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Queens restaurants, organizations are keeping people fed during coronavirus crisis
Vol. 29 No. 12 44 total pages
BY JENNA BAGCAL
Purchasing food for yourself and your
family may prove difficult amidst trying
to staying safe from the coronavirus, but
some Queens restaurants and organizations
are attempting to help residents
navigate those challenges.
Here is a list of places in Queens that
are currently offering free or discounted
meals and also organizations that are offering
grocery shopping services for vulnerable
communities.
Farine Baking Company
Located at 74-24 37th Ave. in Jackson
Heights, Farine Baking Company announced
that it would set up a table of
small bags filled with free food items for
“people in need, financially challenged,
or just hungry and can’t afford to purchase.”
The restaurant said that anyone
who wanted to contribute to the table
could do so.
In light of New York City public
school closures, Farine is also offering
free meals to children 12 and under with
the purchase of a regular entree not on
the specials menu. Kids have the choice
of a burger, hot dog, macaroni and cheese
and chicken fingers with a small mixed
salad. The offer is available from 11 a.m.
to 9:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday.
Concettina Restaurant
This Whitestone Italian restaurant
at 160-24 Willets Point Blvd. is offering a
50 percent discount on all food items on
the menu, while supplies last. Starting
on March 17 at 5 p.m., patrons can order
food for pick up or delivery (excluding
Grubhub). Orders must be paid in cash
only. Restaurant owners will also give
a free dessert to all doctors, nurses and
first responders.
Invisible Hands
Invisible Hands was created by Simone,
Liam, Mimi and Healy, “healthy
20-somethings in NYC” who lead a group
of volunteers to bring groceries and supplies
to those in “high-risk demographics.”
The name derives from wanting to
minimize as much direct contact in the
delivery process as possible. Volunteers
will get on the phone with those who request
deliveries in order to get to know
them and their needs.
Deliveries are open to residents in
Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Jersey
City and Riverdale. The organization
also encourages people to volunteer to
deliver groceries providing that volunteers
“are feeling healthy, are displaying
no symptoms, have not traveled out
of the country or come in contact with
a sick person in the past 14 days, AND
HAVE BEEN PRACTICING SOCIAL
DISTANCING.”
For more information, visit www.
invisiblehandsdeliver.com, email InvisibleHandsDeliver@
gmail.com or call 646-
784-5583 or 917-359-1593.
Chicky’s
This chicken restaurant at 248-43 Jericho
Tpke. in Jamaica is doing its part to
help the students affected by the public
school shutdown. Beginning March 17,
they are serving free daily lunch to underprivileged
children from noon to 2 p.m.
“We’re not asking you to purchase anything,
we’re not looking for money, we’re
not looking to make any profit. At a time
like this, we want to give back to our community
and give a helping hand to those
who are less fortunate,” said Chicky’s in
a statement.
A table with free food outside of a Queens restaurant.
Courtesy of Farine Baking Company
CITY SHUTS DOWN AMID CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
• Mayor closes public schools, cancels borough president election Page 3
• Queens CUNY students react to cancellation of in-person classes Page 5
• The crisis in testing and our personal responsibility Page 16
• NYS halts debt collection for student loans and medical payments Page 18
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