uhhhhhh
Does anyone know what the hell kind of chicken massacre happened in Boerum Hill? pic.twitter.com/Wfk73zm1jZ— Sara Vilkomerson (@Vilkomerson) August 30, 2019
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 August 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
Well there goes chicken as a lunch option
― calstars, Friday, 30 August 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDO8I4cWsAAqzF4?format=jpg&name=small
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 August 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link
omg
― lag∞n, Saturday, 31 August 2019 05:00 (four years ago) link
see what you’re missing, hippie?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 31 August 2019 05:04 (four years ago) link
Has this been noted here? https://bklyner.com/36-years-court-street-office-supplies-will-close-brick-mortar-location/
― The Fearless Thread Killers (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 September 2019 23:05 (four years ago) link
ppl are real excited abt this Wegman's place
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 October 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
It was a big deal when a Wegman’s opened up near my parents in South Central PA because I could get snooty city stuff when I visited. Don’t exactly get the point of one in an actual city, much less New York City.— Splat! Prigge (@mattprigge) October 28, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
miss brooklyn today. could be enjoying the view of the cars queuing to park in wegmans from my house.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
I used to go to Wegman's when I lived in central PA. It was really nice. It was the second best thing about central PA.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
I'm kind of interested in the Sahadi's new Sunset Park location. I really like that they do (or at least used to) carry jelly babies in the bulk section.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
wait, did Sahadi's move or does it just have a second location?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
FWIW I loved Wegmans when I lived in Jersey but I really can't see spending 40 minutes on the damn BQE to get to one, it's not *that* good.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:49 (four years ago) link
https://ny.eater.com/2019/8/28/20836646/sahadis-open-menu-industry-city-sunset-park-brooklyn-nyc
I still haven't been to InDustRY cITy.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
the bulk food scene at sahadis was always so exciting
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 20:04 (four years ago) link
I don't know how NYC grocery shopping is these days but what I remember being so cool about Wegman's when I lived in Jersey was its scale. I remember NYC shopping as being "you are trying to find things crammed in a very small space and the store is too small to have all the things you need, and maybe you can muster the energy to go to another store while carrying all the stuff you bought from the first store" -- in its way, it was fun and felt very New York, but the opposite is also fun!
Or do people in New York just buy all their groceries off an app and have somebody deliver them?
The other thing is, I don't really think Wegman's would be that fun if you didn't have a car. People who live in Brooklyn don't drive cars now, do they?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
mostly the rich pigs in the condo towers
tho i think ian still has a sporadically working vehicle
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
I had a truck for 10 years in blyn, but I had a driveway so it was convenient.
I could get all my groceries to last a week in one trip from Trader Joes, carrying them on the subway.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
i had a car for a while. it was only good for going to fairway for groceries or dragging my gear to play hockey
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
oh and it's good if you have large dogs.
A lot of people would ask me to give them rides or pick them up from the airport. It took me two years to learn not to do that.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
oh god yes
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
I don't know how NYC grocery shopping is these days but what I remember being so cool about Wegman's when I lived in Jersey was its scale.
Yes. It's like wandering into a food theme park.
My neighborhood now is absolutely shit for groceries. We get most stuff from Costco and supplement with fresh direct and a local Jewish/Russian/Israeli store (labneh, olives, pickles, bourekas, etc). The other options are a Key Food, a C-Town and a bunch of those corner green grocers. There's a Trader Joe's that's only accessible by car and has the world's worst parking lot. Still not driving all the way to Navy Yard though.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
Are you talking about the Trader Joe's in Rego Park? I used to go to that one all the time when I lived in wburg. I would just automatically park in the larger lot behind it.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 22:37 (four years ago) link
that costco in astoria is the most aggro costco in the world.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 22:38 (four years ago) link
Plenty of non rich people in Brooklyn and queens w cars.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 22:48 (four years ago) link
Frank's is closing; last human bar I know of near BAM
https://brooklynbuzz.com/the-legendary-franks-cocktail-lounge-in-ft-greene-brooklyn-closing-for-good-as-owners-sell-the-building-just-blocks-from-bam/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 12:14 (four years ago) link
rip
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 12:37 (four years ago) link
fuuuuck
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 13:18 (four years ago) link
There's also Moe's about a block away but I def prefer Frank's, this is a real loss
― Josefa, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:31 (four years ago) link
On a positive note, Gage & Tollner will reopen this Sunday after being closed 16 years. The new owners are intending to keep it essentially old school. Looks like the beautiful interior has been preserved.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:53 (four years ago) link
i've been hearing a little bit about that behind the scenes and through the grapevine, and it sounds positive - -- one of the people involved is the guy behind Fort Defiance in Red Hook, which is a great bar, so that's promising. i did peek through a gap into G&T a couple weeks back and the interior looked fantastic.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
Is O’Connor’s on 5th ave still there ?
― calstars, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
No, it's a different bar called McMahon's now
― Josefa, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:01 (four years ago) link
Looks like the beautiful interior has been preserved.
― Josefa, Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:53 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
beautiful interior is a city landmark, which is why the arby's that was there was so goofy
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
if anyone has tips for best availability of sanitizer/rubber gloves in/around Kensington/Ditmas Park/Slope lmk
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 March 2020 15:07 (four years ago) link
Neergaard @5th Ave/9th St was selling mini Purell bottles out of a cardboard box near the front register but there were only about three left late Thursday night (& they're marked up).
Someone told me Save-On Fifth @5th Ave/8th St was being accommodating with this kind of stuff, but I suspect that mainly what they have is the non-alcohol based Handi Wipes. Maybe they have something behind the counter.
― Josefa, Saturday, 14 March 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
thx Josefa, I go to Neergard frequently
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 March 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
rip my gym
Building collapse on the corner of Union at and Court St... really hope no one is hurt @NYPDnews pic.twitter.com/mMjVJgQkvY— Anton Tsimbler (@atsimbler) July 1, 2020
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
Whoa. It was an active gym until shutdown?
― Josefa, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 21:11 (three years ago) link
does that cyclist have ... a monkey on their back?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
it's been closed since march because of the virus; not sure why it chose now to fall apart
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 21:46 (three years ago) link
it looked like there were apartments above the gym?
Before pic.twitter.com/42uU9EuTR3— Luca Powell (@lucapowellCUNY) July 1, 2020
― ACABincalifornia (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
pretty sure that’s all gym — there were multiple floors (plus stuff in the basement)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
despite the facade
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
dang, I don't think I've ever seen a building collapse like that
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 22:27 (three years ago) link
Since 2005, inspectors with the city’s Department of Buildings have issued at least eight fines to the building’s owner for large cracks throughout the property, including a 40-foot “bulge” on the wall facing Union Street, according to city records.
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 22:35 (three years ago) link
supposedly there was one person inside, who escaped with minor injuries (!)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
when i lived in ft greene the building next to me partially collapsed while i was home
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 23:08 (three years ago) link
it was loud, basically the face fell off of it, while there were guys working on it on scaffolding, who some how didnt fall even those the shit got all bent, i looked out my window at them from like 5 ft away seconds after it happened, they were all extremely wtf
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 23:10 (three years ago) link
walked by there twice today. of all the buildings in the neighborhood to collapse i would not have picked that one on its face
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 2 July 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link