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Dine in Queens 2017
Photos by Anthony Giudice/QNS
Get your fi ll during the 2017 ‘Dine in Queens’ event
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
over 100 restaurants for the three-week
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restaurants will off er customers
back so that we can really have the true
a three-course prix-fi xe dinner for $28
tourism and make sure that folks from
Foodies from across the borough will
and lunch for $14 (some venues will off er
around the world know what Queens has
be able to get their fi ll of delicious foods
diff erent deals.).
to off er. You haven’t visited New York
from around the world as the 2017 Dine
“If you really want to see 10 countries,
City until you’ve come to Queens.”
in Queens event offi cially started on
if you really want to eat from 10 countries,
QEDC created this three-week event
Monday, Oct. 16.
you can do it in 20 minutes here in
as a way to give diners a chance to visit
“Dine in Queens,” which is sponsored
Queens,” said Queens Borough President
new restaurants or try a meal from an
by the Queens Economic Development
Melinda Katz at the “Dine in Queens”
eatery they wouldn’t normally go to. In
Corporation (QEDC), brings together
kickoff event at Atlas Park last week. “We
past years, it has been a boon to the local
economy as many restaurants welcomed
plenty of new customers to their businesses.
During the kickoff event, representatives
from Outback Steakhouse, Shiro
of Japan, Restaurant Depot, QEDC,
Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel and Matiz
Latin Cuisine were giving out freebies to
everyone who stopped by their tables.
“Dine in Queens” runs from Oct. 16 to
Nov. 2. For a full list of participating venues,
visit itsinqueens.com.
Photo caption: People lined up in Atlas Park in Glendale to celebrate the 2017 “Dine in Queens” kickoff event last week.
