{"id":208965,"date":"2026-04-24T23:43:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/208965\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T23:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:43:42","slug":"airtalk-food-queens-raw-bar-grill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/208965\/","title":{"rendered":"AirTalk Food: Queen\u2019s Raw Bar &#038; Grill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The restaurant:<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re driving along York Boulevard toward Eagle Rock, you\u2019ll see a variety of Mediterranean, Mexican and pizza spots.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/queensrawbar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Queen\u2019s Raw Bar &amp; Grill<\/a> stands out as a seafood spot with a menu that offers oysters, fish-centric entrees and desserts like their derby pie. The restaurant has been around since 2023, brought to life by business partners Ari Kolender, who&#8217;s executive chef, and Joe Laraja, who serves as managing director.<\/p>\n<p>The food:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Queen\u2019s Raw Bar &amp; Grill takes inspiration from South Carolina\u2019s seafood scene, where Kolender grew up. Unlike the New England feel of their other restaurant, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foundoyster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Found Oyster<\/a>, Queen\u2019s focuses on southern classics and refreshing raw bar food.<\/p>\n<p>        Keep up with LAist.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re enjoying this article, you&#8217;ll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.  <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A restaurant interior, including multiple chair toward a bar. The bar also includes a container with ice and lemons.\" data-image-size=\"articleImage\" width=\"672\" height=\"448\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777074222_765_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p> The interior of Queen&#8217;s Raw Bar and Grill, including the signature oyster bar.<\/p>\n<p>(<\/p>\n<p> Courtesy Queen&#8217;s Raw Bar &amp; Grill<\/p>\n<p>)<\/p>\n<p>What we tried: tuna tostada, mackerel tartare and pimento cheese sliders.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe flavor is so incredible [and] intense,\u201d said <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/shows\/airtalk\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AirTalk <\/a>Friday host Austin Cross about the tuna tostada. \u201cEverything comes together perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s got the acids down pat,\u201d Austin said of the mackerel tartare. \u201cThe capers are doing their part, and then the dill does give it that finish you get traditionally in some Jewish foods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Listen:<\/p>\n<p>Talking seafood with the minds behind Queen\u2019s Raw Bar &amp; Grill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The restaurant: If you\u2019re driving along York Boulevard toward Eagle Rock, you\u2019ll see a variety of Mediterranean, Mexican&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[82840,82841,82842,9,24,63,82843,122,124,123,82844,32785],"class_list":["post-208965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-airtalk","tag-eagle-rock","tag-food-friday","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens-raw-bar","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-raw-bar","tag-seafood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}