The LIC Market is great and Mark and Lynn have a new favorite waitress...

Lynn and I saw the latest Wes Anderson film, Moonrise Kingdom and afterwards were starving; we happened to be less than an hour from Manhattan and as  I had grabbed my Manhattan file and dug out a clipping of great new restaurants in Long Island City we decided to try one of the buzzed about new restaurants in LIC.  Among this group was the LIC Market whose wine bar and seeming French-Canadian style food was of particular interest to us.  So, Lynn and I set
our GPS for 22-52 44th Drive and after negotiating some heavy father's day traffic we found ourselves perched on a bar seat in the charming, compact space of LIC Market.

The warm, attractive staff made us feel completely comfortable right away.  We were particularly charmed by our smashing British waitress Laura who was attentive, engaging and recommended some great French wines from Chemins de Bassac.  My ricotta and pignoli salad was brilliant and nicely flavored with oranges and warm  roasted chicken, Lynn's mozzarella and radicchio sandwich also had a nice addition of roasted chicken.  The food was great and the atmosphere was very cool but what will hurry us back to LIC is the warm and charming Laura who we already miss.