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Just found out the space was rented. Anyone know what kind of business?
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Oh gee, I hope for something good and useful, but, experience tells me otherwise.
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We could really use another nail salon or cell phone store. Fingers crossed.
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Thats a pretty big space. I hope its something good!whoa hey whoa hey whoa
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I pray for Trader Joe's, but that isn't gonna happen
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LongTimeSloper » I pray for Trader Joe's, but that isn't gonna happen
Way too small a place, unfortunately. I think I'd die from happiness if a TJ's moved in a half-block from me. -
In other news, anyone see the bit in the brooklyn paper about movement on the whole foods site?
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No, I read a brooklyn paper just yesterday and didn't see a word.. The last I heard, they needed help with that spot because the cleanup was more than they expected. And, Hollywood Video is too small? yeah, you are right, I thought that spot where D2 moved into would have been big enough, or, the old Aaron's spot further up 5th Avenue. Too bad.
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LongTimeSloper » No, I read a brooklyn paper just yesterday and I thought that spot where D2 moved into would have been big enough.
Heh -- you're not the only one. I was praying for a TJ's when Eckerd's closed. -
I kind of wish that was still a hollywood video. I would love to have a vid store with more selection than the one up n 7th (although they are super cheap!)whoa hey whoa hey whoa
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We have been with netflix so long, I can't remember the last time i was in a video store
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They should close down that terrible Jennifer Leather store, takeover both spots and open a whole foods or a TJs please.whoa hey whoa hey whoa
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i've been praying for the same thing to happen with the two huge places for rent on the corner of berkeley and 7th. close the ace supermarket and make that whole space a tj's! or at least a gourmet garage or an amish market or something... i'll be interested to hear what comes in the hollywood video place...it is indeed a rather large space...
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Want produce marketwhoa hey whoa hey whoa
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what's the problem with the ace? it's a mainstay of the community.
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ace is fine, but they have no good produce and not a very nice selection of food. it's basically good for beer and cigarettes. if it's not going to upgrade the store itself or the merchandise at all, i find that large space it takes up a waste. it hasn't changed with the neighborhood at all. do you ever get more than a couple things there? it's certainly not conducive to real grocery shopping.
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the ace is an honestly-operated, family-run business.
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I don't think it was ever meant to be a real grocery store, i think it's purpose, just like the Met across from 321 is to be a larger than normal neighborhood deli. Where people can buy certain things. they are good for beer, soda, paper stuff, frozen foods, etc. Would I do a regular grocery shop there? no, but they are handy for things here and there. How should it have changed with the neighborhood/ do they not sell enough natural, good for you crunchy foods?
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it's called ace supermarket. good supermarkets in affluent areas don't smell like dead bodies and have 3 pieces of rotting fruit as their produce section. never said it wasn't an honest business. but this is 2009. the store is a relic and needs to update. i don't need natural, organic or any of that stuff. there are plenty of other great places for those items in this neighborhood. what would be nice is fresh fruit/veggies. you guys can love it all you like, i buy beer there and i'd be MORE than happy to buy more there, if it wasn't such a depressing place to buy food.
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i love the people who think that just because something has been here for an eternity that they don't need to be upheld to a modicum of standards. go find me another neighborhood "supermarket" nestled between 3 million dollar homes and 3000 a month 2 bedroom apartments that looks like ace does.
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Umm, the met? they look pretty much the same, though, their fruit might be a tad better, LOL!
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i think the MET is better. smells worse, but produce is definitely better. even the new 24 hour deli that just opened on 7th between union and president is much better. and the korean deli across from ace is better. i live in a building very close to ace with a handful of old timers...some have lived in the building for more than 40 years. NONE of them go to ace. i guess they do fine though. they are still there. i'll continue getting my beer and bounty paper towels there, but it would just be nice to have a little more to choose from for such a large space. anyway, we've hijacked this thread. hopefully someone knows what's coming into the hollywood video space. perhaps ace is expanding...??
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Ace and the Met are not grocery stores. They are certainly not supermarkets. They are "convenience" stores, like 7/11, open longer hours than supermarkets and selling stuff at prices higher than supermarkets, to people (like me) who are too lazy to walk the extra few blocks to get to the supermarket.
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what is "the ace"? Someone gimme a block location.whoa hey whoa hey whoa
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berkeley and 7th...
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Oh. Thats way too far away, I'm a 9th st area girl whoa hey whoa hey whoa
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So Mom and Pop stores are good only if they live up to your standards?
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mom and pops are awesome. i shop at them whenever possible. ace is not great, however. that's my opinion. i'm entitled to mine, just like you are to yours.
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carmen, if you have a car you should be going to rossman'swhat would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
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belzjm » i think the MET is better. smells worse, but produce is definitely better. even the new 24 hour deli that just opened on 7th between union and president is much better. and the korean deli across from ace is better. i live in a building very close to ace with a handful of old timers...some have lived in the building for more than 40 years. NONE of them go to ace. i guess they do fine though. they are still there. i'll continue getting my beer and bounty paper towels there, but it would just be nice to have a little more to choose from for such a large space. anyway, we've hijacked this thread. hopefully someone knows what's coming into the hollywood video space. perhaps ace is expanding...??
\ So, your entire definition of what makes a good 'market" has to do with the produce they sell? Because other than the produce at the Met being better, I don't see the difference between them and Ace. -
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Posts: 9,622brooklynpotter » carmen, if you have a car you should be going to rossman's
I went to Rossman's today. I can't believe it took me 12 years and Potter dragging met there to get with the program! -
Flexichick » [quote="brooklynpotter"]carmen, if you have a car you should be going to rossman's
I went to Rossman's today. I can't believe it took me 12 years and Potter dragging met there to get with the program![/quote] What and where is Rossman's? -
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Posts: 9,622VoodooNYC » [quote="Flexichick"][quote="brooklynpotter"]carmen, if you have a car you should be going to rossman's
I went to Rossman's today. I can't believe it took me 12 years and Potter dragging met there to get with the program![/quote] What and where is Rossman's?[/quote] 3rd ave and.....????? 26th??? open 24 hours...no frills....great produce....sells to tons of restaurants...cheap cheap cheap. -
Flexichick » 3rd ave and.....????? 26th??? open 24 hours...no frills....great produce....sells to tons of restaurants...cheap cheap cheap.
24 hours? Interesting. Thanks for the tip, Flex (and Potter). -
it's amazing. fresh real fruit all winter. and it's almost meyer lemon season.what would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
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I'm chiming in on the rossman's love too. It is awesome, although I haven't gone since I've lived in Sunset Park. Used to walk out of there with bags of produce and hardly spending anything. If you go on the weekend though, get there early because you can be left with slim pickings.
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"LongTimeSloper" » No, I read a brooklyn paper just yesterday and I thought that spot where D2 moved into would have been big enough.
Heh -- you're not the only one. I was praying for a TJ's when Eckerd's closed.[/quote] Close the Jennifer's Convertibles next door and then it's big enough for a Trader Joe's. Oh, I can dream. -
belzjm » i've been praying for the same thing to happen with the two huge places for rent on the corner of berkeley and 7th. close the ace supermarket and make that whole space a tj's! or at least a gourmet garage or an amish market or something... i'll be interested to hear what comes in the hollywood video place...it is indeed a rather large space...
i believe the same peeps that own Union Market own Gourmet Garage. -
I think that giant space should be turned into the largest most awesome winestore ever. But somehow I doubt that will happenwhoa hey whoa hey whoa
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"i believe the same peeps that own Union Market own Gourmet Garage." That's funny, because I like GG, love Amish Market, but I think Union Market is way overpriced. I'll still stop in the former places when I'm in Manhattan. I can't understand why Amish can rent those gigantic spaces all over Manhattan - they own the Zeytuna place in the financial district, Zeytins on Bryant Park, and others - and yet charge lower prices than Union Market. Can the rents be higher in Park Slope than in Manhattan, so the merchants charge more? I picked up a French bread at one of those last week - it was $1.99 - the same thing costs $2.39 here in the Slope. Meats at Union Market are insanely expensive, IMO.
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How does the OP know this place is rented? I walked by yesterday and the "For Rent" sign is still up.whoa hey whoa hey whoa
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Carmen - A friend was looking to open a buisness selling party goods. He mentioned that he needs a large space and I recommended the hollywood location. He called and spoke with the landlord who told him that the place is already spoken for and that he is 90% sure the deal will go through. He also told my friend to call back in 2 days when he will know for sure. My friend call the landlord again 2 days later and the landlord told him that the place is 100% rented. I don't know why the number is still up. You can call the number yourself and pretend to inquire about the space.
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you might tell your friend that there's another large space for rent up at flatbush and 6th avenue where the old video place was there. video edge, i think it was called...? it's been for rent for quite a while, so perhaps the rent is flexible by this point in time. there's also those couple spaces for rent on 7th avenue between berkeley place and union street, which combined would make a pretty large space...
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Anonymous
Posts: 9,622there's also a large space on 7th ave near 14th Street. I can't remember the exact location, but it's on the east side of the street and has been vacant for a long time (like the space above, i wonder if the rent is flexible) -
muggle » I can't understand why Amish can rent those gigantic spaces all over Manhattan - they own the Zeytuna place in the financial district, Zeytins on Bryant Park, and others - and yet charge lower prices than Union Market. Can the rents be higher in Park Slope than in Manhattan, so the merchants charge more? I picked up a French bread at one of those last week - it was $1.99 - the same thing costs $2.39 here in the Slope. Meats at Union Market are insanely expensive, IMO.
I know it's baffling, but what you've got to realize is that's part of the whole appeal of these places. Places like "Union Market" charge exorbitant prices for pedestrian goods on purpose. If you haven't noticed, nuevo-Park Slopers take great joy in overpaying for run-of-the-mill products and services as long as the atmosphere in which they're shopping is sufficiently pretentious--rent, kids clothing, and ESPECIALLY groceries. In fact, if given a choice between a regular grocery store charging regular prices and a 'pretentious' store charging two dollars more for the very same item, nuevo-Slopers will pointedly flock to the overpriced one. That is why "Union Market" has such a following in this "affluent" area. The irony is that the supermarkets in the Upper East Side, which is where all the REAL money is in this city, offer much more reasonable prices on groceries, because the people there are actually smart and frugal about where they shop and refuse to overpay for anything (which is probably how their families became so rich to begin with). -
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Posts: 9,622right, Obamanut, that's why I drive to Rossmans under the BQE to buy my fancy produce at fancy prices. Your overgeneralizations are really ridiculous. -
Flexichick » right, Obamanut, that's why I drive to Rossmans under the BQE to buy my fancy produce at fancy prices. Your overgeneralizations are really ridiculous.
Ok, so your anecdotal evidence of one individual case (yourself) disproves everything I said and renders the immense popularity of "Union Market" and other supermarkets like it an aberration. Darn, guess I better head back to the drawing board.. doh!
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Anonymous
Posts: 9,622there are enough others like me that it's not anecdotal, but I can't be bothered to engage in the type of ridiculousness you seem to love so much. -
Flexichick » there are enough others like me that it's not anecdotal, but I can't be bothered to engage in the type of ridiculousness you seem to love so much.
Ok, so the never-ending stream of complaints from nuevo-Slopers about stores like Ace and Pathmark not being good enough for our "affluent" area and the hundreds of nuevo-Slopers streaming in and out "Union Market" on any given day of the week are completely irrelevant. From now on I will base my conclusions about Park Slope off of the shopping habits of you and your dozen or so acquaintances. -
Obamanut » Ok, so the never-ending stream of complaints from nuevo-Slopers about stores like Ace and Pathmark not being good enough for our "affluent" area and the hundreds of nuevo-Slopers streaming in and out "Union Market" on any given day of the week are completely irrelevant. From now on I will base my conclusions about Park Slope off of the shopping habits of you and your dozen or so acquaintances.
One of the points of the thread, if you had even bothered to read it, is that the produce at places like Ace suck, and posters would like to find decent, not necessarily expensive, alternatives. Sorry if you find that so unreasonable, but why am I not surprised to find that you don't mind worms and larvae in your produce.
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