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Ike Allen

Recent stories by Ike Allen

September 4, 2023

Eddie’s Sweet Shop: Nostalgia, by the Scoopful

Queens |
By Ike Allen
Queens -- When a streetcar ran down Queens’ Metropolitan Avenue in the first half of the 20th century, soda fountains like Eddie’s Sweet Shop were commonplace in big cities and small towns across America. Today, this hundred-year-old corner gem on Metropolitan in the leafy, Tudor-style enclave of Forest Hills is one of the last of its kind left in the country, and it certainly shows its vintage. Read more
March 30, 2023

Mount Everest Deli: The Momo Bodega

Queens |
By Ike Allen
Queens -- Mount Everest Deli may appear, to many of its customers, interchangeable with its neighbors – Globe Smoke & Convenience, Seneca Deli Corp., or any of the dozens of Ridgewood bodegas that are instantly familiar to any New Yorker. Passersby on Myrtle Avenue dash in for a pack of cigarettes, a tube of off-brand super glue, or a turkey bacon-egg-and-cheese on a roll. Read more
February 15, 2023

John’s Pizzeria: A Slice of Nostalgia

Queens |
By Ike Allen
Queens -- The eye-catching vintage sign proclaims: “ohn’s Pizzeria.” The letters in “Pizzeria” are in the bold carnivalesque font that decorates many decades-old slice joints in New York. As for “ohn’s,” it’s missing a one-of-a-kind flourishing cursive capital letter. Read more
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