Slate

45-18 Bell Blvd
Bayside, Queens

In 2026

Same bar, now Cue Bar

Checked October 15, 2026.

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Overview

New York on Tap listed this bar without a review.

History

Eight ball in a former sanitation garage

The Bayside Billiards Cafe opened in 1992 on the site of a former Sanitation Department garage, a family business from the start^{1, 2}. In the fall of 2002, after a $500,000 renovation, owner Telly Hatzigeorgiou renamed it Slate, with slate floors, a fireside lounge, 27 new pool tables and a 50-foot glass-topped bar that constantly changed color^{1, 2}. Five years later it was redesigned again, and on June 27, 2007, it celebrated its reopening as Cue Bar with an open bar². Cue Bar is still at 45-18 Bell Boulevard, now with 21 pool tables and two ping-pong tables, and in 2026 Queens voted it the borough's best pool hall³.

Sources

Researched October 2026.

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