Reconsider the merits of Cafe Henri in Long Island City, LIC, while pouring yourself another glass of that good-value Australian shiraz you brought along. There’s the airy, carefully antiqued, sexily chandelier-lit corner space, and a convenient setting mere steps from the No. 7 station, one stop from Grand Central. There’s the tongue-tingling spiciness of the merguez sandwich, the good peasant bread grilled crisp for the croques monsieur and madame, and the creamy chevre folded into salads, omelets, and crêpes’-NY Mag

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