Nam's market going organic!

The rumors are true! I live directly across the street (next to the karate studio & above the deli) & am rather friendly with the cashier & Nam himself. In addition to going organic, they've told me they are also going to be open 24 hours & carry beer! They'll be under renovations through this weekend & reopen sometime next week. I'm very curious to see it post-op.

Between "the new" Nam's, Bristen's Eatery, and the Soda owners (supposedly) opening a new bar on at 620 St. Johns Place - this block is going to be killer!

Well, organic food is #6 on the list of stuff white people like, so.....

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this is awesome - I live closer to franklin than vandy/flatbush (nearest decent supermarkets to the west) so hurrah! this will be incentive to take the 4/5 home all the way to franklin and get a few blocks of exercise like I used to when I worked near the B/Q.

hi there, yourself lindsay6 i live at 758 franklin, how about yourself? ... and i guess we're all sort of neighbors, no?

so i checked into nam's this evening and they've got a few signs up saying (essentially): "sorry for not being open. but you won't be disappointed when we're finished renovating. thanks!"

i know i won't be disappointed at the fact that they'll have beer. definitely waiting to see on the quality of their fruit and veg - which isn't too bad to begin with - under the whole "organic" moniker. i wonder, is "organic" in crow hill a sign of diversity, gentrification, or just plain cashing in?

more than anything i'm curious to see about the whole 24 hour aspect. it seems that most places in crown heights/crow hill that claim to be 24 hours (mcking's fried chicken & shorty's deli) never stay open past 2am. and the delis that are open in the wee hours only do revolving window service. to have a 24 hour place that's fully open is a risky proposition, but would be amazing if they could pull it off!

and thanks for the recon details on the st. johns bar, Bking. at the risk of derailing this thread a bit, does anyone have any hard data on this new bar? opening date, etc...? the prospect of a legit bar in crow hill is almost too much to fathom, especially after the underwhelming outcome of 95 south.

Subject: Do not eat at Bristen's

Actually I have a friend that lives in the apt building Bristens is in.
Yeah its a nice eatery for the new kids here, but they are disrespectful to the tenants and their kitchen fills the building with smoke.
The tenants can't open their windows for fresh air without getting smoke and smell.

Have you ever been in there? I think it does smell over fried.

I'm choosing NOT to support them. They need to respect the tenants and the community if they wish to do business in it.

Subject: Bristen smoke

Yeah I know he called 311. The are sending out an Environmental inspector at some point.
In the meantime the restaurant owner is fighting it and refusing to help.

Sage is a good spot. As well as Tom's diner. I go and eat at those places instead.

I had a rather strong cup of $1.62 as well. I noticed they're in the process of creating the back patio so the neighbors are surely not happy about this. I asked about that and the girl said they were working on making sure they would not be "olfactorally" intruded upon. (my term, not theirs). They were very nice, the owner thanked me as I was leaving.

Nam's was open today. Didn't get to stop in but the fruits and veggies are still outside the shop as they were before. No way to really identify if they are organic. The inside looked a lot more organised with several rows of shelves.

I plan to stop in tomorrow evening.

Roomie bought flowers from Nams today. I asked him if they were organic.

j.k.

Subject: Bristen's Eatery

I happen to know the owner of Bristen's and about the smokey problem.
It has been remedied and would have been sooner if this was communicated to the owner...the cost to remedy the problem was astronomical as well!
Like the previous post mentions....give businesses a chance to get their legs under them before trying to close them down.
If you have ever started a business and ever owned one then you know there are kinks in the beginning....

To change the subject... Franklin Park (on St.John's opens this Friday) Pls give them a chance to get their legs under them before trying to close them down..
New business makes the hood safer and brings in money to uplift the community!
PEACE

How is the quality of the organic produce at Nam's? Whatever organic I can find on Nostrand is sad.

that's weird -- they had organic eggs before they renovated.

Well, organic eggs and even milk is pretty easy to get on Nostrand, plus staples like rice and other grains. What's really hard to get around here is quality organic produce, which is why I asked.

just checked, and you were right, whatu -- no organic eggs now.

ETA: never mind -- see below

they do have organic milk though, fwiw.


it's nice and clean in there now, but it's mostly dry goods. nice stuff, but i wish they had expanded their fruit and veggies instead, since produce in general around here leaves much to be desired.

the veggies they had (about the same amount as before, i think, though displayed differently) looked nice, but i'm not sure any were actually organic. (okay by me, but for the record.) happy to see flowers.