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June 8, 2005

Blimpie, Dunkin' Donuts To Mar Lafayette

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We hear that the boom in Fort Greene is attracting more than genteel brownstone residents. One concerned homeowner on South Elliott Place has tipped us off to a rumor that her historic block is about to get whacked by a nasty fast food one-two punch. Two shops on opposite corners of Lafayette and South Elliott are in the process of changing hands. According to a workman on site, a Blimpie is going into the Triangular Floor space (top) and a 24-hour Dunkin' Donuts is taking over the former bodega (bottom). We hope the workman was just having a little fun at a nosy neighbor's expense. It won't come as a surprise to anyone that we think that this stretch of Lafayette needs fast food restaurants like a hole in the head. We bet that the owners of the upscale restaurant Gia across the street agree.

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I just called Dunkin Donuts franchise information, and they said they had no record for anything slated for Layfayette Avenue right now. Also called Blimpie and their Brooklyn rep is supposed to call me back with information. Will update when that happens. Hoping its a rumor!!

Posted by: MJ at June 8, 2005 10:15 AM

Us too!

Posted by: brownstoner at June 8, 2005 10:28 AM

This cannot be happening!
I mean in recent years we've seen beautiful, quality restaurants emerge like Gia, Scopello, and Stonehome Wine Bar... and even newcomers like Pequena and Habana Outpost.
To think, Not even on Flatbush Ave (in Prospect Heights)do you see such a disgrace!

Posted by: no way at June 8, 2005 10:32 AM

Horrible news.....Blimpie IS coming, according to the Brooklyn Blimpie franchise office. They just called us back and said they are opening a slew of restys in the Brooklyn area, and the Lafayette location is indeed one of them. Any ideas from anyone on ways to block/protest this- or is it too late??

Posted by: MJ at June 8, 2005 10:38 AM

I think we need to get in touch with the Fort Greene Association (http://www.historicfortgreene.org/index.html)
and other local business associations like the Pratt Area Community Council (http://prattarea.org/) & Fulton Area Business Association
FGA is embarking on an ambitious RB6 rezoning plan for the area.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 8, 2005 10:42 AM

YES! You people are crazy. This area needs decent food for low prices, instead of nasty Kennedy Fried Chicken. Especially late night hours after leaving Moe's. A good mix of amenities is needed... not chi-chi gourmet places combined with nasty holes in the wall.

Posted by: greener at June 8, 2005 10:44 AM

if these rumors are true, this is quite the socio-economic dilemma. for all the stalwarts in the neighborhood who have been rallying against gentrification and outpricing, this is a boon to them. or is it a case of be careful what you wish for? now, the OG (original gangsta, for those who don't know) denizens who complained of not being able to buy a meal at gia, much less a glass of the $9 pinot at stonehome, can now get their coffee with half and half and 2 sugars and an italian combo w/ everything, salt and pepper, oil and vinegar.

and will the up-and-coming urbane brooklyn yuppie now want to pay $2 mil for a townhouse when you have dunkin donuts and blimpie's? i can just see it now, all the guys who used to sit on old sofas and listen to their boombox outside the yellow bodega can now move into the dunkin' donuts and nurse their coffees all night long, baby.. interesting..quite interesting..

Posted by: ltjbukem at June 8, 2005 10:45 AM

Decent food for low prices is fine...but Blimpie and (gasp!!!) a 24 HOUR Dunkin' Donuts? You gotta be kidding me. On a quiet, historic, mostly residential block? A deli, panini shop, or muffin store would be one thing. But do YOU want a giant coffee cup emerging from an orange and purple awning on your block? Have you seen those tacky restaurants? We gotta deal with people in and out of this thing 24 HOURS a day? Give me a break.
And by the way, I think calling Dunkin' Donuts "decent food" is a stretch.

Posted by: MJ at June 8, 2005 10:50 AM

this is too good..such a tasty morsel on a boring day at work..some neighborhoods complain when a starbucks opens up, to the point that they are ready to picket the damn place..other neighborhoods, like ours, complain when the ultimate in bourgeoisie establishments open up, ie blimpies/dunkin donuts..amidst all this, can anyone sense the abject irony in all of this?

Posted by: ltjbukem at June 8, 2005 11:05 AM

are these comments for real? i can't tell if they're sarcastic? protest? are you kidding me. boo hoo yuppies. why not just move to a gated community in the suburbs? maybe you guys could start a committee that could approve every new store, every residential renovation, and any pothole repairs that go on in you precious (recently appropriated from others) neighborhood.

Posted by: cl at June 8, 2005 11:06 AM

If they had their way and it was cheap, they'd destroy all of ny and build one giant McDonald's to cover it all, like a big foot crushing tiny ants

Posted by: matt at June 8, 2005 11:13 AM

Yes, these comments are for real. I just believe that retail stores should be in context with the surrounding neighborhood.
Especially near historic, residential neighborhoods. Same way you don't see a McDonald's smack dead on Madison Avenue, or a
tire shop on the promenade in Bklyn Heights.

Posted by: MJ at June 8, 2005 11:15 AM

I'm not at all happy to hear about these 2 places opening (no scarcasm what-so-ever). I think landmark districts should also have rules for no gross fast food chains. Makes total sense to me. They doesn't fit in with the historic landscape and they hurt the small locally owned shops.

i don't think it's a case of careful what you wish for. I lived in the west village for 7 years- an area where high prices and prosperity doesn't mean an invasion of fast food chains.

Posted by: lc at June 8, 2005 11:19 AM

pls excuse my bad grammar and spelling mistakes, I guess I got a little heated over the subject.

Posted by: lc at June 8, 2005 11:23 AM

Also, another building was sold directly next to the yellow bodega. Its going to be a "La Bagel Delight".

Posted by: MJ at June 8, 2005 11:31 AM

I agree ther should be no fast food in historic district period.
Problem is that corner of S Eliot and Lafaette is not in historic district

http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/pdfs/historic/ft_greene.pdf

Posted by: malymis at June 8, 2005 11:53 AM

At least Dunkin and Blimpie are unlikely to open
some backyard garden that 'nice' restaurants and 'martini bars' like to do - that affluent customers love- but are quite noisy to those on residential sidestreets whose apts. get all the echo noise of tipsy yuppies.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 8, 2005 11:57 AM

La Bagel De Light is a great chain. I drive to the slope for their bagels. They have been woring their way down 7th avenue. Lafayette is a natural step for them.

Posted by: Sam at June 8, 2005 12:08 PM

regarding "I just believe that retail stores should be in context with the surrounding neighborhood." Jeez, it's a million dollar brownstone that would have been considered 'out of context' here just a few years ago. Why should a franchissee be any less able to take advantage of the real estate boom than a homeowner? As one of my friends in Vermont used to say about people complaining about development "everyone wants to be the last one in."

Posted by: anonymous at June 8, 2005 12:28 PM

Blimpies sells panini sandwiches and Dunkin Donuts sells muffins. But I guess because they aren't marked up 75% then they're obviously a sign of the apocalypse.

Posted by: Jerry at June 8, 2005 12:29 PM

I don't really see how Blimpies and Dunkin Donuts are consistent with non-gentrification, except by being ugly. These franchises certainly would have had no interest in the neighborhood fifteen, or even ten, years ago. They're a byproduct of gentrification, and as such, gentrifiers such as ourselves ARE allowed to say that we don't like them, and to try to combat them. It's one thing to try and change things that already exist in the neighborhood you move into, like bodegas where people hang out outside and are a nuisance. That's what you signed up for when you moved there. But not being able to raise your voice against an outside chain that destroys the character of the neighborhood? That's absurd. Don't be too genteel.

Posted by: WD at June 8, 2005 1:15 PM

I have to admit that I would be against a preponderance of these types of places in any neighborhood let alone one such as Fort Greene.

However, what strikes me here is the amount of self interest naysayers often have in these situations. The whole debate over Atlantic Yards (granted, Ratner's plans are of course scandalous) is similar but on a much larger scale. In both cases, the ones no doubt complaining the loudest are those whose nice 2 million dollar homes are being affected.

Let's have some impartiality for a change.........

Posted by: Anonymous at June 8, 2005 1:18 PM

This thread is great.

1. There is a Subway on Flatbush near Sterling Place. I don't know if that's above or below whatever is supposed to be so wretched about Blimpie...There is also a "Donut Connection" on Flatbush.

2. "A deli, panini shop, or muffin store would be one thing. But do YOU want a giant coffee cup emerging from an orange and purple awning on your block?" As long as this "giant coffee cup" doesn't come and attack me or anything, yes I think I'll live. But a muffin store or a panini shop would be so cute! So precious!

Posted by: Eric at June 8, 2005 1:31 PM

Incredible. Drenched... SOAKED, even, in irony. I'll leave the grousing regarding the total lack of self-awareness here to others, but I will say that:

1) A well-lit, 24 hour establishment with large, open windows can actually increase security in a burgeoning neighborhood.

2) When I moved into W'burg as an early gentrifier 12 years ago, it used to drive me batshit insane that I could buy a two-thousand dollar coffee table made out of "distressed" subway doors, but I couldn't find a bottle of Windex or a jar of spaghetti sauce, because there were no drug stores, no grocery stores, no hardware stores... nothin'.

I know Fort Greene has more infrastructure than that, but suffice to say that perhaps not everyone is pining for the perfect little panini shop.

Posted by: Anon at June 8, 2005 1:36 PM

Well, I wish it were a Quizno's instead of a Blimpie's, but as a Lafayette homeowner I can't get too upset about either one. Truth is that block there could use some fast food besides the Kennedy Fried Chicken and that squalid Chinese takeout. Don't get me wrong, I like the Pequena's and Marquet's and all, but it's good to have variety on the more affordable end, too.

Posted by: euskaria at June 8, 2005 1:41 PM

I just call things the way I see them.

Its not ONLY about what type of food is offered (I don't like it, I don't eat it... I don't eat it, I live another day!)

Its not ONLY about the aesthetic-obsolence of an Atlantic Yards Arena designed to have only 4 exits/entrances (you know, like a roach motel) or a tacky-ass purple and orange facade of a DD (never seen them in NY till about a year ago...must have super-low franchise fees)

Ladies and gents... IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO QUALITY OF LIFE!!! You cannot tell me that a DD (which I've heard sells fair-market-price muffins) would be the same as having, say, a "Connecticut Muffin" outlet. A neighborhood cafe is far-less-likely to attract a slew of sanitation trucks, and the like, that would be barreling through my nabe for a 4AM cup o' joe! AND GOD FORBID THIS PLACE WOULD RUN 24hrs!!!
As for Blimpie, I just don't see the need. There are plenty of clean, tasty sandwhich spots within 3 blocks (besides, I dare you to ask what's in a "Blimpies Best" sub!)

Posted by: no way at June 8, 2005 1:47 PM

Regarding my earlier statement and the "anonymous" response- Yes, a 2MM brownstone price tag would have been out of context
5 years ago. But thats the price tag, not the ACTUAL brownstone. The character has remained the same-albeit more expensive. We aren't arguing about the cost of a donut or sandwich, we are talking about a physical retail location- a change in landscape and character. You can argue about Dunkin Donuts serving panini's all you want, but the problem with the chosen location has NOTHING to do with the low cost of a coffee or muffin. Everyone, obviously, can take advantage of a real estate boom. But EVERY business does not fit EVERYWHERE. Period.
We all expect neighborhoods and businesses to evolve and change. But a slew of fast food crap on our block is not a welcomed evolution. And no matter how "self-serving" as it sounds, I'm gonna try to fight it. To assume we are supposed to buy in a neighborhood, raise our children, but then close our eyes to a violation in character and lifestyle is absolutely absurd. We chose Fort Greene for a reason.

Posted by: MJ at June 8, 2005 1:47 PM

Talk about taking something silly and running with it! We dont care if its a cute little panini shop or a family owned Hallmark store. Just dont want a tacky, 24 hour corporate nightmare next to my "precious" historic (smile...know you're gonna love that one) brownstone, and I aint afraid to say it. Its just along the border of the historic block, we know. And no, the coffee cup won't attack us (how cute), but its thats your logic let's embrace any business that doesn't shoot steak knives from their windows...
Lastly, Fort Greene isnt so "burgeoning" that we need a DD to give us 24 hour surveillance. I mean, Seriously......

Posted by: MJ at June 8, 2005 2:03 PM

Brooklyn Tech right down the block has what 7000 students? I'm sure they'll be thrilled to have a place to grab a quick snack at a reasonable price.

Posted by: Nativegal at June 8, 2005 2:06 PM

would much rather have a mom and pop than a national franchise. would be much better for the neighborhood.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 8, 2005 2:12 PM

The majority of you sound so full of yourselves! Get a grip!!

Posted by: Anonymous at June 8, 2005 2:13 PM

I love Dunkin' Donuts and will welcome them. Blimpie I don't know. If only it were a Subway instead!

Posted by: Anonymous at June 8, 2005 2:23 PM

"To assume we are supposed to buy in a neighborhood, raise our children, but then close our eyes to a violation in character and lifestyle is absolutely absurd."

Gag. A Dunkin Donuts is a "violation in character and lifestyle"? Hyperbole, anybody?

Yeah, as opposed to wine bars, muffin shops, and panini places...

People did live in Fort Greene before you arrived, you know. Apparently you're learning the lesson that they did. You can't always control how your neighborhood changes, especially in NYC.

Posted by: Eric at June 8, 2005 2:28 PM

Not to mention implying that a Dunkin Donuts is somehow a threat to your children. Maneuuver #1 in the whiny yuppie playbook: hide behind your kids. Sheesh. And I say this as a yuppie with kids.

Look, this is an easily resolved problem. If Blimpie and DD are so out of character with the neighborhood, they'll quickly die for lack of business. Whereas if it turns out that not all of Fort Greene shares the tastes of the owners of $1M+ brownstones who dine at Gia...

Posted by: Anonymous at June 8, 2005 2:36 PM

Man, am I ever glad I bought on a landmarked block in Cobble Hill 9 years ago. All we have to worry about is a bodega around the corner on Columbia St. that sells crack, oh and the chase up into the surrounding neighborhood a few years ago that resulted in shots being fired during a foot pursuit up Kane St. I guess we're lucky there's not a donut or sandwich shop nearby.

Posted by: anonymous at June 8, 2005 2:41 PM

Hey, maybe this is just an extremely efficient way of ensuring there is a proper 'correction' in the local property market. Indeed, one will probably be able to get a nice 4 story brownstone for under 2.5 million in no time....

Posted by: Anonymous at June 8, 2005 2:58 PM

God knows I hope both of these go away. But as to whether the area 'needs' them, there is a tried and tested way of answering that question: let the market decide. If it is true that no-one wants these franchises in the neighborhood, they'll be out of business within the year.

Posted by: TW at June 8, 2005 3:04 PM

Wish it were that simple. Corporate franchises usually do ok, considering their national advertising budget and easy fast food shopping set-up. They typically survive anywhere with traffic, unfortunately. So if it comes, enough people will probably support. Not happy, but I guess some homeowners dont mind....
Could be worse, yes, agreed. But isn't that a sucky attitude to adopt about your nabe'??

Posted by: MJ at June 8, 2005 3:15 PM

TW: " If it is true that no-one wants these franchises in the neighborhood, they'll be out of business within the year..."

MJ: "Wish it were that simple. Corporate franchises usually do ok, considering their national advertising budget and easy fast food shopping set-up..."

OK, so people will patronize these franchises because they've been brainwashed by the big evil corporations. But spending money at these places doesn't count as "wanting" them in the neighborhood?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 8, 2005 3:24 PM

I agree that it would have been nicer to have a decent greengrocer move into the 'hood (sorely needed if you ask me!). But I must say that suggesting that a Blimpie's will shatter the halcyon childhoods of the yuppie masses spawn is going a little far. Plus, Dunkin makes a mean cup of cawfee.

Posted by: muffyvondahling at June 8, 2005 3:46 PM

"Develop, Don't Dunk Brooklyn" anyone? ;)

Posted by: chuck at June 8, 2005 3:50 PM

The real question is - what else are they gonna do to the building that houses the Dunkin Donuts. I'd like to see its historic character preserved but something tells me thats not gonna happen. They'll probably stucco it all up to make it look like a Dunkin Donuts in the burbs.

Posted by: CB at June 8, 2005 3:58 PM

I'm almost positive a Dunkin Donuts is also going in on the corner of Bergen and Smith, across from the Domino's Pizza.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 8, 2005 7:03 PM

Those storefronts look like dumps. Do they even open for business? What, once a week? And, what will they be replaced with? Tax-paying, responsible businesses employing those who need jobs, mainly low-income workers. For what reason could you possibly be against this? Geez.

Posted by: John K at June 8, 2005 7:35 PM

Sorry, 'brainwashed by big evil corporations'? We seem to be lurching from one over-reaction to another. Do people really buy Blimpie sandwiches because of a corporate conspiracy? Maybe they like them!

Posted by: TW at June 8, 2005 7:58 PM

The bottem line is that rents are high. I recently inquired about the space above the Academy for office space and it was $3900.00 per month for 1250 sq. ft and they wanted us to do the build out. Only franchises are ready for that kind of rent commitment, forget about the romantic panini spot...

Posted by: annie at June 8, 2005 9:16 PM

Dunkin Donuts on the corner of Smith & Bergen!!!??? Call the cops! There must be a dozen empty storefronts between Atlantic and Baltic on Smith. And a dozen more that will never make it. If you want to regulate free enterprise, move to Germany.......12% unemployment and no economic growth.

Posted by: anon at June 8, 2005 9:38 PM

A lot of these mom & pop shops that people prefer to DD/Blimpie go out of business because their prices aren't competitive. There are only so many people who can afford to do the so-called "right" thing of spending an extra few bucks for something that's cheaper across the street. e.g. the demise of the local pharmisist.

Posted by: OE at June 8, 2005 10:45 PM

I find the cliched "boo hoo yuppies" comments hilarious. It isn't just the over worn term "yuppies" that is so lame but the idea that you have to own a $2M brownstone to be against these types of chains. I own nothing but do find the sight of garish DD sad.

I have lived all over the country and found that an awful lot of it looks like because of these types of places. In some areas that's all there is. Personally I find it depressing. That's great if you love it but why is it the "yuppies" who should move? I'm genuinely confused as to why someone would live in ny paying 5 times the rent for 1/3 the space and then feel that blimpie is the best they could do for food. Really the suburbs were built for you.

On the other side I'd like to know how many of the people who hate DD go to lease poaching starbucks everyday.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 8, 2005 11:31 PM

Smith St. is so ugly a DunkinDonuts would be welcome and fit right in. And the price of homes/rents around it certainly is no less than FortGreene.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 9, 2005 9:07 AM

you should be able to determine what kind of new businesses are established in your neighborhood. point blank. i dont want thousands of drunk screaming fans at a stadium two yards from my house, or a stinky cheesy dunkin donuts at my stoop. might as well move to manhattan for that kinda crap. ever heard the term "brownstone brooklyn". WAKE UP.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 9, 2005 11:06 AM

Wake up? LOL. If you want to be able to control all aspects of your neighborhood, move to a gated community in the 'burbs. You live in a city. You cannot hope to have that kind of control, for better or worse.

Posted by: anon at June 9, 2005 11:34 AM

of course u cant have total control. but u should have an opinion. if u dont care, thats u. what are u arguing about? u have the total freedom not to give a damn, but why does it bother you when some people care? u want a nudie video store on your block or near a school? obviously example, i know- so spare me from pointing it out. but some of u seem to imply communities should close their eyes. and that goes for everything from certain businesses to certain stadiums.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 9, 2005 11:39 AM

The most pathetic thing of all is that people are actually upset that other people care about something. Of course you can HOPE to have control, it doesn't always work out but people determine the fates of these things all the time. Just ask Wal Mart or the jets stadium builders.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 9, 2005 11:53 AM

What's pathetic is the picayune nimbyist crap people have chosen to care about. So a couple chain places open up that might actually cater to the tastes (and wallets) of people other than the best-heeled new residents of the neighborhood. Horrors! And what's doubly pathetic is dressing up this nimbyism as some kind of social activism. Sure, it's just the fact that DD and Blimpie are corporate entities that bothers you -- not that they're declasse chains that cater to riffraff.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 9, 2005 1:40 PM

Great use of a thesaurus. BRAVO!!!
Who are you to determine what is, and what isn't, picayune!? Ever thought about that one?
Its important to me not to have a tacky corporate outpost outside my brownstone. Dont want the food, dont want the traffic, and I'll be the first to admit I dont want business that "cater to riffraff" on my block. And last time I checked Dunkin Donuts wasn't just for the poor. Pretty much an equal opportunity option for those who enjoy crappy food.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 9, 2005 3:03 PM

DD is on a mission to wipe out starbucks in NYC so I would be prepared for seeing them pop up around brooklyn, starbucks has park slope etc but hasn't really bothered itself with other areas of brooklyn- there were rumors of one on the corner of st. james and fulton- which is now a plastic surgeon's office- go figure. but at any rate, the giant DD coffee cup has the goal of getting itself noticed and brooklyn
has lots of retail space for rent where starbucks hasn't gone... but on lafayette?- why not atlantic ave where a giant coffee cup wouldn't seem so incredibly odd-

Posted by: Anonymous at June 9, 2005 3:52 PM

i'm curious to know how many of the "you're all just a bunch of elitest brownstoners..." actually own property in the neighborhood. because you all seem to be taking way too much joy from the fact that these new stores will negatively impact property values, etc.

i used to rent in the griffin on so. oxford and lafayette and hated the fact that after 10PM there weren't any eating options (other than trekking over to dekalb). i welcome all of the new restaurants, but these two options are awful.

i think a DD and Blimpie's are out of context on those corners and i'd be pissed if i owned a b'stone (or an apt) on lafayette in the surrounding blocks. why not put these on fulton street?

i dont think (i hope) people are against having stores at all, but i think there's a big difference between mark's video store (RIP, i used to love that spot) and a 24 hr dunkin donuts.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 9, 2005 3:59 PM

You summed it up wonderfully, thank you.

Posted by: MJ at June 9, 2005 4:13 PM

i made the "boo hoo yuppies" comment and you know what, i am a yuppie and i do own in brooklyn, i just don't think i should be able to "control" what goes into my neighborhood and i'm not going to whine like a spoiled brat about it a la verucs salt. the other comment was on point that if that's what you want, move to a gated community. plus the market will "control" what goes in. i don't like fast food chains either, but i have been known to eat a dunkin donut.

Posted by: cl at June 9, 2005 4:29 PM

You sound like you are whining now.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 9, 2005 5:48 PM

It is so lame to claim that the problem with DD is the "riff raff" (a term I've only ever heard my 99 yr old grandmother use) that it will supposedly attract. That is your murky thinking - no one else has made any comment that you could take that feeling from. You simply don't get that not every one wants everyplace to be the same. Some people favor individuality over uniformity and the rote sameness of that chain stores are coating the country in.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 9, 2005 5:57 PM

>>> why not atlantic ave where a giant coffee cup wouldn't seem so incredibly odd- <<<

We have one already on Atlantic and 4th Ave.

Posted by: EJ at June 9, 2005 6:30 PM

cl,
i respect where you're coming from, i just disagree. on those late nights, when i was hungry, i've been known to hit up kennedy on fulton and i'd go toe to toe w/ anyone who argues it shouldn't be there (dietary arguments aside). but i think kennedy is in context. fulton st. is a mainly "commercial street" similar to 7th or 5th ave in pk slope.

i'm a capitalist and i agree with you on "letting the market decide" but the problem (for me anyway) is not that DD doesn't serve a purpose (who doesn't love munchkins?) but i do think that as a resident who moves into a neighborhood bc its called "brownstone bklyn" you have the right to ask that someone not turn a residential block into a mall food court. if DD promised to build a storefront that at least made some attempt to blend into the neighborhood and didn’t pile up bags of stale donuts for the rats i think it would be a good thing.

you can call it "whining" but neighborhoods are shaped by the people who live there: historical societies, block associations, etc.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 9, 2005 6:51 PM

i meant on atlantic- near the rumored lafayette sites- you know, clinton hill and ft. greene, just move them up to atlantic which runs parallel to fulton- you can't do too much damage to atlantic in that area as there is nothing good there except for the pink "sherita" fuel oil mascot that i love (does anyone know what that is supposed to be?). why not use atlantic for chains if they are going to be joining us anyway.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 10, 2005 9:34 AM

is there anything that can be done to fight DD and Blimpie from opening here?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 11, 2005 4:40 PM

Good question-
Im going to take it up with the blok association and the Fort Greene Association. Other than that, not sure where to begin other than calling/writing the franchise directly.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 14, 2005 9:17 AM

Here are some numbers for the two franchises-

Dunkin Donuts Franchise Questions (800) 777-9983

Blimpie Franchise (ask for the brooklyn number) (800) 447-6256

PLEASE CALL!!!!
Thanks!

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