Tea Lounge (aka The Noth Slope Internet Cafe)
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Subject: Meat & Vege pies, great coffee, great service, free wi-f
There's a new kid on the block.
The feds stopped us from selling our pies through coffee shops like the Tea Lounge etc - so now you come directly to us at:
LET THEM EAT PIE
193 Columbia St (sackett/degraw)
Brooklyn
http://www.dubpies.com
And we're working on getting more kid friendly - ie. toys - play area etc
Hope to see you there soon
DUB Pies -
Subject: Re: Meat & Vege pies, great coffee, great service, free
DUB Pies wrote: There's a new kid on the block.
wait, WHERE is this? and are you open? your website has no link to a physical shop!
The feds stopped us from selling our pies through coffee shops like the Tea Lounge etc - so now you come directly to us at:
LET THEM EAT PIE
193 Columbia St (sackett/degraw)
Brooklyn
http://www.dubpies.com
And we're working on getting more kid friendly - ie. toys - play area etc
Hope to see you there soon
DUB Pies
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Subject: Re: Meat & Vege pies, great coffee, great service, free
alafairnadia wrote: [quote=DUB Pies]There's a new kid on the block.
wait, WHERE is this? and are you open? your website has no link to a physical shop!
The feds stopped us from selling our pies through coffee shops like the Tea Lounge etc - so now you come directly to us at:
LET THEM EAT PIE
193 Columbia St (sackett/degraw)
Brooklyn
http://www.dubpies.com
And we're working on getting more kid friendly - ie. toys - play area etc
Hope to see you there soon
DUB Pies
That would be in Columbia Heights, above Red Hook... I've never seen it though. -
Subject: Re: Meat & Vege pies, great coffee, great service, free
alafairnadia wrote: wait, WHERE is this? and are you open? your website has no link to a physical shop!
Columbia is the block after Hicks - There is a bus that runs on Columbia Street and I think it is the 61 or 63 (I haven't been on a bus in so long). I used to pick up that bus on Smith and Livingston. Columbia Street is a nice stretch and there is another really good restaurant there and the name escapes me right now. -
Subject: Re: Meat & Vege pies, great coffee, great service, free
stacey wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]wait, WHERE is this? and are you open? your website has no link to a physical shop!
Columbia is the block after Hicks - There is a bus that runs on Columbia Street and I think it is the 61 or 63 (I haven't been on a bus in so long). I used to pick up that bus on Smith and Livingston. Columbia Street is a nice stretch and there is another really good restaurant there and the name escapes me right now.
There's a couple over there that are worth trying. Alma is a Mexican Rest. with a patio deck on the roof in the summer.... never been though. Then there's the ever popular schnak with there $1 hot dogs and burgers..... never tried that either. Also, Pit stop, that has an outdoor bocci ball area in the back but..... haven't tried it. I'll stop now
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I highly recommend Alma -- good food, good drinks, nice view. My husband and I found Alma after being turned away from Bouillabaisse on Union St, where I had called to make a reservation and they said they don't do reservations but if we came at 7:00, there would be no problem at all getting a table. So we went at 7:00, the place was 3/4 empty and the snotty hostess said, "Do you have a reservation?" We said, um, no, we thought you didn't take reservations. "No, we do not take reservations, but you zee (gesturing around 3/4-empty room) I cannot seat you." She told us we could come back at 8:30, so we went to Alma instead and had a good dinner.
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linusvanpelt wrote: I'm starting to think that every argument on this board boils down to one thing: the inability to deal with the fact that there is more than one kind of person in Park Slope.
Amen to that!
* parents with kids and strollers
* freelancers and telecommuters with laptops
* grad students, artists, intellectuals
* high-paid professionals
* old-neighborhood people
* new-neighborhood people
* Type As
* Type Bs
* bourgeois
* flaneurs
* boring marrieds
* boring singles
each believing they have a unique claim on the soul of Park Slope. etc., etc. And guess what? You can't all have your own damn cafes! -
...also, people working on laptops in cafes mostly want to be in a cafe, with music, people, noise etc. They're not just there for the free wifi and they don't want to be banished to some depressing internet cafe or library.
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Subject: just another opinion
humm,
actually, I stopped going to Ozzies on 5th
simply because they charged for their internet (not sure if they still do, haven't been back)
and honestly, I didn't have a computer with me
it was a matter of principle
I'm just of the opinion that one of the charms of cafe culture
is the possiblilty to get work done, away from the house, if you so desire
mind you, when I'm done with my coffee
and if I see it's crowded, I'll leave
just so that I'm not taking up space which could be used by someone else
that's a common courtesy which others may lack
now as far as the tea lounge
I can't take all the grateful dead they play
that band gives me mental seizures
and I can't think about anything else but about how much I hate it
although I do find it interesting that all the young ones and stroller kids are being brought up on music which will encourage them to drop acid by the time they are 14
an army of infants gathered as jerry sings about being high on cocaine
there is something there that makes me go... humm
not that I'm anti drug inspired music, mind you
just anti the grateful dead -
Subject: Re: just another opinion
kid_baco wrote: humm,
Wow. That read like poetry. Good show! 8)
actually, I stopped going to Ozzies on 5th
simply because they charged for their internet (not sure if they still do, haven't been back)
and honestly, I didn't have a computer with me
it was a matter of principle
I'm just of the opinion that one of the charms of cafe culture
is the possiblilty to get work done, away from the house, if you so desire
mind you, when I'm done with my coffee
and if I see it's crowded, I'll leave
just so that I'm not taking up space which could be used by someone else
that's a common courtesy which others may lack
now as far as the tea lounge
I can't take all the grateful dead they play
that band gives me mental seizures
and I can't think about anything else but about how much I hate it
although I do find it interesting that all the young ones and stroller kids are being brought up on music which will encourage them to drop acid by the time they are 14
an army of infants gathered as jerry sings about being high on cocaine
there is something there that makes me go... humm
not that I'm anti drug inspired music, mind you
just anti the grateful dead -
Subject: Re: just another opinion
kid_baco wrote: humm,
excuse me, but
actually, I stopped going to Ozzies on 5th
simply because they charged for their internet (not sure if they still do, haven't been back)
and honestly, I didn't have a computer with me
it was a matter of principle
I'm just of the opinion that one of the charms of cafe culture
is the possiblilty to get work done, away from the house, if you so desire...
cafes have been offering wi-fi
(free or otherwise)
for how long exactly?
two years
maybe three?
they really violated an ancient cafe tradition there
nothing sacred anymore
now i have to type on my laptop
no im
no email
like its freakin 1999 or something
barbaric -
I havent gone there in 2 years. i went there last week. 2 steps in i left. so freaking full of people! i couldnt move through lol.
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Give me a break. I know there are many parents with small children in the area, but don't bring them to a coffee shop and hang out with them shouting. Yes I was young once, but what does that have to do with it? Ever go to the coffee shop at Barnes and Noble? Impossible! Absolutely impossible to sit around and read, or even think. Take them to a pizza shop. Take them to the park. Take them to an ice cream shop, or a diner. Maybe even a library, where they won't tolerate loudness, and they'll just throw all of you out. Don't take them to coffee shops. You see, in case you haven't noticed, people like to work, read, study and have conversations in coffee shops. It's public, yes, but not really meant for kids. If you need a coffee and you have your kids with you, get the coffee to go.
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7th ave. Tea Lounge is def. the way to go...too tight for strollers so parents leave them outside...if they know what's good for them! haha!
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I didn't want the other thread to be lonely.
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Subject: Re: Tea Lounge (aka The Noth Slope Internet Cafe)
Guest wrote: When will the owners of Tea Lounge realize that offering free internet
No offense, Dude (or Dudette), but what century are you living in?
access is sucking the life out of the place? The place was always crowded before having free internet access and it seems like the Laptop Army rarely - if ever - buys anything.
Almost EVERY venue is offering free Internet service these days. If you don't like it, avoid California, where I hear that free Internet service is even more common.
My only complaints about ANY Tea Lounge in Park Slope are as follows:
Sometimes the staff at Tea Longue on Union Street between 6th and 7th Avenues is too stoned to work.
Sometimes the music at Tea Longue on Union Street between 6th and 7th Avenues is so loud that having a conversation is impossible without screaming. -
Teppaz wrote: The last time I went to Cocoa Bar, a couple changed their baby's diaper on the counter where you pick up your drinks. Nobody said anything. I won't be back.
Is this gross allegation true or do you get off by making me throw up all over my computer? -
quijibo wrote: i love the tea lounge!
Yep. I agree with all of the above. I forgive the Gorilla people because I have a similar attitude sometimes, and they've recommended some good music.
especially the one on 7th, that one's got atmosphere
the one on Union, is too big. kinda like a garage but with coffee
the staff at the 7th avenue Tea Lounge behave like rock stars
the Gorilla Coffee staff also has attitude
but more intellectual. intellectual attitude
with big square glasses
Gorilla Coffee coffee is tons better than Tea Lounge coffee
Tea Lounge has good bagels -- chewy, little too big
Actually, I prefer to go to "lounges" to read a book. Does anyone do that anymore? Paper held together with string and glue???? Wha? :-k
After spending 3 hours surfing at work, I'm surfed out. -
caaahyoko wrote: Actually, I prefer to go to "lounges" to read a book. Does anyone do that anymore? Paper held together with string and glue???? Wha? :-k
I write book indexes for a living (freelance) ... for relaxation I like to go to a lounge and ... read a book. -
If you live in the South Slope, a mellow place with great coffee and yummy "Baked" bisquits is the Red Horse on the corner of 12th st and 6th Ave.
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raw wrote: [quote=Teppaz]The last time I went to Cocoa Bar, a couple changed their baby's diaper on the counter where you pick up your drinks. Nobody said anything. I won't be back.
Is this gross allegation true or do you get off by making me throw up all over my computer?
It's true. I read it on the internet!
[seriously, the annoying onlytheblog lady had something to do with it, blogged about it and there was hubbub. If people could *possibly* hate her more, after that they did.
and I concur...vile] -
I seem to recall that the diaper changer was LC's sister....referred to in her column as "Diaper Diva" (shudder)
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Anonymous PS Dweller wrote: Give me a break. I know there are many parents with small children in the area, but don't bring them to a coffee shop and hang out with them shouting. Yes I was young once, but what does that have to do with it? Ever go to the coffee shop at Barnes and Noble? Impossible! Absolutely impossible to sit around and read, or even think. Take them to a pizza shop. Take them to the park. Take them to an ice cream shop, or a diner. Maybe even a library, where they won't tolerate loudness, and they'll just throw all of you out. Don't take them to coffee shops. You see, in case you haven't noticed, people like to work, read, study and have conversations in coffee shops. It's public, yes, but not really meant for kids. If you need a coffee and you have your kids with you, get the coffee to go.
In case you haven't noticed, people also like to meet friends, bring their kids out for a snack/lunch, and listen to music in coffee shops too. How can you say a place like Tea Lounge is not meant for kids? Why else would they have Sing-a-longs there? Maybe you should go to the next sing-a-long, it might make you less cranky. If you want to be a social being and experience life a little then a public cafe is great, if you want to "sit around and read, or think" in silence, you are better off staying home. -
BklynTransplant wrote: I seem to recall that the diaper changer was LC's sister....referred to in her column as "Diaper Diva" (shudder)
google is amazing
http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/only_the_blog_knows_brook/2005/12/postcard_from_t_11.html -
pitu wrote: [quote=BklynTransplant]I seem to recall that the diaper changer was LC's sister....referred to in her column as "Diaper Diva" (shudder)
google is amazing
http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/only_the_blog_knows_brook/2005/12/postcard_from_t_11.html
:roll: "Natural" as she calls it. Duh, but we live in an urban setting, not the middle of the country. Yeah, lets just go back to the mid-ninteenth century "natural" with some open sewers. I like cholera. -
Man, all of this just makes me feel so lucky that I'm either at work or asleep when the so-called "stroller mafia" are out in full force. And of course, when it's my turn to come out and play they are snugly tucked in bed.
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I really dislike The Tea Lounge. In addition to the reasons listed above, the couches are disgustingly dirty and the bathrooms smell SO BAD. I wonder if they have ever been cleaned - ever! I would compare it to peeing in a shitty gas station in the middle of nowhere where the locks don't work and the lights are barely on. Scary!!!!!
I'll glady (and proudly I might add) walk past The Tea Lounge any day to find a better cup of coffee. -
whenever I walk by that place, it never seems as if anyone is having fun there. Either there are snotty, too-cool-for-school hipsters sulking outside or moms with screaming children taking over inside. NO thanks. I can make my own damn coffee.
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I don't like the Tea Room because 1) It smells BAD; and 2) It has BAD coffee.
Have you checked out Heights Cafe (on Flatbush and 7th)? It is great there. -
flygirl wrote: I don't like the Tea Room because 1) It smells BAD; and 2) It has BAD coffee.
I've never been to the Tea Room (managed to avoid it), but I have unfortunately been to Heights Cafe and it is not great there.
Have you checked out Heights Cafe (on Flatbush and 7th)? It is great there.
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