June 14 C R Y D E R P O I N T QUEENS COURIER • BUZZ • MAY 14, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com “DON’T MISS IT!” Photo courtesy of Dominick Totino Photography Board member Rosemarie Scarola (top, center) from the Woman’s Club of Malba presented Vincent Arcuri Jr., president of Queens Library Foundation board of directors (far right), and Bridget Quinn-Carey, interim president and CEO of Queens Library (bottom, left of center) presented the Queens Library Foundation with the endowment at Whitestone Library’s outdoor garden. They are surrounded by members of the Woman’s Club and representative from the Queens STARRING Library. RICHARD ZAVAGLIA Fine dining at the ‘Station’ (“Donnie Brasco”) Lombardi ) DAN LAURIA (“The Wonder Years,” Whitestone library TELECHARGE.garden COM | 212-239-6200 |gets DinnerWithTheBoysPlay.$25K com Acorn Theatre at 410 W 42nd St. from Malba women BY ALINA SURIEL From cash to container plants, the Women’s Club of Malba is spending some green to keep the Whitestone library green for a very long time. In their latest charity effort, the club gave the Queens Library Foundation $25,000 to maintain the outdoor garden outside the Whitestone branch at 151-10 14th Rd. “We are delighted that the Women’s Club of Malba is supporting the reading garden at the Whitestone Library,” said Vincent Arcuri Jr., president of the Queens Library Foundation board of directors. “Through its endowment, the club will ensure that the garden will provide hours of relaxation, literacy, and environmental learning and outdoor enjoyment for generations to come.” The women’s club is able to give to the community more than ever since the sale of the its clubhouse in the fall of 2012, according to Rosemarie Scarola, who is currently serving as first vice president. The Center Drive clubhouse had been used by the club since its start in 1933, but financial difficulty from rising taxes and other expenses led to the sale, and the women do not plan to buy another headquarters. Instead, funds from the sale are being given to nonprofit foundations, with the library garden grant following a $100,000 endowment in 2013 to buy a new, state-of-the-art ambulance for the Whitestone Volunteer Ambulance Service. Scarola said that the organization always chooses local charities for their donations because they want to be sure that the funds will directly impact the community in a meaningful way. “You give to a big organization, the organization gets like 3 dollars, and you’re paying for the CEOs,” said Scarola, who served as president of the club from 1988 to 1990, “so we try to be a little more careful with that.” ABRUZZO Sopranos”) 14 cryder point courier | June 2015 | WWW.QUEENSCOURIER.COM dining out T I C K E T S S T A R T A T $ 2 0 *Limited availability. Offer good on select seats and shows. Other conditions apply. Children under 3 are free on the lap of a paid adult, one child per lap. PHOTO: JOAN MARCUS BEST ACTOR AUDIENCE AWARDS BroadwayWorld.com FUNNY, FRIENDLY, BIG LUG OF A PLAY!” The New York Times WRITTEN BY DAN LAURIA DIRECTED BY FRANK MEGNA BY SHEILA LEVY Gourmet dining has come to Great Neck at Station Grill. Located just down the block from Station Plaza, the grill has turned a small corner of the neighborhood into a Manhattan-style oasis. Alex Levine is the owner, and as a genuine host to his guests, all of the details are important to him, including a beautifully decorated dining room fi lled with many shimmering lights. Levine spent a great deal of time searching for the right chef for his dream restaurant. Having a great passion for food and novella cuisine, he was amazed at the skills and backgrounds of Milton Enriquez, a champion of Food Network’s “Chopped” competitive cooking competition in 2012. Enriquez’s journey over the last 20 years has taken him to many great Manhattan restaurants from Arizona 206, to the Royalton, to Eleven Madison Park, to the Compass, where he graduated to executive chef. Working with him is an excellent staff dedicated to providing fi rst-class service to their customers, who return again and again. The menu is wide and comes in three different versions. The lounge menu is perfect if you are looking to have drinks and a quick bite. There are seven wonderful items on the menu ranging from BB brisket sandwich and homemade smoked paprika potato chips ($8) to a chopped vegetable salad with white balsamic vinaigrette and Maytag blue cheese that’s beyond words ($8). Other chicken salads and burgers are available. The prix-fi xe menu offers three wonderful courses for $27.95 per person. Station Grill 20 South Station Plaza, Great Neck 516-482-3652 Open Tuesday through Sunday 6 to 10 p.m. One of the appetizers was an outstanding rustic rotelle pasta with zucchini, yellow squash, olive tapenade and fresh mozzarella. For a main course, I had the grilled prime fl atiron steak with roasted bliss potatoes, spinach and bell peppers, served with red wine. Complementing it all was a delicious buttermilk panna cotta with blueberry compote and candied pecans. Then there’s the main menu, and there are only so many fl avorful choices that can be printed in this column. Be sure to try some of the highlight items such as the exotic mushroom tartlet with truffl ed ricotta cheese, a petite herb salad and red bell pepper coulis ($10); dry diver scallops featuring Israeli couscous, melted leeks, mascarpone cheese and a fennel curry madras emulsion ($29); and Atlantic salmon with beluga lentils and fondue snow peas with tomato confi t ($22). Served before dinner were cheddar and chive biscuits, old-fashioned cornbread with a honey and butter dip. It does not get better than this. The wine selection is very special; Alex truly knows his wine and has the knowledge and passion needed to gather a full list of terrifi c wines. Enjoy your visit to the Station Grill — you will no doubt be happy with the trip. View Over 200 Reviews at queenscourier.com
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