dachtzuch mir I once got a fruit smoothie from the one in Queens which is under hashgacha of some Rabbi who is Rabbi Steinberg’s son in law.
It is not under the Vaad of Queens because it is open on shabbos. Some Queens people don’t eat there because they want to support the Vaad’s monopoly.
But I am not from Queens. So I don’t have to hold by their politics.
Aside: what Queens has done by having a monopoly is a really good thing for kosher consumers.
Firstly, it eliminates all competition in the hashgacha industry, which resolves the issue of problematic establishments just switching hashgachos when their hashgacha finds something. Like what happens in Brooklyn.
Secondly, it makes that you can eat anywhere in Queens, knowing that the food is reliable. So for example, you can go to any shul’s kiddush, since there is nowhere to get food which is not reliable.