Entrepreneur Space to deliver fresh food
to Long Island City and Astoria residents
A Long Island City food-andbusiness
incubator, looking to
serve a hungry and stressed
population while also helping
small startups thrive during the
COVID-19 crisis, has announced
an innovative delivery service for
fresh and packaged products.
Beginning Wednesday, March 25,
the Entrepreneur Space will deliver
freshly prepared meals from 10 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays within a
half-mile of its 36-46 37th St. location.
Over time, the E-Space hopes to ramp
up and serve all of western Queens and
parts of Manhattan, but for now the zone
is from 33rd Street and 30th Avenue to
Northern Boulevard; 48th Street to 36th
Street; 36th Street and Honeywell Street;
35th Avenue and 21st Street.
The E-Space was created by the
Queens Economic Development Corporation
to give clients a place to prepare
food products in a 12,500-squarefoot
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industrial kitchen. These products
are sold online or at the Queens Night
Market, Smorgasburg and other New
York City pop-up markets.
“This is economic development in
its true sense,” QEDC Executive Director
Seth Bornstein said.
The process is simple. Savvy shoppers
go to the individual client’s website and
order what they want. The businesses
will then fill the order and they will be
delivered. Clients can also use services
such as Seamless and Uber Eats.
Participating E-Space businesses
include Cooking with Corey, Daily
Spoon/Destination Dumplings, Ipsa
Provisions.
"Ipsa Provisions is happy to be able to
serve the Long Island City community at
this time,” said founder Josh Brau.
Cooking with Corey owner Brandi
Covington noted that while their catering
business has “slowed way down,”
delivery orders have been picking
up. They also started teaching online
classes during the coronavirus cri-
FOOD + DRINK
Photos courtesy of QEDC
Photos by Dafne Work for Ipsa Provisions Photos courtesy of QEDC
BY BILL PARRY