Carroll Gardens: May 2006 Archives

From the Craig... and might I say this is the best use of "hipster" I've seen yet--apparently being "hipster" is a pre-existing condition. No matter what you open in this storefront, you are guaranteed hipness. Absolutely fabulous--it's why I love Brooklyn. Manhattan is sooo last year in the hip parade ;)

Hipster store front lease for sale

Prime location on hipster Smith St. Bklyn store lease for sale.
3 years left on the last of the low rent leases. $2,100/850ft.

Key$$, lowered to $45,000. (Landlord,most likely, will not go crazy with rent increase when lease is up as they are very laid back.)

No Food. No Bar

Move-in condition. Near all the best restaurants and trendy boutiques (American apparel next door.) totally renovated *2large front windows and large front awning,new wood floor, new air, sound system, track lighting, fridge, electric gate. Finished back room with removeable wall.(dressing rooms,expensive mirrored doors and lights on ceiling) Dirty basement but storage facility near by. (redo the entire space at your expense if you are already an established chain.)
email - Hipstuffat718@aol.com or e-mail below.

Smith St. at douglas/Butler

I can't say for sure if that's DJ Duckcomb of ABL Podcast fame posing for the poster (we've never met!), but I do know that you'll get to see him live and in person when he DJs at Brooklyn Collective's cool little gig on Saturday, May 6, starting at 7 p.m. [198 Columbia Street between Sackett and Degraw streets]. Duckcomb is joined by ShakeWell and special guests, the Innovaders. What's all the fuss about? The gallery/shop just wants to throw a party for spring--and it's free drinks and refreshments at Lido bar next door from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. with an R.S.V.P. You'll also get to check out some cool art and design (photos, paintings, sculpture, fashion, jewelry, accessories) from what I can only assume is the work of Brooklyn craftspeople.

First, I must apologize for the lack of photos on the site. I've misplaced (lost?) my camera battery charger, and the battery is dead. It makes me very sad. I keep hoping I'll find it in the apartment, but I just might have to bite the bullet and buy another one.

Now, on to Pathmark. With the loss of the world's most poorly run Key Food on Court Street, which still hasn't turned into the promised drug store, the neighborhood had to find a new place to shop for groceries. Of course, we still patronize Sue and her natural foods mini-grocery, and on occasion we've stopped into that little grocery next door, which is only good for the very basics of basics (hmmm .... I think I need a can of tomato paste). But we've also started making the trek to Pathmark, known on the company's own website as Gowanus Pathmark. On our side of the neighborhood, it's not so far away.

You'd never know it was there, even if you're a frequent shopper at Lowe's, which shares a parking lot with the behemoth (Pathmark faces Hamilton). And it is a large grocery store. It's like stepping into the suburban grocery store of one's youth. Wide aisle, so many aisles that you could lose a child in there if you really wanted to. It still puts the veggies on Styrofoam trays, but at least the veggies are fresh. It also has an impressive selection of Latin food products--Latin cheeses, crema Mexicana, arepas-making stuff, wide selection of items from Goya.  And it's a good place to stock up on staples.

Of course, the vast majority of people there are stuffing their carts with extra-large bags of frozen chicken wings, so if you find bulk purchases of frozen meat products disturbing, you might want to stick with the Met Food on Henry.