November 2009
November

Revisiting the neighborhood where I grew up never ceases to amaze me. When I left Astoria over 30 years ago there was a coffee shop on Broadway called Sanford's Cafeteria that back then was already there for over 55 years and a mainstay of the neighborhood. So it was great to see a CBS TV review of the new and

The night before last, I started a new tradition in my house: visit a new Queens restaurant every Wednesday night. I started with a trip to Sanford's in Astoria, on Broadway at 31st St., right underneath the subway stop. We had a good meal - my companion had the pork osso buco which literally melted in my mouth; I had