Archive for Groceries/Bodegas
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August 7, 2006 at 8:53 am · Filed under Bars and Nightlife, Coffee Shops, Groceries/Bodegas, Random, Restaurants, Services
Yavel’s list:
Best Loaf - Lopez Bakery - 5th ave bet 18 th and 19th St. The bread is very good and cheap. I always get the 7 grain. They make a nice loaf, but stay away from the pastry. The bread is baked fresh every day, but the other stuff tends to be stale. Haven’t tried the tamales yet.
Bakery - Two Little Red Hens - 8th Ave. They’re expensive, but so good.
Bodega/small grocer - La Dolce Vita - 7th Ave - Clean store and nice owner, also has a good beer selection
Toy Store - Toy Space on 7th ave around 13th - Nice selection of toys, if a bit overpriced. This place has saved me on a few occasions when I had to get a quick gift for a kid. There’s also a place on 5th ave, but I can’t remember the name.
Children’s Shoes - Windsor Shoes - Prospect Park West - The staff is very helpful and they have a good selection.
Pizza - Pino’s La Forchetta - 7th Ave - classic pizza joint
Coffee Shop - 6th ave and 12th St - Red Horse Cafe - good coffee and not crowded
Sandwich shop - Pollios - 5th Ave - Good hoagies and specialty foods. It has a nice, neighborhood feel.
More lists in the Park Slope Message Boards
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July 26, 2006 at 9:27 am · Filed under Groceries/Bodegas
Con:“I left the (Park Slope) Food Coop. Immediately after leaving, i felt afraid and guilty. Then a couple days later, elation set in. It’s like I’ve left a cult. In fact, I have.” (–sexylegs)
Pro:“I would conservatively estimate that I save a couple grand a year, probably more, shopping at the co-op … I’m not a political fanatic. In fact, I don’t even particularly care about the environment. I just like fancy food and good produce and am cheap.” (–linusvanpelt)
Eh: “I went to grad school so I did NOT have to work at a grocery store!” (–KosherDave)
Everybody else: Park Slope Message Boards
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November 15, 2005 at 9:32 am · Filed under Groceries/Bodegas
The Park Slope Food Co-op is quite a high-profile target these days. On Gothamist, Phoebe Maltz claims that it is “taboo to insult the Park Slope Food Co-op. Even if you are not a member, you are supposed to understand that joining is both a good deal and—more importantly—a progressive act.”
“I happen to believe it is neither, and have already made this semi-public by writing about it on my semi-read blog. If revealing this to a larger audience means I will be banished to, say, a townhouse in the West Village, so be it.” Read more…
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September 15, 2005 at 9:10 am · Filed under Groceries/Bodegas
From Dope on the Slope: “Kudos to Key Food for replacing the aromatic array of garbage bags that made the south side of Carroll Street [and 7th] a fly, rat and roach sanctuary with a fresh flower market.”
“Key Foods is a regional grocer, with several stores in Brooklyn. Does this new line of business make them a ‘daisy chain?’”
Ouch.
LINK: Block Beautification Award [Dope on the Slope]
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August 9, 2005 at 11:48 pm · Filed under Groceries/Bodegas
From the New York Sun via Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn: “The Park Slope Food Co-Op is thought by many to be a terrifying place, a netherworld of rules and suspensions and withering stares if you forget to bring your own biodegradable shopping bag. The one time I’d gone there, as somebody’s guest, when I reached out to pick up a persimmon only to be scolded by a dutiful member, who must have been following me through the aisles the whole time. “Excuse me,” she said. “Guests aren’t allowed to handle the produce.”
Richard, leader of a recent Sunday afternoon orientation session, was so determined to present the Co-Op’s gentler side that he had set up a table with organic treats such as carrots and humus and peach nectar for 30 prospective members. Before getting into anything as off-putting as regulations or free-range ethics, he started off the meeting by telling us how much the Co-Op has improved his life. “My ingestion has really changed,” he said. “I’m juicing now!” Read the full text of this article…
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