Dear Western Queens, With the neighborhoods we serve full of entrepreneurs many bring together the family to operate their businesses. You can be sure that when family is involved they bring in passion and dedication. How do I know? Because I have been working with my mother for over 12 years! As always we bring you stories and images that make your mouth water and hopefully run to make a reservation. At the same time we have profiled the Giannakas brothers who operate the Greek restaurant and bar Ovelia alongside their mother and father. We all know Astoria is a great place to live, but how about living in the 27 room Steinway Mansion? A home like that built in 1858 has a lot of history and we fill you in on the details. I’m expanding my family of flea markets this season as well. I hope you will come to enjoy LIC Flea & Food, now open on Saturdays and Sundays and starting May 4 Astoria Flea & Food at Kaufman Studios will open for 8 consecutive Sundays. You can enter the lot through the big iron gates on 35th Avenue and 36th Street. I look forward to seeing you there and hopefully in warmer weather. JOSHUA SCHNEPS Josh publisher Flea Market 22 Season Is Here Getting Back 32 FEATURES FEATURES 6 FOOD 5 Great Asian Buns 8 CHARACTERS Blonde Ambition 14 FOOD Notes From Marketa’s Kitchen 22 EXPLORE YOUR BORO Flea Market Season Is Here 24 FOOD Ovelia Changes It Up 26 THE ARTS Tattoo Artist Cristian Zink 28 EXPLORE YOUR BORO Steinway Mansion 32 BODY & SOUL Getting Back On Track 36 THE ARTS Sean Basil McGiver 38 THE ARTS Art At The New Bao Shoppe DEPARTMENTS 12 APRIL 2014 EVENTS 17 BORO DEALS & DISCOUNTS PAGE Exclusive savings, discounts and freebies for the month of April in Astoria, LIC and Sunnyside. 18 MAP IT DIRECTORY Your go-to guide for Astoria, LIC and Sunnyside’s best shops, food, art, nightlife and more 20 MAP IT: ASTORIA, LIC & SUNNYSIDE MAP REMEMBER TO Tag your quens instagram pics with #boromag AND lok for your photos in one of our future issues! editoR-IN-CHIEF bradley hawks // art director jennifer decio // graphic designerS stephen reina, nirmal singh staf writers bradley hawks, ben mims, daniel crown, lillian shaw, hayley bridgewater, brett jones, meaghan trainor, lizabeth nieves // staf photographers javier ibañez, daniel pando, bradley hawks online editorial coordinator bradley hawks // Published by joshua & victoria schneps 4 | BOROMAG.COM | APRIL 2014 advertise in boro ads@BOROmag.com // 718.224.5863 ext. 206 www.BOROmag.com/advertise All materials Copyright © 2014 BORO / All rights reserved. Opinions and claims made by advertisers are advertisers’ claims only. BORO Magazine accepts no responsibility for any claims made by advertisers. BORO Magazine reserves the right to publish any images without providing photo/image credit. No part of this publication may be reproduced without permission of the publisher. On Track
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