FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com JULY 28, 2016 • TIMES 23 buzz QUEENS BY MARIA GOTAY [email protected] @RidgewoodTimes Ridgewood lovers of fresh, quality sushi rolls fi nally received a local go-to spot. I Sushi is a brand-new restaurant in the plaza between Myrtle Avenue and Woodbine Street. They’re rolling out fresh sushi seven days a week, catering to Ridgewood residents. It’s perfect for curious eaters who are willing to take a chance; while the classics are great, their desert and vegan rolls are both creative and delicious! Wife and husband duo Wendy and William Lin opened I Sushi less than a month ago with the intention to bring healthy fare to Ridgewood. Originally from Hong Kong, Wendy Lin has been living in the area since 1999, and has been disappointed with the lack of fresh food. And so the Lins came up with a fresh alternative – sushi to fi ll you up, a meal you could eat “every single day and feel good.” I Sushi sits in a small square next to Latin, Caribbean, Chinese and fast food options. The bright green walls inside the shop echo their message as well as the mission of creating “The Healthy Roll.” New regular Eric, who works at nearby Roman Paint, comes at least once a week. He says he has noticed a difference in his energy since replacing a meal of greasy rice and beans with the fresh, veggiebased California roll. The menu has many good choices, like classic spicy tuna and Philadelphia rolls, but their special rolls are what makes I Sushi stand out. The Ridgewood Roll ($10) is a delicious creation stuffed with salmon and fresh pineapple and topped with avocado, black caviar and mango sauce. Their red rice rolls are even healthier, completely vegan and rolled with Bhutanese red rice. Our favorite was the Green River, fi lled with shiitake mushrooms, tamago (egg), cucumber and pineapple topped with avocado and nori ($10). If you don’t love fi sh or usually follow your sweet tooth, I Sushi has an alternative for you too. Their desert sushi menu features PB&J roll ($5) and banana & Nutella roll topped with strawberries ($6). The concept of fruit rolled with rice and seaweed sounds strange, but it’s surprisingly succulent! Also spring for the Tempura Fruit: mango and banana battered and fried, served with a side of fresh strawberry sauce. Also available is an array of hardto fi nd Japanese snacks and drinks. Chocolate-dipped shortbread Pocky sticks and Hi-Chew tropical candy line the shelves while the fridge holds Hawaiian Sun Green Tea cans as well as a sugar-free alternative. I Sushi is open every day from 11:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and is located at 1635 Woodbine St., Ridgewood, Queens. Tour the Ridgewood Reservoir this weekend BY ANTHONY GIUDICE [email protected] @A_GiudiceReport If you’re looking for something fun to do this weekend, but want to stay local, look no further than one of Ridgewood’s hidden gems, the Ridgewood Reservoir. Join Untapped Cities and nonprofi t organization NYC H20 for a special tour of the Ridgewood Reservoir on Sunday, July 31. The tour kicks off at 10 a.m. and takes the group all around the reservoir, stopping at many of the location’s interesting spots, including the brick foundations that supported the walls of the reservoir and a former gatehouse and the abandoned force tubes that once pumped water from collection points up into the reservoir. The tour concludes at 11:30 a.m. Matt Malina, director and founder of NYC H20, will be leading the walk. “We will walk around the reservoir and along the causeway in between two of the basins and observe the forests, pond and wetland that now occupy the basins of the reservoir. We will see where the aqueduct, which ran along Conduit Avenue, entered the reservoir,” Malina said. “The aqueduct extended east on Long Island to Nassau County and brought water from additional reservoirs and wells into the Ridgewood Reservoir. We will stop at the gatehouses that controlled the fl ow of water out of the reservoir to the residents of Brooklyn.” NYC H2O works to educate and inspire New Yorkers — especially teachers and students — about the incredible water system and its importance to New York as a natural resource and ecosystem, which includes the Ridgewood Reservoir. The Ridgewood Reservoir was built in 1859 and was originally used to supply the former city of Brooklyn with water, much of which was used in many of Bushwick’s old breweries. The reservoir became obsolete in the 1950s as new reservoirs in the Catskills provided water, and the Ridgewood Reservoir was decommissioned in the 1980s. Tickets for the tour cost $30, and can be purchased on Eventbrite. Newly open I Sushi brings healthy & creative fare to Ridgewood
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