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  dining out 
 This Astoria restaurant is  
 serving up cannabinoidinfused  
 drinks and munchies 
 BY JENNA BAGCAL  
 jbagcal@qns.com/ @jenna_bagcal 
 A new restaurant in Astoria has jumped  
 on the cannabidiol (CBD) bandwagon. 
 Adriaen Block (19-33 Ditmars Blvd.)  
 opened its doors on Wednesday, Aug. 8,  
 serving up a curated selection of alcoholic  
 and non-alcoholic drinks and food made  
 with CBD tinctures. Th  is new addition  
 adds to the growing number of CBD and  
 medical marijuana businesses in Queens. 
 Th  e menu features boozy CBD beverages, 
  with names like Bakin’ & Eggs, a  
 combination of Lillet Blanc, Pineau des  
 Charentes, blood orange bitters, egg white  
 and crispy bacon, and Stoney Negroni,  
 made with Cocchi Americano, Tio Pepe  
 dry sherry, Floc de Gascogne, Angostura  
 bitters.  Th  ere  are  also  cocktails  available  
 without CBD, like the eponymous  
 Adriaen  Block  that  combines  Cocchi  
 Americano, Madeira, allspice bitters and  
 bay leaf. 
 Th  ose interested in non-alcoholic CBD  
 drinks can sip on Garden & Tonic, a  
 drink made with Seedlip Garden, Indian  
 Tonic and fresh peas and a blackberry  
 shrub, basil and egg white concoction  
 called Blackberry-Basil Sour. 
 In addition, the restaurant off ers  up  
 a menu of tasty morsels, which they’ve  
 appropriately named “munchies.” Guests  
 can order plates of thick-cut Nueske’s  
 Bacon, hand-cut steak tartare, cheese and  
 charcuterie boards, as well as Faroe Island  
 wild salmon, a burger and three cuts of  
 steak. An optional CBD sauce is available  
 upon request. 
 Vegetarians  can  enjoy  dishes  like  
 Vinetta, a Transylvanian eggplant spread  
 with pita bread and the famous Beyond  
 Burger, a meatless patty served with caramelized  
 onions, plum tomato jam and  
 feta on naan with fries. 
 For dessert, try the molten chocolate  
 cake or key lime pie topped with CBDinfused  
 whipped cream on top. 
 Zsolt “George” Csonka, the restaurant’s  
 owner, worked for Th  e ONE Group in  
 New York City and Las Vegas before  
 opening the Astoria restaurant. He started  
 becoming interested in health and  
 wellness trends, including CBD (cannabidiol) 
  which is a legal THC-free product  
 made from hemp. 
 Th  e owner was fascinated with the benefi  
 ts of CBD, which reportedly aids with  
 alleviating anxiety, pain and infl ammation  
 with no psychoactive side eff ects  or  
 “high” feelings. 
 His focus on health and wellness led  
 the restaurateur to open Adriaen Block,  
 named  for  the  17th  Century  Dutch  
 explorer who navigated Hell Gate connecting  
 the East River and Long Island  
 Sound. 
 For  more  information  on  Adriaen  
 Block  visit  adriaenblocknyc.com  or  @ 
 adriaen.block.nyc on Instagram. 
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