Queens Together began when COVID19 shut down NYC in March 2020. We built an organization to empower, represent and support our restaurant community and a “Plate It Forward” program to feed frontline workers and people facing food and economic insecurity. We are a network of Queens restaurants and community groups working together in NYC’s largest borough.
Queens Together is a 501C3 organization with a mission to improve the health and vitality of the diverse multicultural restaurants and food businesses unique to Queens, New York. Together, we empower food businesses with Resources for best business practices, Advocacy with city agencies and officials, Promotional services, and partnerships with Community organizations to support business and alleviate food insecurity in our borough.




Meals, groceries and fresh produce for over 275,000 Queens residents.
Funding to restaurants helped pay bills and employees.
Partnership with local organizations fed neighbors.

Hundreds of volunteers made it happen.

Information and resources to hundreds of small businesses.

Meals to thousands of frontline workers.