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whynot_31 wrote: [quote=witch-king]The Pavilion and Farrell's are nice bookend institutions in terms of quality of service and experience.
Do not 'dis the styrofoam cups.
Mea culpa
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There are occasions when 24 oz of Bud Light in a stryafoam cup, in the company of off duty firemen and cops is just what one needs.
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witch-king wrote: The Pavilion and Farrell's are nice bookend institutions in terms of quality of service and experience.
Notwithstanding the Pavilion's grossness;
I realize that those nuevo-Park Slope individuals like yourself, who flock and cling to sheltered places of pretense like drowning lemmings to a floating piece of driftwood, probably find themselves feeling threatened by the pure unrehearsed life that goes on in places like Farrell's, which explains the animosity. After all, most of you fled your hometowns to escape the real world and create a fake one here.
When it comes to longevity, though, Farrell's has been around for near 100 years, and will probably be around for 100 more. Would you be willing to place that wager on any single one of your yuppie bars in the entire borough? :-# -
whynot_31 wrote: There are occasions when 24 oz of Bud Light in a stryafoam cup, in the company of off duty firemen and cops is just what one needs.
Me and my drinking buddy (below) agree with this sentiment.
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vidro3 wrote: It's just begging to be gentrified.
Umm, it was gentrified, and somehow became "degentrified" (if that's even possible). The Pavilion (aka the Sanders) was an abandoned, cinderblocked-up, graffitied-up den of pigeon shit for the first 18 years of my life. It only opened for business again sometime around '96, after decades of abandonment. -
witch-king wrote: [quote=whynot_31]There are occasions when 24 oz of Bud Light in a stryafoam cup, in the company of off duty firemen and cops is just what one needs.
Me and my drinking buddy (below) agree with this sentiment.
That's funny, cuz my barista and production assistant buddies down at Commonwealth agree with you too!
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Obamanut wrote:
So you are 30 years old? Just about the same age as the other gentrified hipsters in the nabe?
The Pavilion (aka the Sanders) was an abandoned, cinderblocked-up, graffitied-up den of pigeon shit for the first 18 years of my life. It only opened for business again sometime around '96, after decades of abandonment. -
I suspect that once long time clientele like Ignatz and Officer Pupp are finally driven out of the neighborhood, the venerable Farrell's bar will face demise and the site will be a prime location for an Apple Store, Babeland, or Urban Outfitters.
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[quote=witch-king]I suspect that once long time clientele like Ignatz and Office Pupp are finally driven out of the neighborhood, the venerable Farrell's bar will face demise and the site will be a prime location for an Apple Store, Babeland, or Urban Outfitters.
Or an embiggened dub pies.
be still my heart. -
whynot_31 wrote: There are occasions when 24 oz of Bud Light in a stryafoam cup, in the company of off duty firemen and cops is just what one needs.
my recollection is that the "containers" are 32 oz. -
vidro3 wrote: [quote=whynot_31]There are occasions when 24 oz of Bud Light in a stryafoam cup, in the company of off duty firemen and cops is just what one needs.
my recollection is that the "containers" are 32 oz.
I will admit to:
1. Not measuring the volume of the containers after a long, hot day in Prospect Park.
2. Enjoying several of the containers, thus eliminating my ability to recall said volume even if I had measured. -
anthonycm wrote: I'll make a deal with you, Ringrunner: I'll not tase a kid at a matinée showing, and you don't bring a child to a movie that starts after 9 p.m. I think that's something reasonable people can agree to, and you did point out mid-day performance, so I think we're seeing eye-to-eye here. There used to be a theater in Times Square (not THAT kind of theater) that actually had a rule about no kids under 12 years old. I miss that theater, but to be fair the adults are often as bad, if not worse, than the kids.
Deal, my kids are in bed by the time you want to go out.
Whynot, I agree with you that some movies and/or theaters actually have the experience bettered by 'crowd participation.' I remember seeing 'Friday the 13th; Jason Takes Manhattan' with a very vocal audience, and it was extremely entertaining. However, yes, if we could know beforehand which theaters/movies would be having this, it would be preferred.
Speaking of crowd participation, I saw The Warriers (back in the late 70s) at the Oceania, in Brighten Beach on opening night. The real gang from Conney Island was there. They set the theater on fire in the middle of the movie. But we all saw the whole film. -
[quote=witch-king]I suspect that once long time clientele like Ignatz and Officer Pupp are finally driven out of the neighborhood, the venerable Farrell's bar will face demise and the site will be a prime location for an Apple Store, Babeland, or Urban Outfitters.
Feeling left out?
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Oh my goshnringrunner I remember the Oceania.. given the right movie that crowd was really something!
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Anyone who's actually bothered to try a Farrellizer, as opposed to simply running off their mouth to impress their lemming Commonwealth buddies, knows that Farrell's draft is probably the best draft beer you'll ever taste in your life. It tastes nothing like the normal piss Budweiser that it's supposedly comprised of.
It is always impossibly cold, smooth, and most importantly, something about it gets you buzzed before you even know what hit you. Anyone who can sit there with a straight face and tell me that some stupid "Steinhof Cafe" microbrew is superior to a Farrellizer is dreaming.
I don't even hang out in Farrell's, but I have been known to pick up a container or three when the occasion demands. I would recommend that all of you do the same before listening to some newcomer like "witch-king" parrot what he thinks people like him should say about a place like Farrell's. -
[quote=eggcream][quote=witch-king]I suspect that once long time clientele like Ignatz and Officer Pupp are finally driven out of the neighborhood, the venerable Farrell's bar will face demise and the site will be a prime location for an Apple Store, Babeland, or Urban Outfitters.
Feeling left out?
I feel left in. It's all groovy, man. -
Obamanut wrote: Anyone who's actually bothered to try a Farrellizer, as opposed to simply running off their mouth to impress their lemming Commonwealth buddies, knows that Farrell's draft is probably the best draft beer you'll ever taste in your life. It tastes nothing like the normal piss Budweiser that it's supposedly comprised of.
There is no question that Farrell's is the most delicious Bud Light one will ever taste. and it is no small miracle making that svill taste like anything more than sour water. Something about being chilled to 40 degrees in a cooler packed with ice and stirred with a baseball bat manages to transfor that otherwise sour water into something quite potable.
It is always impossibly cold, smooth, and most importantly, something about it gets you buzzed before you even know what hit you. Anyone who can sit there with a straight face and tell me that some stupid "Steinhof Cafe" microbrew is superior to a Farrellizer is dreaming.
I don't even hang out in Farrell's, but I have been known to pick up a container or three when the occasion demands. I would recommend that all of you do the same before listening to some newcomer like "witch-king" parrot what he thinks people like him should say about a place like Farrell's.
Farrell's aside, give me a Gaffel Kolsch or a Kostritzer Black over Bud Light any day of the week. -
vidro3 wrote: [quote=Obamanut]Anyone who's actually bothered to try a Farrellizer, as opposed to simply running off their mouth to impress their lemming Commonwealth buddies, knows that Farrell's draft is probably the best draft beer you'll ever taste in your life. It tastes nothing like the normal piss Budweiser that it's supposedly comprised of.
There is no question that Farrell's is the most delicious Bud Light one will ever taste. and it is no small miracle making that svill taste like anything more than sour water. Something about being chilled to 40 degrees in a cooler packed with ice and stirred with a baseball bat manages to transfor that otherwise sour water into something quite potable.
It is always impossibly cold, smooth, and most importantly, something about it gets you buzzed before you even know what hit you. Anyone who can sit there with a straight face and tell me that some stupid "Steinhof Cafe" microbrew is superior to a Farrellizer is dreaming.
I don't even hang out in Farrell's, but I have been known to pick up a container or three when the occasion demands. I would recommend that all of you do the same before listening to some newcomer like "witch-king" parrot what he thinks people like him should say about a place like Farrell's.
Farrell's aside, give me a Gaffel Kolsch or a Kostritzer Black over Bud Light any day of the week.
Every hipster knows that real men drink
Sold cheaply at Welcome to the Johnsons. -
You know what was awesome? The Flatbush Pavilion. I miss that place all the time. $5 crappy movies in uncomfortable seats. People smoking in the theaters. Drinking. The way the lobby was like a waiting room before your movie started. It pains me to no end that that is now an American Apparel. I will harbor resentment about this forever.
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witch-king wrote:
that place is awful
Sold cheaply at Welcome to the Johnsons. -
Trainsmoke DeLeon wrote: You know what was awesome? The Flatbush Pavilion. I miss that place all the time. $5 crappy movies in uncomfortable seats. People smoking in the theaters. Drinking. The way the lobby was like a waiting room before your movie started. It pains me to no end that that is now an American Apparel. I will harbor resentment about this forever.
I had wondered what that place was like before it became the American Apparel. Thanks. -
The Flatbush Pavilion was previously known as the Plaza Theater.
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The message here is to stay away from theaters called Pavilion.
BAM is by far the best and even the Cobble Hill theater is better than the Pavilion. -
booklaw wrote: The Flatbush Pavilion was previously known as the Plaza Theater.
when i was a kid in the 1980‘s, the plaza theater on flatbush ave was the only theater we had anywhere remotely near by. then in 1996 when the pavilion first opened it was considered an absolute gem, everyone in brooklyn was talking about how it was the nicest theater they‘ve ever been to, it introduced 9th ave in windsor terrace to gentrification, and began putting the plaza on flatbush out of business. then there was some incident at the plaza on flatbush where part of the ceiling fell down on someones head, and that finalized shutting the place down
right after that, the pavilion bought the plaza space and made it their 2nd branch (called it “the flatbush pavilion”), and the pavilion also bought that tiny theater on henry st in brooklyn heights as their 3rd branch. but for whatever reason, things didn’t work out. so the theater on flatbush closed down, and the theater on henry st became it’s own independent theater again, unconnected to the pavilion.
the pavilion in park slope still remains, but has changed quite a lot since it first opened in 1996 -
YankeeFan wrote: [quote=booklaw]The Flatbush Pavilion was previously known as the Plaza Theater.
when i was a kid in the 1980‘s, the plaza theater on flatbush ave was the only theater we had anywhere remotely near by. then in 1996 when the pavilion first opened it was considered an absolute gem, everyone in brooklyn was talking about how it was the nicest theater they‘ve ever been to, it introduced 9th ave in windsor terrace to gentrification, and began putting the plaza on flatbush out of business. then there was some incident at the plaza on flatbush where part of the ceiling fell down on someones head, and that finalized shutting the place down
right after that, the pavilion bought the plaza space and made it their 2nd branch (called it “the flatbush pavilion”), and the pavilion also bought that tiny theater on henry st in brooklyn heights as their 3rd branch. but for whatever reason, things didn’t work out. so the theater on flatbush closed down, and the theater on henry st became it’s own independent theater again, unconnected to the pavilion.
the pavilion in park slope still remains, but has changed quite a lot since it first opened in 1996
I take it you probably grew up going to the Fortway and Kingsway like I did? -
booklaw wrote: The Flatbush Pavilion was previously known as the Plaza Theater.
yep, we used to go to the Plaza a lot when I first moved here -
An older neighbor of mine once told me that the bodega that is catty corner from Freddy's, on the corner of Dean and 6th avenue used to be a theater. Can anyone verify that?...as long as we're on the topic of Brooklyn movie theater history...
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Trainsmoke DeLeon wrote: An older neighbor of mine once told me that the bodega that is catty corner from Freddy's, on the corner of Dean and 6th avenue used to be a theater. Can anyone verify that?...as long as we're on the topic of Brooklyn movie theater history...
I don't remember on there at all or anyone talking about it. I know there was the one on 4th Ave and Dean that played the karate movies, then the ones that were spoken about above, and the one that I always went to were the Metropolitan and/or the Duffield. Traveling to the Fortway was like a big deal to us. -
Obamanut wrote: I take it you probably grew up going to the Fortway and Kingsway like I did?
i would say as a kid the plaza was the theater i probably went to the most. i'd also been kings highway, bay parkway, fort hamilton parkway, fulton street, cobble hill, kings plaza, alpine in bay ridge, and of course sheepshead bay. but the plaza was probably where i went the most -
Trainsmoke DeLeon wrote: An older neighbor of mine once told me that the bodega that is catty corner from Freddy's, on the corner of Dean and 6th avenue used to be a theater. Can anyone verify that?...as long as we're on the topic of Brooklyn movie theater history...
i can't confirm, but it's very possible. i'm told that if you go back long enough (to before people had tv's in their houses) there were just movie theaters all over the place
i'm told there actually use to be two movie theaters at bartel pritchord square, both in operation at the the same time. there was the sanders (which is in the space where the pavilion is now) and another theater right on the other side of the circle where where those red apartment buildings are now
i'm also told the supermarket on 9th st between 5th & 6th ave was once a movie theater
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