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queens business
Tazzina in
Forest Hills
set to close
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
rpozarycki@qns.com / @robbpoz
Tazzina, an Italian restaurant in
Forest Hills owned by a former
champion of the Food Network
show “Chopped,” is closing at the
end of the month.
Restaurant owner and chef Jason
Zukas broke the sad news to diners
in a June 6 post on the eatery’s offi -
cial Facebook page. Tazzina originally
opened on 88th Street in
Glendale in 2010 before relocating
to its current spot on at 102-15
Metropolitan Ave. in Forest Hills
three years later.
“It’s with a heavy heart that I have
to announce the closing of Tazzina
Forest Hills. June 30 will be our last
dinner service,” Zukas wrote in the
Facebook post. “Between the neighborhood
changing, huge problems
with the landlord and business
being slow, I have decided to close
and look for a new location.”
Th e Ridgewood-native Zukas
trained at the Culinary Institute of
America and worked at numerous
Manhattan restaurants, including
Ouest, La Bottega and Blue Water
Grill, before opening Tazzina in
2010. Th e menu features a modern
take on traditional Italian-
American and Mediterranean cuisine.
Zukas won $10,000 on an episode
of “Chopped” — the popular competitive
cooking show hosted by
Ted Allen — in 2009, and returned
the following year to compete in a
“Chopped” tournament of champions
the following year.
His appearance helped get
Tazzina off the fl ying start, and the
restaurant gained a loyal following
among local diners. While Zukas
said he’s closing the chapter on
Tazzina’s reign in Forest Hills, the
restaurant still has a future.
“Th is is not the end of Tazzina,
just a little time out until I fi nd
the right spot again,” Zukas wrote.
“Tazzina was founded in 2010 and
still has so much life in her. We’ll be
back soon better than ever! I hope
to see you all soon!”
Photo via Facebook/Zwanger-Pesiri Radiolog
Photo by Suzanne Monteverdi/The Courier
Local Pour House in Bayside is seeking to operate a sidewalk cafe
Photo via Google Maps
Tazzina restaurant on Metropolitan
Avenue in Forest Hills is closing its doors
on June 30.
Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology opens
third Queens location in Elmhurst
BY THE QUEENS COURIER STAFF
editorial@qns.com / @QNS
Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology has offi cially
opened another location in Queens.
Located at 88-12 Queens Blvd. in
Elmhurst, this Zwanger-Pesiri location is
the third to open in Queens.
“In the past 12 months, we have been
able to open three state-of-the-art offi ces
in Queens. Th e residents here deserve
high-quality care and we are dedicated to
providing them with that care,” said Dr.
Steven L. Mendelsohn, chief executive offi -
cer of Zwanger-Pesiri. “We are constantly
striving to make the best imaging easily
accessible and our Elmhurst offi ce will
enable us to serve another new community.”
Zwanger-Pesiri has 26 locations in
Nassau, Suff olk, Queens and Brooklyn.
Th ey opened their fi rst Queens location in
Laurelton and their second in Ozone Park.
Th e new Elmhurst offi ce off ers a number
and Bone Density (DEXA) scans.
of services including Vida 3T MRI, PET/
For the past 65 years, Zwanger-Pesiri
CT scans, Nuclear Medicine, Low-Dose CT
has served its patients with radiology services.
scans, Ultrasound, X-ray, 3D Mammography
With over 65 board-certifi ed radiologists
on staff , they are able to accommodate
patients regardless of their work schedules.
For more information about Zwanger-
Pesiri, visit www.zprad.com.
Bayside eatery gets board
approval for new sidewalk cafe
BY SUZANNE MONTEVERDI
smonteverdi@qns.com / @smont76
A newly renovated Bayside bar and
restaurant may soon add outdoor dining
to the mix.
Local Pour House was given the green
light by Community Board 11 on a permit
for a sidewalk cafe. Th e permit will be
presented to the appropriate city agencies,
including the Department of Consumer
Aff airs, for fi nal approval.
Located at 213-11 41st Ave., the bar
went through an extensive renovation
in 2017 that saw a kitchen and additional
seating added to the business.
The watering hole now serves a number
of unique bar bites and dinners alongside
its wide selection of tap beers and
mixed drinks.
With the permit, restaurant owners
plan to establish non-permanent railings
to enclose an outdoor space for four
small tables with four seats each, according
to board Public Safety, Relations and
Licensing Committee chair Jack Fried.
Th e area will only be accessible from
inside the eatery and will operate during
the warmer months. It will be closed down
at 10 p.m. each night.
Board members at the June 11 meeting
raised concerns with the amount of space
the cafe would take up on the sidewalk,
which is heavily traffi cked.
Fried said that ample space would still
be available, as the sidewalk is approximately
13.5 feet wide and the cafe would
take up less than half that space.
“From the drawings that we saw, the
remaining space is quite adequate,” board
chair Christine Haider added.
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