Restaurant Opening: Bare Burger

Do you hear that crunch under your feet? That's the sound of vegan hippies coming to terrorize your neighborhood with the likes of dancing circus bears wielding precariously perched all-natural ingestables.  Or at least that's what the lone, die hard burger stalwarts will say once Bare Burger opens soon on the corner of 34th Street and 31st Avenue.  

The rest of us will immediately begin worshiping at the altar of beer-bearing bears (sorry) once we discover what they mean by organic "snacks". One thing's for sure: Astoria is in need of a creatively themed restaurant that keeps sustainability on par with savory food.   Judging by the care they've taken in branding the joint, we're feeling recklessly optimistic!

Restaurant Opening: Cafe Ole

Some names seem destined to be accompanied by an exclamation point and jazz hands.  If the onslaught of spring weather and intermittent sunshine is not enough of a reason to dance, Cafe Ole(!), near the Kaufman movie theater, should do the trick.  With what appears to be an expansive roof deck and accented exterior, this new Latin joint seems poised to fill the Spanish-tapas-lounge void that higher temperatures always seems to create.  No word on exactly when the unveiling will be, but we're guessing in time for the mercury to rise.  Ole!