http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://brooklynian.com/forum/search.php http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-769406 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:20:03 +0000 whynot_31 769406@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>June 18: Not open yet.</p> <p>BTW, for those wondering if MySpace is really going to be operating Hummus Station, I can certainly confirm that they own the web domain name: </p> <p><a href="http://whois.domaintools.com/hummusstation.com" rel="nofollow">http://whois.domaintools.com/hummusstation.com</a></p> <p>However, the website is not yet up and running, and the alc lic is still in pending status.</p> <p>So, signs point to "not quite yet" </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-769206 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:22:34 +0000 whynot_31 769206@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>June 12, 2013:</p> <p>Thier alc lic is still in pending status.</p> <p>The place next door (that was rumored to be a potential pizza place, but decided to become a frozen yogurt place) has already opened next door. </p> <p>Tick, tick, tick </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-768899 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:04:50 +0000 HownCreights 768899@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Saw inside, it looked lovely. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-768881 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:31:48 +0000 whynot_31 768881@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Rumor is this place will open by June 15. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-768490 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:51:39 +0000 whynot_31 768490@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>On May 21, 2013, DL wrote on another thread:</p> <blockquote><p><cite>DL <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/yogumoo-800-franklin-near-ep#post-768450">said</a>:</cite><br /> Plus, he showed me the space under construction next door--it's going to be a vegetarian hummus restaurant and bar! </p></blockquote> <p>We are getting close.... </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-768072 Sun, 12 May 2013 18:34:56 +0000 whynot_31 768072@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I believe we the rumor that it was going to be a pizza place may have originated from the fact that an owner does own a local pizza place: <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/yogumoo-800-franklin-near-ep" rel="nofollow">http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/yogumoo-800-franklin-near-ep</a></p> <p>Returning to Hummus Station, as noted above, they were recommended for a beer and wine lic by CB8.</p> <p>A little digging indicates, yup, they have filed for a beer and wine lic. As of today, May 11, 2013, it is presently in "pending" status.</p> <p><a href="http://www.trans.abc.state.ny.us/servlet/ApplicationServlet?pageName=com.ibm.nysla.data.publicquery.PublicQuerySuccessfulResultsPage&amp;validated=true&amp;serialNumber=1269358&amp;licenseType=RW" rel="nofollow">http://www.trans.abc.state.ny.us/servlet/ApplicationServlet?pageName=com.ibm.nysla.data.publicquery.PublicQuerySuccessfulResultsPage&amp;validated=true&amp;serialNumber=1269358&amp;licenseType=RW</a></p> <p>The following people are named as applicants:<br /> COHEN, SHAY<br /> KOZAK, MORTY<br /> ROTHSTEIN, JACOB<br /> BENJAMIN, MOSHE<br /> HOCHMAN, GUY</p> <p>Hummus Station is rumored to be opening after Yogumoo. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-767764 Sun, 05 May 2013 18:01:41 +0000 whynot_31 767764@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>May 5, 2013: The Hummus Station (798A Franklin Avenue) is rumored to be opening within a week a two of its adjacent neighbor (the Yogurt Place). </p> <p>The Yogurt Place now has a banner that says "Coming Soon". </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-766502 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:08:34 +0000 whynot_31 766502@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Bump. Anyone have any updates? </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-763180 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:38:20 +0000 whynot_31 763180@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I find it weird that a MySpace employee (or a few of them) will actually operate a Hummus restaurant for any length of time. </p> <p>It seems more logical that MySpace would buy a commercial property and then rent it out, OR launch a business that it would then sell or rent to a proprieter for a profit.</p> <p>My sense is that prospective proprieters would be willing to pay a premium for a soon-to-open business with an approved kitchen and alc lic.</p> <p>If it has recently opened and can show an expanding customer base, that sounds even better.</p> <p>Hell, if I was a real estate employee, I would be willing to run a Falafel place for a couple of months just for variety ...I wouldn't "demand" a large portion of the profit that would be earned my employer from flipping it to a new owner.</p> <p>BTW, here's the link to the pizza place that will go into the adjacent storefront: <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/slice-pizza-place-coming-to-franklin-and-ep#post-762872" rel="nofollow">http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/slice-pizza-place-coming-to-franklin-and-ep#post-762872</a> </p> <p>I don't know if MySpace is involved in the pizza place in anyway. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-763179 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:26:51 +0000 The Invisible Lines 763179@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Hmm, it was somehow lost on me that this was to be owned and operated by MyspaceNYC. I still want to try some new Mediterranean, but unless it's mind-blowing, I'll probably avoid it. Boo. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-763160 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:12:04 +0000 whynot_31 763160@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>You don't have to be sorry. </p> <p>I suspect that much of the neighborhood won't go because they don't like hummus, and/or don't think it is worth the price asked. </p> <p>The Hummus Station merely needs ENOUGH customers who do patronize it. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-763157 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:49:08 +0000 chloeroyale 763157@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Sorry why not if its owned by my space I won't go. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-763152 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:34:37 +0000 whynot_31 763152@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Eastbloc-<br /> Hummus is not that hard to make, but I must try anything before I know whether it is good. </p> <p>So, once they open, I will either ask fellow contributors if it is any good, or spend approximately $7 of my own money to see for myself. </p> <p>I predict I will be served by employee making between $7 and $10 an hour. </p> <p>I predict the manager will make more than the employee, for work that is less arduous. </p> <p>As a result of being owned by their operator, I predict that they will have to pay less for occupying the space than they otherwise would, but will have to cover Opportunity Costs.</p> <p>While I wish everything was cheaper (including residential rents, beer and hummus), I have grudgingly accepted that "fair" is determined by the amount I and others are willing and able to pay. </p> <p>As a result, I will not let others define terms like "greed", "conscience", and "exorbitant". I will define these for myself, just as others define them for themselves.</p> <p>If the hummus and beer are good, I'll be a regular. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-763147 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:05:09 +0000 eastbloc 763147@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I trust MySpaceNYC to make good hummus. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-763135 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:45:09 +0000 alwayslookaround 763135@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Hummus Station is being opened by the owners of MySpaceNYC Realty. It's not MySpaceNYC renting the space to the restaurant, it is MySpaceNYC opening the restaurant on their own. Their greed knows no bounds.</p> <p>If you do ever consider eating there, please realize you would be fueling MySpaceNYC's efforts as they continue to exorbitantly raise rents in this neighborhood.</p> <p>Surely you can satisfy your hunger elsewhere - somewhere that wouldn't require you to swallow your own conscience with every bite.</p> <p>At the very least, you should know the hand that feeds you. If you want to know more about Hummus Station and the people who will own/run it, stop into MySpaceNYC realty and talk with Guy or Rob. See what you think. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-762857 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:25:15 +0000 whynot_31 762857@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Construction continues to move along nicely.</p> <p>Dated photo of 798 Franklin:</p> <p><img src="http://images.citysearch.net/assets/imgdb/26/5e/5c/5b/2f/f4/73/9e/b3/94/0/c2/d7/5c/0/de/3/8/0/9/9003809.JPG"> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-762013 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:16:11 +0000 whynot_31 762013@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Hummus Station was granted CB8 support for a beer and wine lic in Oct.</p> <p>....it will feature 22 seats, 8 of which will be stools at a bar. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-761992 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:53:38 +0000 whynot_31 761992@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Construction on Hummus Station and the Pizza place is ongoing.... </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-761585 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:22:58 +0000 Capt. Planet 761585@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Animal clinic coming to 753 Franklin Avenue. Stay tuned for details. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/new-falafel-place-on-franklin-ave#post-761432 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:46:01 +0000 whynot_31 761432@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Confirmed ...it is still happening. The place next door to it will be a pizza place<br /> <img src="http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq220/whynot_31/photo-3-4.jpg"> </p>