Indo Java Groceries (Warung Selasa)

85-14 Queens Boulevard | Elmhurst | built 1989

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

2008
Dewi Tjahjadi opens the Indo Java mini-mart as a gathering place for Elmhurst's Indonesians
Indonesian emigre Dewi Tjahjadi opened the Indo Java grocery in 2008, stocking hard-to-find Indonesian goods and meaning the shop to serve as a meeting place for the neighborhood's Indonesian community. It built a loyal following and became a hub for that community.
Source: atlasobscura.com
2016
Tjahjadi begins serving lunch at one folding table in the back of her grocery
In 2016 Tjahjadi started cooking lunch one day a week, seating two diners at a time at one folding table at the rear of the shop. She offered no menu, just naming the day's one dish and asking if it would do. As word spread, Warung Selasa added a second table and a second cook and now serves lunch three days a week, with dishes such as nasi campur, nasi gudeg and bakso beranak.
Source: atlasobscura.com

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