NEXT STOP 44 APRI L 2 0 1 7 FOOD + DRINK By SEAN CURRY @THESANDWICHENTHUSIAST You’re standing beneath the girders of an elevated subway track with an iron manhole cover beneath your feet. The sounds of the subway announcer — “Next stop, 30th Avenue” — ring out from overhead while the unceasing footsteps of a city’s hustling population pound in your ears like a heartbeat. Determined workers rush past you on errands between points A and B while bridges of the East River can be seen in the distance. Are you standing on 31st Avenue just beneath the Broadway NW station? No — you’re standing about three blocks east in front of the kitchen in Joe Brown’s latest Astoria offering on Broadway and 34th, The Trestle. The Trestle. After finding success with Rocky McBride’s and PJ Leahy’s, Brown wanted to create something with a different ambiance. And since the Trestle’s opening on Feb. 10, he’s succeeded. From the moment you walk in, Brown’s commitment to the incessant humming of our city’s veins is present in every detail of the shop. It’s in the ceiling, a steel-appearing wooden facade that was custom made and painted by an artist to look like the underside of New York’s elevated subway tracks. It’s in the walls, all covered in beauti
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