Getting here

Visit

On Queens Boulevard at 138th, a few minutes from the Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard station on the E and F.

Address

138-49 Queens Blvd, Briarwood, NY 11435

Open in Maps

Plus code 87G8P55M+52. Parking available in the back — a detail printed on their own window and listed nowhere online.

Seven days a week, 7 AM to 4 PM. Not seven till late, not different on a Sunday. The same nine hours, every day of the week.

7 AM – 4 PM

The Briarwood Cafe storefront on Queens Boulevard: a deep burgundy awning carrying the name in cream script either side of a line-drawn coffee cup, the phone number 718-297-7494, and the words Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner along the bottom edge
The Briarwood Cafe storefront on Queens Boulevard. Photo: Neil P McGuinness

Ordering

One number does everything

Dine in, take out, delivery and reservations all run through the same line. There is no app and no order form, which is worth knowing before you look for one.

(718) 297-7494

What the listing says

Good to know

  • Dine-in
  • Takeout
  • Delivery
  • Reservations
  • Good for children
  • Restroom
  • Serves breakfast
  • Serves brunch
  • Serves lunch
  • Serves dinner
  • Serves coffee
  • Serves dessert
  • Beer, wine or cocktails
  • Dogs allowed

One correction: the listing records no outdoor seating. There is a canopied sidewalk deck with four tables, photographed by the cafe itself and shown on the home page.

Still open

What we could not source

Six things this site does not say, because nobody has published them. Each is a question for the owner rather than a blank to fill.

  1. Is the supplied card current? Every price on the site comes from it.
  2. What year did the cafe open? There is no est-line anywhere without one.
  3. Who is Spiro? Four menu sections carry the name and nothing else does.
  4. The sidewalk deck in the photographs — still there, and seasonal?
  5. Are the Atlantic City bus tickets still sold, and on what schedule?
  6. Is there a delivery radius, or does the phone number cover it?