📍Astoria, Queens Künefe is a warm, cheese-filled dessert made from shredded pastry, butter, and sweet syrup. It comes out sizzling, with cheese inside and pistachios on top. It’s meant to be eaten hot, fresh, and shared. But künefe is more than a dessert. It’s a food of warmth, gathering, and late-night connection. It’s a sweet you enjoy slowly, with good company and easy conversation. On Steinway Street, you see it at midnight in crowded cafés, arriving still steaming while friends talk over s