Anyone been to Aji?
As I walked up 9th St from the subway, I noticed that Aji had a sign up saying their grand opening would be on May 9. That was Friday. Anyone go? Veets?
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Funny you asked... I did pass by on Friday night and there were people in there but frankly the flavor was... Private Party.. owners' peoples.
Will the curse be lifted?
I hope so.
Brooke We should get some people together and go in and have a drink or something so we can finally meet. Can we bring the kids and the strollers and such? (Only kidding!!!!) -
OH, come on, someone's got to go! The guy has been so cute and entertaining in the Spirito thread. Although, if I remember correctly, the opening is May 19, no?
Anyway, the new owner seems eager to please and a friendly guy to boot, and the idea seems pretty unique, so I'm hoping it does well.
Is it going to be kid friendly? -
new2Hood.. This place might be "kid friendly" but the set up is not expansive enough for strollers and there a lot of those small round high tables with bar stools...not a kid friendly arrangement.
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Veets, thanks for the insight. We'll save this one for a babysitter night, after a few pints at Dram Shop...if I can be convinced to walk away from the burger and mac n cheese....
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Subject: hello
hello to everyone!!
you guys talking about me ahmmmmm.
May 9th it wasnt a private party it was like first day we open to the public.
But may 16th is the grand opening.
we are working really hard to get everything done by friday.
The menu still small but getting bigger everyday.
About the stroller thing......
I had my wife coming las sunday for brunch and she brought my 2 babies...the last one is only 2 months old and they had no problem with the stroller.
Feel free to stop by anytime and have a talk... i mean please come and take a look to the place and let me buy you a beer.( we have a large selection of beer).
I will recomend you to come on friday the 16th so i have everything ready and also you can enjoy CHICHA LIBRE!! PERUVIAN AMAZONIAN FUNK MUSIC.
well i hope to meet all of you guys one day and have a brooklynian night up there in the roof deck. -
see what I mean? I love this guy! (but then again, I'm a sucker for free beer, with or without baby!)
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Stop by anytime...
the weather is getting nice out there.... im thirsty...lol
we have six points...blue point.... chimay....omegang.... sierra nevada.
bottles we have beer from spain to argentina.
Ill recomend you peruvian beer.
chau -
Hey Piero.. made me a little sad when I passed by last night at about 9;45pm and there seemed to be no customers.. just afew people hanging at the bar.. who were probably you and your co owners. I know you are not "officially" in business till the 16th.
So you have a sandwich board out that says 15% off ( great idea) of any bill BUT there is no menu posted. Even if you don't have what you are offering printed in menu form to put in that glass frame to the right of the entrance...put out a chalk board that shows at least some of the food being offered.
Fellow Brooklynians we need to make a group venture to introduce ourselves to Piero and try this place. -
dont be sad.... i should be sad because we had no customer, actually there was a group of people upstairs in the deck.
You are right im going to start putting the food in the "A" sing we have out in the street.
Should i put all broklynians get a free draft beer???
we just got a delivery this morning, so we are expanding the menu a little bit more.
You dont need a big group to come.... just come and introduce yourself to us.
thank you veets for your good vibe ...... looking forward to meeting you.
chau -
Nope.. Don't offer US free beer.. Us Brooklynians already know you and we WILL check you out and hopefully spread the good word. But bringing attention to your new business in any way you come up with is what you need to do and the 9th street location means thousands of people pass by your place.. make Them See you are there as they pass by on the way home from work and put the idea in their minds that they want to check you out.
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Ok no problem.... dont get mad.lol
Im working really hard to get attention from the public.
I just went to digipix and get some posters for tonight.
Thank you for your support veets and actually thank you to everyone in this forum.
Just cant wait to meet everyone from here.
chau. -
Hey Piero -
It would be great if you can get your menu on to Menupages and Menutopia. I usually check out those sites to view a menu before going.
Best of luck to you and thank you for being open to feedback -
wait! you can offer me free beer! i'll have veets's for her! :drunken:
after all -- i'll be schlepping all the way from crown heights.
seriously, can't wait to check the place out, though it may have to be after the graduation craziness of the next couple weeks. -
Good...thank you fot tips.
sweet tea ... im sorry but i can only offer you a Super Sweet Iced tea.. just kiddin...
you can have everybody's beer here.... wait remember that we have to pay our bills too.
see you one day...i hope.
chau -
Piero is just toooo adorable!!! I just passed by and there is a chalk board outside Aji that welcomes "Brooklynians" with $2 Budweisser and $3 Sangria!!! Just totally sweet..
The place was empty.. but hopefully not for long..people are coming home and I hope they pass by and decide to visit. -
damnit i was just out looking for a place to drink and I forgot all about this spot! Next time!
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Subject: Re: hello
Piero wrote: hello to everyone!!
Damn. This person is so friendly, I'll have a hard time panning Aji even if the food sucks. It would be like attacking Santa Claus.
you guys talking about me ahmmmmm.
May 9th it wasnt a private party it was like first day we open to the public.
But may 16th is the grand opening.
we are working really hard to get everything done by friday.
The menu still small but getting bigger everyday.
About the stroller thing......
I had my wife coming las sunday for brunch and she brought my 2 babies...the last one is only 2 months old and they had no problem with the stroller.
Feel free to stop by anytime and have a talk... i mean please come and take a look to the place and let me buy you a beer.( we have a large selection of beer).
I will recomend you to come on friday the 16th so i have everything ready and also you can enjoy CHICHA LIBRE!! PERUVIAN AMAZONIAN FUNK MUSIC.
well i hope to meet all of you guys one day and have a brooklynian night up there in the roof deck. -
Flexichick wrote: Hey Piero -
Menupages is a must. I use it more than paper stuffed under my door.
It would be great if you can get your menu on to Menupages and Menutopia. I usually check out those sites to view a menu before going.
Best of luck to you and thank you for being open to feedback -
Raw... Sometimes you say things that are so annoying but now I am thinking that YOU are adorable!!!!!! (as well as Piero). Seriously, it is rare that the owner of a new business seems so sweet, engaging and welcoming it to people.
I really think we should make an outting of this and all us "Brooklynians" should meet up at this place.
If anyone is interested... perhaps Pm me.. I am willing to set up the arrangements and coordinate. For me it would be really easy since I live as close as you can get to Aji... unless I lived in McDonalds, which would be a smidgen closer...
No kidding Raw...It would be a really hard thing to pan this place. Frankly, whatever I thought after a visit or two.. I would just keep it to myself and not post my opinion here. -
veets wrote: Raw... Sometimes you say things that are so annoying but now I am thinking that YOU are adorable!!!!!! (as well as Piero). Seriously, it is rare that the owner of a new business seems so sweet, engaging and welcoming it to people.
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I'll try to remember to stop by, although I'm not drinking Bud - no matter how cheap it is for us -
Flexi... There is an extensive bar choice... But isn't it a good idea to do the "come on" and come in with the cheapest possible choices. I think the previous owners of this place ran in to the problem when they took on aires and were too high falootin (I have no clue how to spell that/ first time I ever needed to write it down).
I think Piero made it clear there were more expensive and imported and perhaps better tasting shoices than Budweiser Lite!!! -
Yes, I'm sure he has some better choices in there, and I'll happily spend more than $2 to drink them.
I applaud Piero for seeking and accepting feedback/suggestions -
Subject: hi
Just reading the posts this morning @ home ..... thank you guys for your support.
Last night we got some people in... more than tuesday, i think is getting better everyday.
Veets your idea was awesome and seems to work...... thank you.
About the $2.00 bud light... we have more selections of beer and they are not 2 bucks.
All i want to say,is just keep it real, if you guys come one day all i want is your comments good or bad.. that will help the business to fix the problem.
thank you.
big hug to everyone.
chua -
Good for you Piero.. Passed by tonight and two attractive people on the street in front of the place were there handing out flyers and chatting people up.
Yeah might seem aggressive in theory but this guy and gal were engaging. Even though we were not headed to your place for dinner tonight... it encouraged us to try another time. It announced your presence on the street. Bravo! -
Would love to check out this place with the wife tonight. Whats the address?
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Once you are on the block you can't miss it. 9th street between 4th and 5th Ave... right next door to Mc Donalds.
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287 9st.
thank you... veets thats the kind of people i hired, people with good vibe.
jejeje
The big question is: when veets is coming?
let me know so i can do best of me to impress you. -
I might stop in tonight after my apartment hunting (wish me luck, hopefully I'll be having a celebratory drink!) Is you're name actually Piero?
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Piero...ill check out your place with my wife.
Carmen....I have a 1 bedroom apartment on 5th and 6th! -
Yeah Piero.. I need to know your real name if that isn't it. Us Brooklynians want to come in and greet you and get a beer that is much finer than Bud Lite!!!!!
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