2nd Street Cafe

Where do young singles go on 5th ave? To be fair, I'm not actually single but I am part of that demographic and my boy and I would much rather go hang out in those types of bars than wade through the strollers...
We usually hit up Bar4 if we're itching for somewhere to go on our side of the hood.

it's the first restaurant i went to in park slope...so i had a sentimental sorta attachment to it, but once the sweet potato gratin was taken off the menu (several years ago), it was just not the same.

I never went during the day and I'm not into the kid-factor, but I'm telling ya! The late night burger and beer special was outstanding. And adults like playing with crayons too.

We need more late night burger joints. Their salad wasn't too bad either.

^^ then you need to hang out on 5th Avenue more~

Where do young singles go on 5th ave? To be fair, I'm not actually single but I am part of that demographic and my boy and I would much rather go hang out in those types of bars than wade through the strollers...
We usually hit up Bar4 if we're itching for somewhere to go on our side of the hood

5th ave has tons of bars. I live closer to flatbush ave and Black Sheep Pub is one of my favorites along with Flatbush Farm which is on 6th ave and flatbush. 4th ave has Cherry Three, 4th Ave Pub, Pacific Standard, Sheep Station, and CattyShack all within a 6 block stretch. Further down on 5th has Great Lakes and The Gate as well as lots of other ones thrown throughout.

i'm a quiet drunk....

usually too busy smokin to make much noise.

I happen to know the owner of this building, a local plumber, and money and issues of rent wasn't the reason why the place closed.
The owners of the cafe were two brothers and both were split in the direction they wanted to take the cafe. One brother wanted to keep it child friendly, the other to a more adult establishment with full wet bar.
That's why they had changed the entrance to the side street, they wanted more space for their bar scene.
Sometimes it's the merchants fault for failing, and not the property owners.

Old Time Brooklyn wrote: That block has a lot of open storefronts now. Why?

That I cannot answer. I only know what happened with regards to the cafe.

Old Time Brooklyn wrote: Do you see local businesses filling those fronts or national chains? On 7th Avenue as a whole?

The general size of the stores along 7th Avenue are not suitable for most of the big chains. For instance, The Gap, Banana Republic, etc, usually require a min. of 2,000 sq. ft. for their locations. Except for a maybe two or three buildings along 7th avenue, none of the other buildings can accomodate their requirements. Now that is not to say that the smaller chains and franchises cannot use these stores, but it would then do what Starbucks did, take over both stores of a building and connect in the back, behind the residential staircase.
One also has to remember, and I stated this in an earlier thread, the payment of Real Estate Taxes for commercial buildings are based on the income from the tenants. What alot of owners do is pass down these costs to the commercial tenants. There can come the time when the costs are counter productive, and the merchants will leave. The owners, stuck with these high assessments from prior tenants will, if they can subsidize the hit, keep a space vacant in order to reduce the taxes in the future. The city will reduce your taxes only after the tenant leaves and the space is vacant. So it can sometimes pay for the owner to keep the space empty.
The issues involved are never as cut and dried as some people want to believe. It's an unfortunate reality of life, that things are done for the most ridiculous but legitimate reasons.

A new sign in the window of 2nd St Cafe says "Children's Rx" or maybe it was "Kid's Rx" is coming. Is it a pharmacy, a healthy kids restaurant... Anyone in the know?

there's a place in the west village that is a child's pharmacy. I don't really see the point (and I have a child), but if it saves me from dealing with rite aid, I guess that's good.

A children's pharmacy, at that.
If one is actually moving into that space.

I'm the parent of an almost-4-month old, and personally think that a children's pharmacy is a tad daft. Ostensibly, the folks there would be more attuned to the needs of children's prescriptions, etc.. Regardless... uh, shouldn't any pharmacy be able to dispense the prescriptions that a doctor hands out? Color me unimaginative, but I'd put "children's drugstore" in the same category as "children's boutique": something nice enough, but nothing that I'll likely ever set foot in.

bluecat wrote: [quote=DrabRabbit]Perhaps it's this: http://www.kidsrx.com/index2.html

well if you had a kids centered business I guess PS is the place to locate a second branch. I see they have a Thomas the Tank Engine table at their Hudson St location. Hopefully they'll set up one here an take the cut-throat pressure off the one in Barnes & Noble.

Oh, totally agreed. I'm not surprised at all.

$14,000.00 a month. I just wanted to write that out. A month?!! Without a liquor license?! I guess prescriptions would be the only way to make that...maybe they'll have xanibars in the back for all the parents too!!

Seriously? A pharmacy geared to kids? umm, what is the point of that? If my kids ever need a prescription filled, why would I go there as opposed to a regular pharmacy?

Sounds like a ridiculous idea, but, at least it's not another cell phone store, right?