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mentor for a bunch of years while she was at Trademark. She looked up to him,” Keegan said. “So I reached out to him asking if anyone was looking for an executive chef job. I didn’t think we would get his level of expertise with us just opening, but he responded, ‘let me talk to my wife’ and two hours later, he said he’d be honored. Chills ran through all of our bodies when we knew we found a huge piece of the puzzle to get this project off the ground.”

And along with Chef Haskell is an “A-Team” of staff members who had also worked with Adrienne, like sous chef Jose, who worked with her at Trademark. Mariel, a head bartender at Trademark, designed the cocktail menu. Plus, some of Adrienne’s best friends are waiting tables, along with other family members of the partners. “90% of the people there know what the story is and the ones that don’t, we inspired them. When the staff is passionate about what they do, it makes the team and we got an A-team to run this place,” Keegan said.

All weekend, the staff delivered dishes perfectly curated for a menu Adrienne would approve of. “The OG spaghetti and clams, Chef Haskell and Adrienne developed together in one of the basements of a restaurant,” Keegan said. “My mom had gone through her texts with Adrienne and dug up a conversation about her mentioning veal Milanese, so it’s on the menu. There’s footage of her talking about our rigatoni bolognese and chopped salad and how they’re inspired by our family history and meals growing up. The skirt steak was something my father cooked all summer long. I think we put as much of Adrienne as we could, whether it’s things she wanted to cook or things that were part of her life story, it’s all on the menu,” Guttieri said.

The décor was created by a friend whose wedding party Adrienne was supposed to be a part of. When Frank’s sister Jessica reached out to Jenna Murray of Spilled Milk Creative, asking for help, Murray ran with the idea. “When my family had this idea of people walking in the door and really seeing Adrienne, we thought there would be a lot more pictures of her throughout her life, but Jenna cut through the emotion and said this can’t be a shrine to Adrienne. As soon as she said it, we realized what she meant. She artistically took Adrienne into the fabric of the building through the design elements, making everything that was masculine, feminine. From day one, she captured exactly what it should be to honor Adrienne,” Guttieri said. “There’s a lot of custom artwork made by Jenna showing a lot of powerful women, and Adrienne had a guilty pleasure of having expensive taste and liking really nice things.”

Speaking of nice things, in addition to the delicious menu that has people raving about since first taste, one of the nice things about the location is the large outside deck, with tables covered by orange and white striped umbrellas, like you’d find scattered across a beach on the Amalfi coast in Italy. The restaurant also has its own dock, where those with boats can pull up, tie one on and enjoy some of the many appetizers or courses, paired with a fresh watermelon frozen or homemade limoncello this summer. And while Adrienne was one to have expensive taste and Adrienne’s offers a finer dining experience than past businesses in the location, the owners won’t turn away anyone wearing flip flops.

They want everyone, from locals to those down for the day, to embrace all that Adrienne’s has to offer. “We want this to be a food destination. We want people to come from all over the place to come for our food and make the trip from Manhattan to get that rigatoni bolognese. We want people out on the back deck, enjoying the beautiful place we’ve built and, hopefully soon, our nice cocktail menu to go with the food,” Keegan said.

In addition to adding cocktails in the near future, Adrienne’s will also have occasional live music. Parking is limited but the partners will be leasing All American’s lot in the evenings to expand. They will also be able to offer small parties for up to 30 people in their upstairs loft space.

Adrienne’s, located at 25 Van Brundt Road, is currently open five days a week, for dinner hours on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, and from 11:30 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. They are closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Walk-ins are welcome but reservations are recommended. Call 718-945-2525 to reserve a table, or online at Adriennes-nyc.com

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I have over 1,600 signatures of individuals who support naming the amphitheater after The Ramones. On August 12, we’re actually hosting a Ramones Music Fest at the Amphitheater.” relationships that we have within the community.”

For more info about the Aids Center of Queens County’s (ACQC) and the incoming public health vending machines, visit: acqc.org

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Now on to ACQC’s presentation. So, what exactly is a public health vending machine? According to the Aids Center of Queens County’s (ACQC), public health vending machines are an evidence-based, innovative tool to expand 24/7 access to life-saving public health supplies, including naloxone, fentanyl test strips, safer sex kits, sterile syringes, wellness supplies, and more. These machines have been successful at reducing overdose death and HIV transmission rates outside of the U.S. for several decades. Similar outcomes have been demonstrated over the last several years in Nevada, Ohio, Michigan, and more.

The ACQC representative said, “Rockaway was one of several neighborhoods that was selected in our request for proposals for placement of a public health machine. Given the high rates of overdose deaths we see in this community, in addition to these high overdose rates, we also see limited access to harm reduction services. This analysis further identified the specific zip code of 11691 to be the highest priority neighborhood for vending machine across all neighborhoods and Queens. We were awarded funding for this project in Rockaway.

“Seventy-nine percent of respondents indicated that they would use the vending machine if they placed it in Far Rockaway, and 60% indicated that they would access syringes if made available. So, the goals of the project are to reduce harm, right? To serve people who use drugs, to support people who use drugs, to provide resources to the community, to engage the community, and to build relationships. We do have a presence in Far Rockaway, but we want to continue to strengthen that presence and strengthen the

Regarding the JBRPC’s plan for Floyd Bennett Field, they are beckoning the community to contribute to the development plans for the area. The rep stated, “We're activating Floyd Bennett Field with public programming. We invite everyone to check it out. We're running a series in the summary that we're calling, ‘Floyd Bennett Field Reveal.’ It's completely free. We've had a number of successful events already. For example, hikes, bike rides, nature journaling events and more. Plus, we have more kayaking programming, including next Friday, June 23.” For more info and to contribute your ideas, email: jbrpc.org

Regarding the MTA, when the train service is suspended for a 16-week period as planned for the winter of 2025, the MTA will be enhancing the existing bus service, and providing a subway shuttle that goes across the peninsula, very similar to what was done during Sandy between Rockaway Park and Far Rockaway. Additionally, they will be cross-honoring Metro Cards on the Long Island Railroad at the Long Island Railroad Car, Rockaway Branch Station. And they are also in discussions with the EDC about increasing ferry service. This is an ongoing discussion and there will be further meetings with the MTA and CB14.