Regina's Bakery on 7th Closing
Subject: Regina's Bakery on 7th Closing
Looks like the branch of Regina's Bakery on 7th Avenue is closing.Not a big loss ...
but what's going to happen to Reggie, the cat? Big ginger cat who liked to be scratched on the head.
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Subject: Re: Regina's Bakery on 7th Closing
dw438 wrote: Looks like the branch of Regina's Bakery on 7th Avenue is closing.
My dog is in psycho-through-the-glass-love with that cat!
Not a big loss ...
but what's going to happen to Reggie, the cat? Big ginger cat who liked to be scratched on the head. -
I think it is a loss, I like old school bakeries like that, and I particularly liked their semolina round loaves. And the cat!
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Fine by me-that is not an old school bakery-they don't even bake there-ugh! Now, bakeries down on Court Street-those are some old bakeries.
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I agree the bakeries in Carroll Gardens are great, but I don't always have the time to schlep over there on the B71. I will dearly miss this place & their kitty.
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I have to agree I never found their bread any good (actually, everything I got there was such a disappointment I stopped going long ago), but the cat is a sweetie.
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It's really sad any time a small business closes, but I have to admit that I never went there because I didn't really think their bread or other baked products were any good.
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Agreed. Their baked goods were no different than what you could get at Key Food or any other chain grocery store. I don't even think you can call them a bakery, as they didn't bake a single thing there. perhaps "baked good re-seller" would be more appropriate.
I'm curious as to what will end up there, and also at the former shoe store on the corner of Union and 7th. Hopefully not another hipster-boutique selling the same old tired crap (neoprene wine carriers, letter-pressed cards, ironic greek coffee cup in ceramic, etc), nor another Brooklyn Industries. -
Subject: Regina, etc.
A simple men's clothing store (NOT Brooklyn Industries) would be nice.
Daily Heights or Brownstoner should try to create a simple mechanism letting readers vote on what we'd like to see in a vacant or soon-to-be-vacant storefront. If there's overwhelming demand for a bar or a good stationery store or a real newsstand or whatever, we should have the opportunity to weigh in and, theoretically, let businesses or investors know.
Someone could even build a little neighborhood map with community preference for vacant spaces indicated on the lots themselves.
Of course, all these things are beyond my technical expertise... I'd just love to see some local economic democracy in action. -
Subject: Re: Regina, etc.
JG wrote: A simple men's clothing store (NOT Brooklyn Industries) would be nice.
Investors usually pay big money for this kind of market research.
Daily Heights or Brownstoner should try to create a simple mechanism letting readers vote on what we'd like to see in a vacant or soon-to-be-vacant storefront. If there's overwhelming demand for a bar or a good stationery store or a real newsstand or whatever, we should have the opportunity to weigh in and, theoretically, let businesses or investors know.
Someone could even build a little neighborhood map with community preference for vacant spaces indicated on the lots themselves.
Of course, all these things are beyond my technical expertise... I'd just love to see some local economic democracy in action. -
Regina's sucked. There, I said it. Even their black and white cookies were only so-so.
Please, God, PLEASE put a Gorilla Coffee in the space. Then I won't ever have to drink Ozzie's sludge again! -
Eh, it'll probably be a realtor. But yeah, menswear would be nice.
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or a cell phone store-because-God knows-we can't have enough realtors or cell phone places around here :roll:
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8thandPrez wrote: Regina's sucked. There, I said it. Even their black and white cookies were only so-so.
Calling the market researchers . . .
Please, God, PLEASE put a Gorilla Coffee in the space. Then I won't ever have to drink Ozzie's sludge again!
I want a Vietnamese sandwich shop. Then we'd have good coffee, spring rolls and fabulous bahn mi.
Go to Century 21 for your menswear. -
pitu wrote: Calling the market researchers . . .
That would be SO AWESOME. It's never going to happen though.
I want a Vietnamese sandwich shop. Then we'd have good coffee, spring rolls and fabulous bahn mi. -
Subject: Re: Regina, etc.
JG wrote: A simple men's clothing store (NOT Brooklyn Industries) would be nice.
In theory this idea sounds promising as a useful poll for entrepreneurs considering investing in the neighborhood. However the truth is that the space will go to the business with pockets deep enough to afford the invariably increased monthly rent for the space in question. Our power as consumers lies in whether we choose to support the new enterprise or not. Hey a GOOD bakery would be most welcome!
Daily Heights or Brownstoner should try to create a simple mechanism letting readers vote on what we'd like to see in a vacant or soon-to-be-vacant storefront. If there's overwhelming demand for a bar or a good stationery store or a real newsstand or whatever, we should have the opportunity to weigh in and, theoretically, let businesses or investors know.
Someone could even build a little neighborhood map with community preference for vacant spaces indicated on the lots themselves.
Of course, all these things are beyond my technical expertise... I'd just love to see some local economic democracy in action. -
Subject: Re: Regina, etc.
Carnivore wrote: [quote=JG]A simple men's clothing store (NOT Brooklyn Industries) would be nice.
Investors usually pay big money for this kind of market research.
Daily Heights or Brownstoner should try to create a simple mechanism letting readers vote on what we'd like to see in a vacant or soon-to-be-vacant storefront. If there's overwhelming demand for a bar or a good stationery store or a real newsstand or whatever, we should have the opportunity to weigh in and, theoretically, let businesses or investors know.
Someone could even build a little neighborhood map with community preference for vacant spaces indicated on the lots themselves.
Of course, all these things are beyond my technical expertise... I'd just love to see some local economic democracy in action.
Damn straight, my wife works in market research. Unfortunately, surfers of sites like DH and Brownstoner might not give you an unbiased sample of the consumers in the neighborhood. This is a totally unscientific guess, but I would think that a cross section of the people that frequent these sites would be skewed towards the higher end of the economic scale in the neighborhood. When money is tight, there's a demand for inferior (cheap) goods... we all know how many crappy dollar stores are being supported in and around the area, and that should tell you something about the diversity in the neighborhood that's not necessarily being seen on the boards. -
Hey. I'm a huge fan of the dollar stores, esp. Flatbush Variety. Sorry for not representing it on the board.
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dailyheights wrote: Hey. I'm a huge fan of the dollar stores, esp. Flatbush Variety. Sorry for not representing it on the board.
I'm alway disappointed by the ones around us. There's an incredible Japanese dollar store on 8th ave and 38-39th sts, called Samarai, in the city that rocks, though. Can we get one of those here? -
Subject: empty stores on 7th Ave
There are quite a few vacancies on that strip of 7th Ave. The burned out fruit & vegetable/Zuzu's petals, and a storefront "under construction" across the street which is obviously stalled. Then there's the former Good Foot shoe store on the corner, now Regina's, and there's vacant corner space a few blocks south (maybe Carroll St. or Garfield) Oh, and the computer place across from PS 321. 7th Ave hasn't looked so bad in a long time. -
We could dearly use an old-fashioned prole toy store like Al's Toyland again. I find myself relying on Save On Fifth for old-school toys -- you know, a dollar spaldeen, an etch-a-sketch, etc.
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There's a great toy store down on 7th andn 14th St called Toy Space. They have a great selection of toys for all age ranges. The best part is that there isn't a single branded toy in the store (i.e. no Barbies, no Dora, no movie/TV show tie ins). The store is larger than your average 7th Ave boutique, so they are able to carry a rather large selection. Prices are good, and everything they carry seems to be of good quality and durable.
Toy Space
718 369 9096
426 7th Ave -
Subject: can someone go in, ask what's happening with cat, report bac
could someone go in there and *ask* about the cat since so many people know him? he is very sweet. i had no idea he had so many fans.
his life will probably be boring unless he can go outside after that place. also, he was friends with the black & white cat at the newsstand which was sweet.dw438 wrote: Looks like the branch of Regina's Bakery on 7th Avenue is closing.
Not a big loss ...
but what's going to happen to Reggie, the cat? Big ginger cat who liked to be scratched on the head. -
Most local stores are opened by people looking for a space to sell what they sell, and are not looking to figure out what business to start. Did that make sense? More likely a Korean grocer will open a Korean grocery than decide to start up a yoga studio because that's what the community voted for.
Anyway, I liked their raspberry hamentashen, and their challah was the best in walking distance. -
Just for the record, Regina's Bakery does bake their own stuff, just not at the 7th Ave. location. They have a bakery and shop at Prospect Ave. and Prospect Park West.
Damn fine black and whites and challahs, imho.
Incidentally, does anyone else think that the north end of 7th Ave. has become a pretty lame shopping/eating destination? All of the good stuff is happening in the northern and central parts of 5th Ave. and in the South Slope, Particularly south of 11th Street. -
Subject: 7th Ave Food
Is tired. Especially in the North and Centre Slope.
South Slope and most of 5th Avenue es muy interesante. -
mimimi wrote: Incidentally, does anyone else think that the north end of 7th Ave. has become a pretty lame shopping/eating destination?.
Leaf and Bean is still awesome. But for the most part, I agree. -
Hopefully the impending housing crash will force the realtors out of their prime locations. Nothing kills a retail strip like an unending series of Corcorans.
I repeat my plea for a NoSlo 7th Ave Gorilla Coffee. Hear me, gods. Hear me! -
8thandPrez wrote: Hopefully the impending housing crash will force the realtors out of their prime locations. Nothing kills a retail strip like an unending series of Corcorans.
you can't have it until the gods grant us a PH Gorilla .. perhaps on Classon or Washington near the museum?! mmmmmmm
I repeat my plea for a NoSlo 7th Ave Gorilla Coffee. Hear me, gods. Hear me! -
alafairnadia wrote: you can't have it until the gods grant us a PH Gorilla .. perhaps on Classon or Washington near the museum?! mmmmmmm
No way! The tattoo parlor spot on Underhill! Washington already has a bunch of places. Underhill's got a whole lotta nothin' right now (except a decent bodega and decent ghetto Chinese). -
Carnivore wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]you can't have it until the gods grant us a PH Gorilla .. perhaps on Classon or Washington near the museum?! mmmmmmm
No way! The tattoo parlor spot on Underhill! Washington already has a bunch of places. Underhill's got a whole lotta nothin' right now (except a decent bodega and decent ghetto Chinese).
and a bar you don't have to be a member of. you guys already have cooler stuff than washington. besides, people walk on washington to go to the subway. can you imagine popping into a Gorilla next to, say, Love's on Lincoln and Washington?! would RULE. you know you'd go to the subway in a different direction if you had Gorilla waiting for you.
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