Comments on: Neilochka from the Block http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/ Neil Kramer is a writer in Los Angeles. Citizen of the Month is his blog. Make yourself at home. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:30:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Stu S http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123991 Stu S Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:02:44 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123991 McCrory's -- right! Yeah -- complete alter kokered. McCrory’s — right!

Yeah — complete alter kokered.

]]> By: Neil http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123967 Neil Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:23:50 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123967 Stu, we sound like a two senior citizens sitting on the park bench reminiscing about the old days and the five cent hot dog at Nathan's! It was McCrory's. The entire block is dumpy now and half the stores are closed. I think the landlord is hiking the rents, with the aim of bringing in something big, like a Kmart. It is a perfect place for it. (excuse us, other readers, as we talk Queens talk) Stu, we sound like a two senior citizens sitting on the park bench reminiscing about the old days and the five cent hot dog at Nathan’s!

It was McCrory’s. The entire block is dumpy now and half the stores are closed. I think the landlord is hiking the rents, with the aim of bringing in something big, like a Kmart. It is a perfect place for it.

(excuse us, other readers, as we talk Queens talk)

]]> By: Stu S http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123965 Stu S Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:15:17 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123965 Host Deli used to be over there too, by the former Wainwrights and the old Five and Dime. Was that a Kresge or Ben Franklin? Host Deli used to be over there too, by the former Wainwrights and the old Five and Dime. Was that a Kresge or Ben Franklin?

]]> By: Neil http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123964 Neil Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:14:27 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123964 Welcome Queens Residents! The last thing I expected when I wrote this was to be linked at <a href="http://queens.about.com/b/a/217574.htm">About.com/Queens</a>, New York Weekly Restaurant Roundup.  Most of my readers are from around the country, and wanted to show them a piece of Queens. Valentino's has been the one constant in an always changing neighborhood.  It has been a hangout and a local fave for decades.  I live in Los Angeles now.  Do you know hard it is to find good pizza?  Let's not even talk about the bagel situation.  People think the piece of dry bread they get at Starbucks is a BAGEL! Whenever someone visits New York and talks about some pizza place or some Chinese or Greek or Italian restaurant in the city, I always tell them to come to Queens! There is a lot more to Queens then the airport and the U.S. Open. Welcome Queens Residents! The last thing I expected when I wrote this was to be linked at About.com/Queens, New York Weekly Restaurant Roundup.  Most of my readers are from around the country, and wanted to show them a piece of Queens. Valentino’s has been the one constant in an always changing neighborhood.  It has been a hangout and a local fave for decades.  I live in Los Angeles now.  Do you know hard it is to find good pizza?  Let’s not even talk about the bagel situation.  People think the piece of dry bread they get at Starbucks is a BAGEL!

Whenever someone visits New York and talks about some pizza place or some Chinese or Greek or Italian restaurant in the city, I always tell them to come to Queens! There is a lot more to Queens then the airport and the U.S. Open.

]]> By: Neil http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123961 Neil Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:50:36 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123961 It is a phenomenally succcessful shlock chain. They are all over the East Coast. And we are aging ourselves with K-tel records. I wonder if anyone under 30 even knows what we are talking about. It is a phenomenally succcessful shlock chain. They are all over the East Coast.

And we are aging ourselves with K-tel records. I wonder if anyone under 30 even knows what we are talking about.

]]> By: psychotoddler http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123955 psychotoddler Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:41:20 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123955 I thought K-tel records were not available in any store! I used to buy my Matchbox cars there. They had a great toy department. Plus those quarter horse rides out front that my mom would never pay for. Until I was 10 I didn't even know they were supposed to move. I was in there recently after when my dad was in the hospital--the place is scary now. I thought K-tel records were not available in any store! I used to buy my Matchbox cars there. They had a great toy department.

Plus those quarter horse rides out front that my mom would never pay for. Until I was 10 I didn’t even know they were supposed to move.

I was in there recently after when my dad was in the hospital–the place is scary now.

]]> By: Neil http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123954 Neil Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:39:19 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123954 Psychotoddler - Absolutely! I used to buy my K-tel records there. Psychotoddler - Absolutely! I used to buy my K-tel records there.

]]> By: psychotoddler http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123951 psychotoddler Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:28:30 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123951 Didn't National Wholesale Liquidators used to be Wainrights? Didn’t National Wholesale Liquidators used to be Wainrights?

]]> By: maitresse http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123401 maitresse Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:45:05 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123401 oh, and I'd like to add that, underneath my Paris-by-way-of-Long-Island facade, I too am Queens (my parents done borned me in Forest Hills). Word. oh, and I’d like to add that, underneath my Paris-by-way-of-Long-Island facade, I too am Queens (my parents done borned me in Forest Hills). Word.

]]> By: maitresse http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123400 maitresse Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:43:31 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/11/25/neilochka-from-the-block/#comment-123400 This was such a great post-- I'm going home in less than 3 weeks and I'm getting totally stoked for New York pizza and bagels and all the ass-ugly buildings you pass on the LIRR en route to Penn Station... I'm in a New York State of mind, baby! This was such a great post– I’m going home in less than 3 weeks and I’m getting totally stoked for New York pizza and bagels and all the ass-ugly buildings you pass on the LIRR en route to Penn Station… I’m in a New York State of mind, baby!

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