tia Yen (left) mixes cake batter. Photo: Sanam Yar.

Tomoko Kato never planned on living in the states forever, but with her Franco-Japanese pastry shop, she’s created a slice of home within Williamsburg.

In Little Sri Lanka, restaurateurs dream of success, and then of home

March 30th, 2018 | by Aisha Hassan | published in Access, slider, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

A variety of vegetarian curries from the popular buffet on Saturdays. Photo: Aisha Hassan.

As Sri Lankan immigrants come to Staten Island and then choose to return home, food stores and restaurants pass from one community member to another.

The Balkans in the Bronx

March 30th, 2018 | by Lynn Fantom | published in Community, slider, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

How food and hospitality bind family, customers, and staff at Cakor Restaurant.

Cuisine, culture and the American Dream

March 30th, 2018 | by Tasneem Alghamdi | published in Community, slider, Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

Homemade Tibetan Dumplings, Kanchanjunga Resturant, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY.

Nangsang Sherpa, a 50-year old mother of three from Tibet, shares her culture and love for cooking at the one-year-old  Kanchanjunga  Restaurant she owns.