S Prime Steakhouse and more in the QNYC Evening Edition for Tuesday November 13, 2012

S Prime brings delicious steaks and more to Astoria

We spent an evening dining at S Prime, a new steakhouse in Astoria near the Kaufman Astoria Studios in the southern part of town. It used to be the location of Island Lounge, and you’d never recognize it as the same place – the designers did a great job completely changing it inside. We enjoyed our meal and wanted to share it with you through words and pictures. Enjoy!

The stars come out to the Rockaways to help

The NYDN reported that newlyweds Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are back from their secret Tanzanian honeymoon and chose to head to Far Rockaway to help with Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. They handed out backpacks full of supplies to victims of the storm. One volunteer captioned her Instagram photo of the actors, “Shout out to Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel for serving alongside of us in Rockaway and giving the kids something to talk about besides Sandy.”

The USTA may expand into Flushing Meadows Corona Park over the next decade

We’ve learned more of the details about the USTA’s desired expansion into Flushing Meadows Corona Park, which in the end should only take up a little over a half an acre. The changes include the following:

• Relocation of the current Grandstand stadium
• Renovation of Louis Armstrong stadium
• Building of additional courts and parking facilities

The USTA will need to go through a bureaucratic process, but that is par for the course. They are confident that they will pass all requirements asked of them.

“Exceptionally delicious” Niçoise salad at La Boulangerie in Forest Hills

Our friends at the Edge of the City blog reported on their very positive experience with the Niçoise salad at La Boulangerie, an excellent bakery just off of Austin Street. The author of the post wrote that the salad was, “one of the more memorable salad-eating experiences I have ever had.” We’ll be trying it soon.

New Business Recovery Center from the US SBA opens in LIC

A new Business Recovery Center, run by the US Small Business Administration, has opened in LIC. There, business owners can talk to SBA customer service representatives and ask questions about the disaster loan program, as well as get help in completing applications to apply for a disaster business loan. If your business has sustained physical damages or loss of revenue from Hurricane Sandy, this center is for you.