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July 18, 2007
A.R.E.A. (Not Arena) Bagels To Open Today
According to the tipster who sent in the top photo, the bagel store at 55 5th Avenue in Park Slope, which was initially to be named Arena Bagels before the Ratnerian associations began eliciting snarls from passersby during construction, is scheduled to open today under the new name A.R.E.A. Bagels and Bialys. (Evidently Brooklyn Slim's, which the owner originally told The Brooklyn Paper he might use, didn't make the cut). As for the periods in the name, your guess is as good as ours. The bigger question, however, will be how this place will do against Bergen Bagels. What do you think?
Battle Over Arena … Bagels! [Brooklyn Paper] GMAP
Park Slope: Bagels, Bialys And Raspberries [NY Times]
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Looks like the periods just provide extra spacing so they could use the same letters and not have to pay for more signage.
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 9:45 AM
If this is the same guy who owns slims in Bayside Queens, it's real boon to the neigborhood. Slims has amazing bagels and tasty things like whitefish. Bergen is great and the people there are nice, but I grew up eating slims with my family on weekends.
The original store, in Bayside, has a funny sign that says: If a seagul flies over the sea, what flies over the bay.
Totally corny, but it always made me laugh. I'm glad that he changed the current name from arena, and I hope the angry locals give him a good chance. Too bad there's no corny joke at this one.
p.s. Brownstoner, can't you just start deleting the AY zombie posts that have nothing to do with the thread? Same thing for the mean spirited or race baiting threads? I mean, didn't you just hire a bunch of editor types?
Posted by: Mike at July 18, 2007 10:04 AM
If you live in ps why would you get a bagel anywhere other than the Bagel Hole on 7th? Its one of the few places that still makes real bagels none of that role with a hole crap thats as big as a dinner plate..
Posted by: Anonymous at July 18, 2007 10:20 AM
uh roll.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 18, 2007 10:22 AM
Bagel Hole is great but that is quite the hike from here.
I hope the bagels are good but either way I think all those Anti-AY protesters who strong armed this LOCAL businessman into changing his name (at some cost I am sure) at least owe him the purchase of a dozen each.
Posted by: David at July 18, 2007 10:24 AM
Why is it so hard to get a good bagel in Brooklyn of all places? Can't get a decent one in BH. Like 10:20 said, they're rolls with holes and as big as a dinner plate. Those are not bagels! Anyone know where I can get a decent bagel in the Heights?
Posted by: GHB at July 18, 2007 10:30 AM
There is a bagel place on Montague (near the Starbucks) thats pretty good. Its a pretty dank hole in the wall but if you dont mind the lack of ambiance, its the only spot in town.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 18, 2007 10:45 AM
I dont know why the locals raised such a fuss over the name, he isnt funding the arena, he's allowed to take advantage of where he's located. I thought the fuss was dumb. there will be several more businesses opening in the neighborhood that will capitalize on the arena, its just the way commerce is. Maybe he should have named it "debagel, dont destroy".. would that have made everyone happy? or "anti arena bagels"...on a side note, a nutritionist friend of mine says a bagel is worth 6 slices of bread in carbs and calories "would you eat 6 slices of toast in the morning?" she always says...
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 11:17 AM
I dont know why the locals raised such a fuss over the name, he isnt funding the arena, he's allowed to take advantage of where he's located. I thought the fuss was dumb. there will be several more businesses opening in the neighborhood that will capitalize on the arena, its just the way commerce is. Maybe he should have named it "debagel, dont destroy".. would that have made everyone happy? or "anti arena bagels"...on a side note, a nutritionist friend of mine says a bagel is worth 6 slices of bread in carbs and calories "would you eat 6 slices of toast in the morning?" she always says...
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 11:17 AM
While I love Bergen Bagels, I welcome a competitor to the area. Hopefully the bagels will be good and the selection of spreads interesting.
9:58 typifies the baseless "doom and gloom" predictions of the hysterical anti-AY crowd. It's a shame that the owner caved in to their petty demands. If I were him, I would change the name back to the original once the arena is built.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 18, 2007 11:21 AM
Why would the rents drop to a 1/5 of the current rents? Makes no sense. Higher density population = more people spending money = more demand = more demand for retail space = higher rents. Good one though. By the way, is it possible for these Anti-arena people to stop being like the Gestapo? Face the facts; it is coming and there are people who like the idea.
Posted by: Anti Idiots at July 18, 2007 11:21 AM
Bagel Hole is my favorite bagel place in PS--I even take the bus there from Clinton Hill on Saturdays. They taste like the bagels I grew up with: malty, dense, chewy with a crispy exterior. And they even have the old school "egg bagel" which is getting more and more difficult to find these days.
But good luck to Bagel Area--the more bagels the better.
Posted by: bolletje at July 18, 2007 11:25 AM
hee hee, "debagel ..." i want to open a bagel store and call it that now.
when the subways were first built, cafes and bars anywhere near the lines renamed themselves "Subway Cafe" and whatnot. wonder if they got flack for that.
Posted by: Jimmy Legs at July 18, 2007 11:31 AM
the arguement about the rent going down is ludicrous. he/she is beyond ignorant and not even worth these responses because i am quite certain the area around madison square aint' cheap.
dumbass.
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 11:31 AM
if it were named DeBagel Don't Destroy I would DEFINITELY go there!
Posted by: Anonymous at July 18, 2007 12:04 PM
I think that the AY folks are implying that the construction of AY will devalue American currency to such an extent that we'll need to use wheelbarrows full of cash to purchase a bagel.
Posted by: slims is the best at July 18, 2007 12:09 PM
11:31 please find a way to smile today :) A.R.E.N.A. Bagels loves you.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 18, 2007 12:12 PM
12:07, please smile and 11:31. Buy each other a bagel. They are delicious. Maybe you can split one, and then kiss each other once you're done eating.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 18, 2007 12:14 PM
12:07 disgusts me.
but at least i learned today that madison square is in manhattan.
i think more than smiling, 12:07 needs to get laid. sounds like it's been a while.
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 12:19 PM
The poor anti-ay folks (yes, you 12:07) They are so, so sad and desperate.
I can't wait till the day when the rents on 5th avenue are chopped to 1/5th. then i'll be able to buy that brownstone for 30K too...
Posted by: Anonymous at July 18, 2007 12:22 PM
12:21 likes old ladies!
Posted by: debagle the bagel hole at July 18, 2007 12:26 PM
"just give it a few years"
if i had a dime for every.....
oh right, i'd still be poor shitting my money away to my landlord...
glad i decided to buy something.
Posted by: anonymous at July 18, 2007 12:26 PM
you gotta play to win, bro.
Posted by: anonymous at July 18, 2007 12:31 PM
12:21/12:39 claims to have had sex with a dead woman, has no sympathy for the victim's surviving husband, but thinks we should all trust him on real estate matters.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 18, 2007 12:45 PM
there are very few guarantees in life.
if you live by that motto, you're not gonna get much out of life, in my opinion.
Posted by: anonymous at July 18, 2007 12:47 PM
i'm sorry the owner felt pressured to change the sign and think DDDB should cover the costs.
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 12:51 PM
A.R.E.A. obviously stands for "Anti-Ratner, Eat Anyway." And my bagelvote goes to both La Bagel Delite places in the Slope (opp. John Jay HS and next to Citibank), not just for great bagels but for the priceless badabing service. Ditto for Terrace Bagels in WT, where the cops and firemen always make for great guy-watching and Bklyn-style eavesdropping...
Posted by: Brenda from Flatbush at July 18, 2007 12:51 PM
are the bagels at La Bagel Delite in PS any better than the ones at La Bagel Delite in Ft Greene on Lafayette? because the latter are also like giant rolls with a hole in the middle. Yuck! Still waiting for decent bagels to arrive in Ft Greene.
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 12:55 PM
well no one should be taking real estate from anyone on this board, period.
buying, or not buying real estate is a very personal decision.
i do think, however that someone who says in any capacity that they want a guarantee to win ANYTHING is misguided.
real estate or not.
Posted by: anonymous at July 18, 2007 12:56 PM
sorry, but not EVERYONE wants a guarantee. taking risks in life are quite fun for some of us. calculated risks, sometimes, but risks nonetheless.
then there are those that like everything to be planned out. i'm not one of them.
Posted by: anonymous at July 18, 2007 1:01 PM
stroller mom eggs are delicious on bagels
Posted by: AY Debagel at July 18, 2007 1:14 PM
you're a child, 1:18.
enjoy a life filled with sitting in front of the tv stewing about how much ay is going to ruin your life.
no skin off my back.
Posted by: anonymous at July 18, 2007 1:23 PM
"Maybe not off your back, but you can expect your property values to take a pretty good hit."
and you know where i live, how?? or do you make it a habit to talk with authority about people you know nothing about?
has there been a mass exodus of moronic posters from curbed lately?
Posted by: anonymous at July 18, 2007 1:44 PM
and i thought Brooklyn Record was gone forever, Curbed and Go-anus lounge
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 1:57 PM
and i thought Brooklyn Record was gone forever, Curbed and Go-anus lounge
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 1:57 PM
now now children..........
Posted by: laughinghysterically at July 18, 2007 1:59 PM
bought studio in 2004: 80K.
sold in 2006: 305K.
bought 1 bedroom in 2006: 350K
appraised in June: 580K.
not terrified at all. how's that rent increase comin along?
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 2:09 PM
1:56 got owned by 2:09
Posted by: anonny at July 18, 2007 2:46 PM
by the time ay is built years from now i'll own a 2 bedroom outright.
and i'm not nearly as afraid of ay as you seem to be. i'm quite happy with it.
i love your sense of logic that the hundreds of thousands of dollars i've made will make me somehow worse off than the tens of thousands you pay in rent every year. care to explain that? my mortgage payment is less than 1400 a month for a 1 bedroom in park slope.
what's your rent?
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 2:55 PM
see...i told you, you had to play to win.
now you're getting the hang of it...
next step...take the plunge and cut the umbilical cord....i know i know. baby steps. i'm sure this bantor between us has given your sense of risk quite a jolt today.
you deserve a nap.
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 3:27 PM
i don't mind the park slope moms.
i'm a little more laid back than most of the folk here, it would seem.
i find the moms fascinating, to be honest.
and everytime i've been to the teat lounge up on union, i've had zero problems. i think some people just like to complain.
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 4:47 PM
Back to the bagels in the Heights. We have the place on Montague, but their bagels are really just rolls. They're still better that Bagelady (remember them, by the Clark St. station?) I called them Baglady, and their bagels really sucked big time! I'll have to try Bagel Hole next time I'm Slopin'.
Posted by: GHB at July 18, 2007 4:55 PM
you had me at hole...
Posted by: anonymous at July 18, 2007 4:58 PM
in park slope, these topics are all highly integrated and related.
it's impossible to have a conversation about bagels without also bringing up stroller moms.
just like it's impossible to not have someone bring up ay.
it's sick, but it's the truth.
Posted by: anon at July 18, 2007 5:10 PM
This post raises a number of questions:
If the 1:56 hate's the guy from 2:09 so much, why does he care whether he loses money or not?
What kind of Mom doesn't use a stroller?
Don't most people have a mom?
Who ate the bagels at ARENA?
Even if the area goes to total crap because of Atlantic Yards, won't people still buy bagels? It used to be that you'd only find bagel stores in cheap neighborhoods (like Dizzy's on 14th street, or La Bagel Delight in the slope back when)
Why do brooklynites hate so much on blogs?
Posted by: Anonymous at July 18, 2007 5:51 PM
Please elaborate
Posted by: People like me at July 18, 2007 8:20 PM
Sorry folks, Terrace Bagels in WT makes the best bagels of all! and best of all right around the corner! hee haaa!
Posted by: bren at July 18, 2007 8:26 PM
Because you are so awesome
Posted by: StonerBrown at July 18, 2007 8:29 PM
terrace bagels will sink into the mud after ATALANTIQUE YAARDZ
windza terris wont exist afta ATALANTIQUE YAARDZ
Posted by: Brown Stoner at July 18, 2007 8:36 PM
I went in this morning- they have egg bagels, bialys, and many flavors of bagel, as well as spreads like whitefish salad. I got an everything bagel w/cream cheese and tomato, but since all bagels are the same to me, I can't tell you whether it's better than Bergen Bagels or not. I'm interested to try the bialys though, and the whitefish salad. It was just too early for whitefish today.
PS no stroller moms were in there.
Posted by: Me at July 19, 2007 10:41 AM
don't mess with my bagels boy... arghhhh... put up your dukes... dem's fighting words!
we all had better worry about pipes exploding under our collective arses here in Brooklyn, rather than AY effect! :)
Posted by: bren at July 19, 2007 10:47 AM
Pipes exploding is the AY effect
Posted by: Anonymous at July 19, 2007 2:51 PM
la bagel delight on court and schermerhorn is gooood. they have whole wheat everything bagels that kick serious butt.
Posted by: i heartbagels at July 19, 2007 3:07 PM
we need an h&h in park slope.
they'd clean up.
i say citarella should take over the key food on 7th avenue and h&h can take over where that crappy new elementi italian joint is.
Posted by: anon at July 19, 2007 3:14 PM
Am I the only one here who actually likes Bergen Bagels? On the weekend, six slices worth of toast is a fine breakfast.
For that matter, am I the only one who likes living in Park Slope and thinks most people airing their petty grievances on this site should find a problem worth complaining about?
Posted by: goodbergen at July 19, 2007 11:11 PM
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