Queens Eats: Snacks
Maharaja Sweets (Jackson Heights)
Though the competition in Jackson Heights is considerable, I believe Maharaja Sweets is the optimal Indian snack shop. Inside you'll find a panoply of Indian desserts, a whole bar of fixings for top-notch chaat, and an array of salty snacks known as namkin. All are delicious. [more]
Though the competition in Jackson Heights is considerable, I believe Maharaja Sweets is the optimal Indian snack shop. Inside you'll find a panoply of Indian desserts, a whole bar of fixings for top-notch chaat, and an array of salty snacks known as namkin. All are delicious. [more]
Now that the weather is getting warm, it is officially cholados season in Jackson Heights. At the height of summer, lines form down the block on Northern Boulevard as folks gather on the sizzling sidewalks to shoot the shit, listen to salsa and Spanish-language hip-hop, and sip these icy South American concoctions. [more]
I am an incorrigible food macho. My inability to say anything but "spicy" or "rare" when asked, by waiters, how I like my food, has gotten me in trouble at Korean tofu parlors and Cambodian dives alike. Which is how I once met my match in a green papaya salad. [more]
(Jackson Heights)
There's nothing I like to see more than a little healthy competition between Queens eateries. Thus I took a keen interest in a small battle right in the neighborhood, where the upstart Kababish is edging in on the venerable Kabab King. Taxi drivers from the entire New York area flock to this block at 3 a.m. when their shifts turn over. [more]