28 The Queens Courier • september 19, 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com LICFLEA&FOOD IS YOUR CHILD CHARMING? This weekend is your Charming Child’s time to shine at the LIC Flea & Food. On Sunday, September 22 the LIC Flea will be hosting the Charming Child Contest. Children ages 0 to 12 can participate and will be photographed by photographer and LIC Flea vendor Kirill Poliakov. A group of judges will select the winners from three age categories, 0 to3, 4 to 7, and 8 to 12. The winners will have a chance to be featured in The Queens Courier and LIC Courier Magazine, as well as many other prizes. Prizes are donated by Silver Star Mercedes. LIC YMCA, LIC Kids, Rummage 718, Raising Astoria, Tiny You and LIC Flea Market. Register online at queenscourier.com/charmingchild contest or in person at the Flea. Winners will be announced and awarded on Sunday, September 29 at the LIC Flea. Then make your way to the LIC Flea this weekend! OCONOMI www.myoconomi.com Kasuko Nagao and Hideki Kato will be bringing their traditional Japanese food to the LIC Flea & Food market this year with Oconomi. Shortened from the original Japanese “oconomiyaki,” Oconomi is a Japanese dish comprised of a delicious pancake containing a wide assortment of vegetables. For their purposes, Nagao and Kato will be using whatever vegetables are available right in the LIC Flea, and they will also be serving a special pork-belly pancake in addition to their vegetarian dish. The duo have been preparing and serving Japanese cuisine for almost five years, and are looking forward to sharing the taste of Japan with LIC Flea-goers every Saturday. OAXACA TACQUIERIA www.oaxacatacos.com Oaxaca Tacquieria is bringing the unique taste of authentic Mexican cuisine to the LIC Flea this year. Founded five years ago by husband and wife David and Patty, Oaxaca doesn’t just serve your everyday tacos. Instead, their food is meant to be an authentic experience, with your food being prepared in front of you with ingredients that are made from scratch. In addition to standard chicken and beef tacos, Oaxaca also offers special Revolution Tacos, which blend together different flavors to provide something totally new. Among the most popular of these Revolution Tacos is the Korean Taco, as well as the Al Pastore and the Barbacoa. Oaxaca also offers traditional vegetarian options. Oaxaca Tacquieria will be at the LIC Flea every Saturday and Sunday until the market is over. ANTIQUE ANTICS www.Facebook.com/MyAntiqueAntics Garrett Maney, IV and Dante Mella had so much success with their antiques table at the LIC Flea that they have opened a brickand mortar shop in their native New Jersey. Antique Antics specializes in “unique pieces, stuff you just can’t find anywhere else,” including antique, collectible and refurbished items. Maney has been buying and selling antiques for four years now, but never imagined it would take him this far. Maney met Mellam, who specializes in repurposing items, at a flea market in New Jersey a year- and-a-half ago and the pair started working together. “As soon as we heard about LIC Flea, we gave it a shot and loved it,” Maney said. “We have been told multiple times by multiple people that we have the best stuff at the Flea. Everyone has been so good to us. Even though we have a storefront and are doing well, we want to continue to be at the Flea. That’s key.” Maney and Mella will still continue going to the Flea even with their shop open, mostly on Saturdays. Antique Antics, which opened on August 15, is 1,300-square-feet with three separate departments, or “theme rooms” -- Alexandra’s Treasures, Mantiques and the Gallery. “Alexandra’s has jewelry, furniture, glassware, collectable figurines, crystal, mirrors, all the pretty things,” Maney said. “Mantiques has everything from vintage cameras to beer cans, beer signs, oil cans, railroad lanterns and antique license plates. The Gallery is predominantly modern, local artists we like to feature, as well as some antique pieces.” You can check out Antique Antics on their Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/ MyAntiqueAntics. TEA N MILK www.TeaNMilk.com For the first time, Tea N Milk will be at the LIC Flea & Food market. Originally created as a startup between Kendy and Wilson Ng and Matthew Wong, Tea N Milk sets itself apart from other bubble tea companies by brewing each cup of tea fresh, instead of using one large batch to pour from throughout the day. Tea N Milk offers many flavors of bubble tea, including jasmine green, oolong, and black tea. They also offer two fruit flavors, peach white and apple green tea. As the weather gets cooler, Tea N Milk will begin making more hot teas, and it is in the process of testing others, including Thai and Chai Latte. Tea N Milk will be at the LIC Flea every Saturday and Sunday until the end of October.
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