Veteran restaurateur and longtime Astoria resident Riccardo Dardha on Nov. 9 opened his first restaurant, Figlia, in the neighborhood. Figlia, which means “daughter” in Italian, is located at 23-02 31 St. and offers a menu of neo-Neapolitan pizzas from a custom-built pizza oven, along with antipasti and homemade pastas. 

The restaurant highlights local purveyors such as Astoria Seafood, International Meat Market, Murray’s Cheese and Pain d’Avignon in Long Island City, as well as Earth & Me, a zero-waste home and personal care care products store in Astoria and Long Island City.