The Scene: Friday Evening, headed out to dinner with Mike and some friends ...
6:45PM: " ...What to wear to the engagement party? Oh look Saada, that's a pretty dress, maybe I can find something here."
7:15PM: "... Where am I going? Broadway Station? Ok. Walking the dogs now, then I'm gonna get dressed and get outta here."
7:30PM: "...I hate my clothes, maybe I should wear the new dress I just picked up?"
8:00PM: "...SHIT!!!"
For those of you who know me, this is a common if not albeit frequent occurrence with me. I need to change this, but this would require that I LOVE my wardrobe and how I look in my clothes at all times, which is another problem all by itself.
Stop judging me. And yes, I do wander outside of the borough named, Manhattan!
Name: Broadway Station
Cuisine: American/Bar Food
Location: 3009 Broadway, Astoria, NY 11106 (b/w 30th & 31st Sts)
Price: Fair, although for Bar Food it's equivalent to Manhattan prices. It may be a sign of times a changin' for LIC/Astoria, it's hip kids.
The Review:
We ordered initially a bunch of appetizers for the table to share (potato skins, buffalo chicken tenders, beef sliders and pulled pork sliders). Murphy was no fan of the buffalo chicken tenders, too hot for him to handle, I guess! ha! I thought the chicken tenders were well cooked. The potato skins were nothing to write home about, not bad, not stellar.
The beef sliders were about the same and I didn't try the pulled pork sliders although Mike thought they were great! Apparently, that was the dish I should have tried, because as a result of the appetizers, Billy and his brother, Tommy both ordered the main entree Pulled Pork Sandwich.
I ordered the nachos ($10) which I would say were really good! Very unconventional! Definitely give those a whirl, good for sharing, the chips come on the side and you get a dish of yummilicious chili loaded with cheese and jalapenos, just the way I like it! The guacamole, although, well done contained too much tomatoes and wound up watering down the guacamole. Great guacamole is thick and all avocado goodness!
Mike ordered the chicken wrap (he's good for that! Ha! *^_~*) but it was apparently a very good wrap b/c he ate the whole thing!!! Plus the appetizers!!!
As an overall, I wouldn't wander back to this place on my own. I'd rather check out all of the other great places that are popping up in Astoria/LIC. But if you live in the area, it's probably a solid spot to hang out and grab a few drinks with some friends.
The one thing that really does stand out at this spot is that each table has their own soundbox to watch any one of the big screen TVs with. I thought that was neat! Great place to be if you're watching a sporting event with friends!
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Post stuffing our faces we decided it was time to head out to our main destination ... Studio Square!!!! The brand new Beer Garden that opened earlier this year.
As a note: We took the NW train one stop ... we should have walked. But I learned very shortly after leaving studio square why we trained it vs walking. Can we say ... whine, whine, whine!!! LOL!!!!!
Name: Studio Square (http://www.studiosquarenyc.com/)
Cuisine: American, German, Sushi (who came up with that?!) - BEER GARDEN
Location: 35-33 36th Street, Long Island City, NY
Price: A little pricier than the Bohemian Beer Garden (down the road) but I guess you're paying for the cleanliness eh?
Price: A little pricier than the Bohemian Beer Garden (down the road) but I guess you're paying for the cleanliness eh?
The Review:
I would just like to say ... THEY HAVE SANGRIA ON TAP!!!!
Hello?! After you say that, it. is. on.!!!! Now, honestly, I was a little leery about Sangria on tap but the guy behind the bar was more than willing to give me a sample in a little shot-sized plastic cup (which by the way is how they serve shots, it's how they keep their overhead low and the prices down). After trying the Sangria, I was a fan. However, I was with a bunch of beer drinkers and not just any beer drinkers, but IPA (got hops?) beer drinkers and so asking if they would help with Sangria after they ordered 2 pitchers of IPA was kind of out of the question so I went with a glass of Sangria ($7), pitchers are $13.
The outside is really, really expansive with HUGENORMOUS wooden bench tables! There were fireplaces too which was great! We got a good spot with the large umbrella covering us and sat down to imbibe and play "categories" courtesy of Murphy who is now forever, in my mind, the trivia king! Haha! It started raining but we were safe under the giant umbrella until the rain started to fall sideways ... ahhhh, mother nature always a step ahead of us.
I will definitely go back to Studio Square! Love this place as it is the only place I've found that has Sangria on tap, that's an automatic guarantee of my return!!!
If you guys get the chance, GO!!!! Do not miss this place! It's effin' awesome!
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