FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com OCTOBER 16, 2014 • RESTAURANT WEEK • THE COURIER SUN 3 s restaurant week THE COURIER/Photos by Salvatore Licata Historic bar joins Queens Restaurant Week Neir’s Tavern, open since 1829, will be participating in Queens Restaurant Week. BY SALVATORE LICATA slicata@queenscourier.com/@sal_licata1 The historic tavern Neir’s is participating in the ongoing Queen’s Restaurant Week, which ends on Oct. 30. The Woodhaven watering hole opened in 1829 and has been in continuous operation since then, except, of course, during Prohibition. Neir’s decided to participate in Queens Restaurant Week because the management wanted to show how the borough has “great places like these and not just chain restaurants,” said Loycent Gordon, owner of Neir’s. Of course, fans of Goodfellas and Tower Heist need no additional incentive to step into the tavern. Parts of both these movies were shot in Neir’s, something that Gordon is very proud of. Yet it is Neir’s historical signifi cance that makes its participation in the restaurant week so special and the tavern itself so endearing to Assemblyman Mike Miller and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz. It is the oldest bar in the borough and Neir’s owners, along with the Woodhaven Historical Society, are working with the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission so it will be declared as a landmark. Having this bar is “great for a neighborhood like this,” said Miller. “Its historical signifi cance makes it special. By being on the list of the restaurant week, people will investigate Neir’s.” Katz agreed that the restaurant week is “a great way for folks to help to grow the city.” She added that she wants people to not only visit restaurants during Queens Restaurant Week but also return after it ends. Till then, you can enjoy Neir’s daily $5 lunch specials and get a taste for the rich history the small corner bar has to offer. From Left: Assemblyman Mike Miller, Seth Bornstein, BP Melinda Katz, Loycent Gordon and Assemblywoman Elizabeth Crowley.
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