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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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