Store Opening/Store Closing 2.0

by **north ridger** » 07 Mar 2012, 18:25

BacciMia wrote:NR, i felt no guilt at all. actually, he wasn't there when i got there, nobody was there when i brought in the chips, so i thought i'd inhale them and that would be that. again, i don't care what you think. my prob is that the owner's an ass. simple as that. also, he didn't yell...he is a pompous ass that is passive aggressive. also, i do agree that there may be two trains of thought of my actions and that's fine.

i guess there was a prob with me reading at an absolutely empty bar as well.

I don't particularly care.

Just pointing out that long rambling discussions of why a minor infraction of some rule was not really an infraction if you look at it from a 47 degree angle on a cloudy day (and no I don't care what you think I'm right when I say I'm right except that sometimes I know this sort of thing is wrong...) is a classic sign of guilty behavior :-)

by **bklyngirl** » 07 Mar 2012, 19:30

VirginiaDave wrote:
krakenblood wrote:that place does make great bagels. maybe they will have a seating area now?

They could use more space. They do make a good bagel.

You're talking about Bake Ridge Bagels right? eww, unless they've cleaned up their act in recent years, I always heard that place had a major roach problem.

by **bklyngirl** » 07 Mar 2012, 19:36

north ridger wrote:
BacciMia wrote:very shady indeed. i'm getting more and more to dislike him, from my experience and from what i hear. whenever we go, we eat and have our bucket of beer and leave a nice tip. the last time my bf and i went, it was dead (sunday afternoon - no sports) so i had the munchies so grabbed a quick bag of chips. i understand that it's not proper etiquette to eat where they serve food, but i didn't feel like i was impeding on anybody's space nor was i in the mood for a big meal as we had eaten at o'sully's. so of course he made a snide yet passive aggressive comment about that. ok, so we put the small bag of chips away. also, (again we weren't impeding on other customers) we were reading the sunday paper. so of course he saw that and immediately turned down the lights. i mean, come on, we were the only paying customers there along with our friend and this is how we were treated as loyal customers? he's a cheap ass, that's what he is. i know ppl may have different points of view on what i'm saying but i know proper etiquette and really didn't think it was a big deal. especially to put a really bad taste in my mouth that we simply got up and left while we intended on ordering another bucket.

one plus, the sunday bartender tom was sweet as pie and as a plus looks exactly like michael mcDonald, lol. we're going to bring him a cd we have, but won't be eating chips and reading the sunday paper

Color me confused.

"i understand that it's not proper etiquette to eat where they serve food'.
vs
"what i'm saying but i know proper etiquette and really didn't think it was a big deal".

Go.

That's the part that confused you NR?! For me it was the "very shady indeed" that had me laughing...um yeah cause it's very shady to not allow customers to bring in outside food to a business that sells food. :roll:

by **north ridger** » 07 Mar 2012, 19:43

bklyngirl wrote:
north ridger wrote:
BacciMia wrote:very shady indeed. i'm getting more and more to dislike him, from my experience and from what i hear. whenever we go, we eat and have our bucket of beer and leave a nice tip. the last time my bf and i went, it was dead (sunday afternoon - no sports) so i had the munchies so grabbed a quick bag of chips. i understand that it's not proper etiquette to eat where they serve food, but i didn't feel like i was impeding on anybody's space nor was i in the mood for a big meal as we had eaten at o'sully's. so of course he made a snide yet passive aggressive comment about that. ok, so we put the small bag of chips away. also, (again we weren't impeding on other customers) we were reading the sunday paper. so of course he saw that and immediately turned down the lights. i mean, come on, we were the only paying customers there along with our friend and this is how we were treated as loyal customers? he's a cheap ass, that's what he is. i know ppl may have different points of view on what i'm saying but i know proper etiquette and really didn't think it was a big deal. especially to put a really bad taste in my mouth that we simply got up and left while we intended on ordering another bucket.

one plus, the sunday bartender tom was sweet as pie and as a plus looks exactly like michael mcDonald, lol. we're going to bring him a cd we have, but won't be eating chips and reading the sunday paper

Color me confused.

"i understand that it's not proper etiquette to eat where they serve food'.
vs
"what i'm saying but i know proper etiquette and really didn't think it was a big deal".

Go.

That's the part that confused you NR?! For me it was the "very shady indeed" that had me laughing...um yeah cause it's very shady to not allow customers to bring in outside food to a business that sells food.

My head would explode if I tried to analyze the whole post. I limited it to just the most glaring thing that jumped out at me.

by **BacciMia** » 07 Mar 2012, 19:48

i can admit i went from one point to another. he is shady for other reasons which i did not cite, but have been cited before here and other places. he is def not shady for the food reason. again, whatever. if we all took every post here verbatim and actually attempted or cared to analyze every single word/comment it'd really prove that nobody has a life. actually, many here don't.

maybe i should've just posted in things i hate to appease certain ppl/the holier than thous that nitpick at comments.

by **bklyngirl** » 07 Mar 2012, 19:56

BacciMia wrote:he is shady for other reasons which i did not cite, but have been cited before here and other places. he is def not shady for the food reason.

Sorry but I have a life and therefore can't keep track of what others post at other times or in other threads; I took your post at face value.

by **bklyngirl** » 07 Mar 2012, 20:02

bklyngirl wrote:
naked rev. trish wrote:Everything but the Dress is going out -- 80% off.

oh snap! I've never been in that store, but recently passed by and thought about going in to see if they have anything that my cousin can use for her upcoming wedding. Sh*t at 80% off I'll definitely check it out now. Thanks!

FYI: It's not 80% off everything...it's up to 80% off (most of their stuff seemed to be 30-50% off)

by **BacciMia** » 07 Mar 2012, 20:27

wasn't referring to you nor the other posters that responded to my post. was just an afterthought regarding the ppl day in and day out that constantly repeat the same thoughts and criticisms. but you are def one of the nitpickers, self admittedly as i am admittedly a skimmer and my thoughts tend to meld into each other without having to spell everything out to people. at the end of the day, unless it's important (which there really isn't much that is on BRT) i don't give a rat's ass who agrees with or understands me.

by **Observateur** » 07 Mar 2012, 22:21

bklyngirl wrote:
VirginiaDave wrote:
krakenblood wrote:that place does make great bagels. maybe they will have a seating area now?

They could use more space. They do make a good bagel.

You're talking about Bake Ridge Bagels right? eww, unless they've cleaned up their act in recent years, I always heard that place had a major roach problem.

They've had an "A" since December but they bounced around a lot before that, so it makes sense to check the Health Dept. ratings once in awhile.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/rii/index.shtml

by **queenoftheclick** » 08 Mar 2012, 00:57

Their bagels always seem fresh......other things - not so much.

by **bklyngirl** » 13 Mar 2012, 18:04

On June 29, the 86th St Branch of HSBC will close. Any word on what's going there? (if anything yet)

by **Kitchop** » 13 Mar 2012, 18:20

bklyngirl wrote:On June 29, the 86th St Branch of HSBC will close. Any word on what's going there? (if anything yet)

Where is it on 86th St? Between what Aves?

by **bklyngirl** » 13 Mar 2012, 19:17

Between 4th & 5th Ave.
All current customers whose accounts are at that branch will be transferred to the 92nd & 3rd Ave branch.

by **Laertes607** » 14 Mar 2012, 00:39

Observateur wrote:
bklyngirl wrote:
VirginiaDave wrote:
krakenblood wrote:that place does make great bagels. maybe they will have a seating area now?

They could use more space. They do make a good bagel.

You're talking about Bake Ridge Bagels right? eww, unless they've cleaned up their act in recent years, I always heard that place had a major roach problem.

They've had an "A" since December but they bounced around a lot before that, so it makes sense to check the Health Dept. ratings once in awhile.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/rii/index.shtml

Ohhhh, SNAP!!

by **bklyngirl** » 14 Mar 2012, 06:49

yeah their track record is kinda gross when you look at that site; they appear to rack up major violation points and then clean up so they can get a good "grade", and then go back to being dirty again. As recent as late november they had 41 points, and then two weeks later they got an "A".

by **86er** » 14 Mar 2012, 12:49

Noticed "Hernandez Furniture" open on 5th Ave right by the entrance to the 95th Street Subway Entrance. It's a weird location that historically has been a disaster: Boost Mobile was there most recently.

Looks like they're selling mostly that weird cheap/european furniture that populate most furniture stores in the area.

With that being said, the colorful furniture definitely spruces up the big display windows that you see as you exit/emerge from the subway.

by **carfreeinla** » 14 Mar 2012, 20:17

bklyngirl wrote:On June 29, the 86th St Branch of HSBC will close. Any word on what's going there? (if anything yet)

Well, you have just helped me cement my decision to close my account.

by **bklyngirl** » 15 Mar 2012, 18:28

86er wrote:Noticed "Hernandez Furniture" open on 5th Ave right by the entrance to the 95th Street Subway Entrance. It's a weird location that historically has been a disaster: Boost Mobile was there most recently.

And the building is currently for sale.

by **krakenblood** » 16 Mar 2012, 08:35

is that the store that used to be a liquor store? my friend used to get stuff from there when he was 18-19, and they never asked for id

by **Kitchop** » 16 Mar 2012, 12:58

Whether they're expanding the bagel shop as rumored or not, I don't know. But lots of construction going on inside both empty spaces on Third @ 95th St. They've knocked out the wall between the two empty spaces making one big space.

by **VirginiaDave** » 16 Mar 2012, 13:16

Maybe it will be that pizza/nail/99 cent store we've all been hoping for.

by **qwijibo** » 19 Mar 2012, 08:36

Turqua Grill has a "For Rent" sign on the window.

Huckleberries has a bunch of paintings displayed by it's windows,making it look like an Art Gallery
is opening there, but a "For Rent" sign is still on the window.

Richie and Vinnies butcher on 87th has a "Rented" sign up.

by **Kitchop** » 19 Mar 2012, 18:59

Marshall's Legal Possession Notice, dated today March 19, 2012, on the old Bally Bunion space door. Landlord has legal possession of these premises pursuant to order of civil court. Lock was changed.

Juliano Realty LLC (Landlord)
v.
Chelsea Station Ltd (tenant)
Index # 65263 2010
Kings County

So, I guess this explains why nothing has been happening at this empty space. Things have been tied up in court between the landlord and Bally Bunion's owner. Nobody else can move into the space until that is completely resolved. Sounds like it might be resolved now.

by **bklyngirl** » 19 Mar 2012, 19:34

qwijibo wrote:Turqua Grill has a "For Rent" sign on the window.

Huckleberries has a bunch of paintings displayed by it's windows,making it look like an Art Gallery
is opening there, but a "For Rent" sign is still on the window.

Turqua Grill's space has had that sign up since before christmas...where u been?! lol

I noticed the Huckleberry's thing today too and was wondering what that art display is for given there's still a "for rent" sign in the window.

by **naked rev. trish** » 19 Mar 2012, 20:14

Gallery 364. Yes, you cultureless boneheads, Bay Ridge does in fact have an art gallery.

Though nothing is posted on their website as to the current exhibit at dingleberries.

by **BacciMia** » 19 Mar 2012, 21:41

by **bklyngirl** » 20 Mar 2012, 06:38

naked rev. trish wrote:Gallery 364. Yes, you cultureless boneheads, Bay Ridge does in fact have an art gallery.

Though nothing is posted on their website as to the current exhibit at dingleberries.

I know bay ridge has an art gallery. I also know that it's around 72nd Street, so I would've never figured it had something to do with a display in an empty storefront on 89th St.

I still don't know what one has to do with the other, unless the building landlord has a connection with Gallery 364 in some way?

by **PuffinJ** » 20 Mar 2012, 08:29

The Gallery 364 display at Huckleberry's is a pop-up. The owner of Gallery 364 states that she wants to do more of these in empty storefronts.

I thnk Huckleberry's is an ideal location for something like this, with its huge window space.

by **cherryblossom** » 20 Mar 2012, 09:59

8901 3rd Ave in Bay Ridge, my latest project, filling empty storefronts along third ave with artwork previously shown at Gallery 364. The intention is to beautify the storefronts, expose community to art and inspire people to stroll the avenue. Our Pop-Up Gallery is the first of it's kind here in Bay Ridge. Let's put an end to empty storefronts! If you are a Bay Ridge Artist Contact me if you are interested in showing your work! (from their facebook page)

They do this all of the time in malls out east, but I guess it's new to Bay Ridge. In Massapequa, they feature artists from the high school which is always pretty cool.

by **naked rev. trish** » 20 Mar 2012, 10:29

what's facebook?

by **cherryblossom** » 20 Mar 2012, 10:32

It's the place where I keep all my imaginary friends.

by **naked rev. trish** » 20 Mar 2012, 10:39

by **bruklinboy** » 20 Mar 2012, 22:32

cherryblossom wrote:It's the place where I keep all my imaginary friends.

ha!
all my imaginary friends are real!

by **Bullwinkle** » 21 Mar 2012, 15:46

Alleon Pharmacy / Past by this morning /signs posted , all accounts have been " transferred" to Rite Aid at 75th & 5th / people loading boxes into a van,looked like they where looting the place.
It was somewhat out of the way,but I always liked the way they conducted business.Sorry to see them go. :cry:

by **nyskys** » 22 Mar 2012, 13:13

Casa Calamari opened again....

by **cherryblossom** » 22 Mar 2012, 13:31

I noticed that yesterday and was going to say either they're open again or they will be within a matter of days.

What's the deal with Bar Ridge? I noticed that place when I was on my way to the post office.

by **Kitchop** » 28 Mar 2012, 17:16

Coming soon sign in window and new awning up for BarRidge (capital R in yellow circle like the train). On Fifth between 89 & 90. Previously The Empty Mug. Across the street from the Twenty 3 Club (home of "high energy dining", according to the Twenty 3 Club sign). What exactly is high energy dining?

by **c'est Moi!** » 28 Mar 2012, 17:31

Kitchop wrote:What exactly is high energy dining?

Lots of complex carbs (pasta?)?

(Remember the pic with the fat Italians?)

by **Observateur** » 28 Mar 2012, 17:35

High-energy dining might mean that the food isn't dead yet.

Thread about this "Vegas-style supper club" at
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9099

by **Kitchop** » 28 Mar 2012, 19:01

Observateur wrote:High-energy dining might mean that the food isn't dead yet.

Thread about this "Vegas-style supper club" at
http://bayridgetalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9099

Thanks. I just read the thread. Must confess that, although I've been by the Twenty 3 Club numerous times, I never once thought of Vegas or The Bellagio. Of course, I've never been inside. Maybe if they had dancing fountains outside and not just a waterfall at the bar. Couldn't help noticing their "high energy dining" sign though. The Russian clubs in BB sound closer to some of Vegas's big, glitzy OTTness. I'm not a big Vegas fan, although I have been dragged there once or twice. It's in the middle of a desert, not near an ocean. At least BB and AC are by the sea.

by **Kitchop** » 31 Mar 2012, 15:57

Rite Aid on Third @ 93rd St has a big "Grand Re-Opening" sign on it. Was it closed?

by **Observateur** » 31 Mar 2012, 16:02

Kitchop wrote:Rite Aid on Third @ 93rd St has a big "Grand Re-Opening" sign on it. Was it closed?

For awhile they were shifting things around the open store, but I didn't see it closed.

How can you have the "grand" anything of a Rite-Aid?

by **north ridger** » 31 Mar 2012, 18:06

I am stupefied. When we moved to Bay Ridge 3 years or so ago a cafe on Third around 74th street closed up and very quickly there was a "Chock Full o' Nuts - Coming Soon!" sign. The years past, the sign became a tattered wreck, and eventually it disappeared altogether. Given that the Chock Full further south on 3rd avenue folded pretty quickly I wasn't surprised the new one never opened.

Recently there's been activity around there and I've been excited to see what they might build. A hobby shop? Arts and craft's store? Tiger Schulman?

None of the above. I just walked by there today and there's a brand new awning with an "Opening Soon!" sign on it.

You know what it's going to be? A Chock Full O' Nuts!!

by **billy** » 31 Mar 2012, 18:29

I've always wondered why it ain't Chock Full O' Beans.

by **VirginiaDave** » 31 Mar 2012, 18:36

north ridger wrote:I am stupefied. When we moved to Bay Ridge 3 years or so ago a cafe on Third around 74th street closed up and very quickly there was a "Chock Full o' Nuts - Coming Soon!" sign. The years past, the sign became a tattered wreck, and eventually it disappeared altogether. Given that the Chock Full further south on 3rd avenue folded pretty quickly I wasn't surprised the new one never opened.

Recently there's been activity around there and I've been excited to see what they might build. A hobby shop? Arts and craft's store? Tiger Schulman?

None of the above. I just walked by there today and there's a brand new awning with an "Opening Soon!" sign on it.

You know what it's going to be? A Chock Full O' Nuts!!

by **PetShopBoy** » 01 Apr 2012, 10:22

Tara and I were wandering around Coney Island yesterday and saw that they were doing major renovations to Ruby's. Cha Cha's looks like it is gone (frontage was completely bare and the inside looked gutted, by what I could see through an open side window).

by **Kitchop** » 01 Apr 2012, 11:41

Observateur wrote:
Kitchop wrote:Rite Aid on Third @ 93rd St has a big "Grand Re-Opening" sign on it. Was it closed?

For awhile they were shifting things around the open store, but I didn't see it closed.

How can you have the "grand" anything of a Rite-Aid?

Beats me. I was hoping it would close and be replaced by something good -- like a Trader Joe's. ;-)

by **Observateur** » 01 Apr 2012, 14:34

Kitchop wrote:
Observateur wrote:
Kitchop wrote:Rite Aid on Third @ 93rd St has a big "Grand Re-Opening" sign on it. Was it closed?

For awhile they were shifting things around the open store, but I didn't see it closed.

How can you have the "grand" anything of a Rite-Aid?

Beats me. I was hoping it would close and be replaced by something good -- like a Trader Joe's.

I think it's a hoot that they had a grand reopening because they moved aisles around. Next up would be a big banner that says "We Now Sell Toothpaste!" or "Well, Here We Are."

by **italiana71** » 02 Apr 2012, 18:41

4 Paws in the old Added Attractions space. Says it will be a pet boutique.

by **Laertes607** » 02 Apr 2012, 21:06

The rite aid on 3rd and bay ridge ave is now open 24 hours

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