The Willets Point Mall Is Dead

[Guest d'Kong76]

I haven't gone into Flushing for Korean food in some time, I need to start
doing that again. Sam Won Gak doesn't ring a bell, anyone have a few restaurant
names they can recommend? Thai was mentioned a few posts ago too, love Thai.

Centerfield wrote: Maybe the Wilpons should sell to someone who has some experience in real estate development.

D'oh!

[Frayed Knot]

Nymr83 wrote: If its not walkable it might as well be in Manhattan for most people.

And a lot of people [not everyone, just the majority of this country] categorize anything over about 100 yards as 'not walkable'.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I've always been of the mindset that-- barring infirmity or bone loss-- if we can make it through back-to-back pennant-race collapses, MFY dynasties right next door, and many, MANY Bataan-like 70-win seasons, we should have the stamina for a 10-minute walk, especially one where you get soup dumplings or a football-sized torta at the end.

Most of the good K- spots I know in the area (including two places-- Mad For Chicken, Kyedong-- tied for the best Korean fried chicken I've ever had) are along Northern Blvd. Closer to Roosevelt on Union St there are a couple of 24- hour joints-- Kim Ga Nae, and San Soo Kap San-- that are really, really solid, if a little shabby in terms of decor. I've heard good things about The COOP on Prince St (just off Roosevelt), which features fried chicken and various upscale Korean bar-food faves AND is open waaaay late (3 or 4 AM); I haven't yet had a chance to confirm these recommendations firsthand. (BONUS: in that same complex is the Sichuan place-- Guan Fu-- with the glowing NY Times review.)

There are a bunch of decent hole-in-the-wall Thai places within a couple of stops toward Manhattan... but my favorite (a little farther in, in Woodside) remains SriPriPhai, with its drunken noodles, fantastic beef panang, and lovely fried whole fish.

And yeah-- not much of it is dressed up in any blue and orange, much less festooned with Nimmo-rabilia. But the way I figure it, if we're there, and we're Metly, it's made Metly by our presence. Represent proudly, and the world is your jigae-filled Shea.

[Ceetar]

my friend got random beef-like meat on a stick from a random cart on a random corner in Flushing before NLCS game 6 in 2006.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Mouth watering, LWFS... thanks!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ain't nothing wrong with beef on a stick, but I would slap my mother for good Korean fried.

[nymr83]

Centerfield wrote: Maybe the Wilpons should sell to someone who has some experience in real estate development. Someone capable of turning that area into gold.

Good idea! I think I know just the guy, He has a history in building shit and should be about ready to move on from his current job, and if he builds it then it will be HUGE, the HUGEST, believe me!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Jeez, no. If Donald Trump bought the Mets I'd really have to rethink my fandom.

[Ceetar]

Nymr83 wrote: Centerfield wrote: Maybe the Wilpons should sell to someone who has some experience in real estate development. Someone capable of turning that area into gold. Good idea! I think I know just the guy, He has a history in building shit and should be about ready to move on from his current job, and if he builds it then it will be HUGE, the HUGEST, believe me!

I don't think he'd be allowed to do so from where he's going.