Cheyenne Diner Has a New Lease on Life in Red Hook

Best news I've heard since the market headed south!

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 9:36 AM

I wish Greg O'Connell was the DOB commissioner

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 9:53 AM

Will Cheyenne serve meatballs?

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 10:03 AM

O'Connell is a crook.

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 10:11 AM

What a bargain. I would have paid more for salvage rights.

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 10:21 AM

I presume 10.11 is that crook Guttman - see what he did for greenpoint compared to what O'Connell did for Red Hook.

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 10:31 AM

At least Greg’s improvements to the neighborhood are palpable. In nine years I've lived in the area, I have found the so called “activist-types” in Red Hook to be didactic, smug, cliquey and suffering from an ungodly amount of cognitive dissonance - they claim they’re fighting for justice when fundamentally all they care about is property values, easy street parking and keeping the NYCHA residents out of their quaint little village known as the “back.”

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 10:44 AM

Great, that's all we need. Another mediocre eatery that realtors can use as a selling point for this crappy neighborhood and where hipsters can hang out and complain that there is too much commerce in the neighborhood and how Ikea and Fairway are ruining what Red Hook is all about.

I hope the place becomes a hangout for project dwellers and that the hipster waitresses don't get tips.

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 11:30 AM

10.44, does "didactic" have a new negative connotation that no one yet knows about? Or is that just your overinflated, bombastic lexicon speaking?

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 12:23 PM

10:44
Didactic as preachy and overbearing. When it comes to describing Red Hook’s own Monsieur Moustache, it’s pretty much spot on.

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 12:51 PM

Has didactic ever had a positive connotation? Not to my knowledge. Rather like pedantic, it may have positive roots, but it sure isn't a compliment.

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 1:09 PM

great idea. restore the diner. forget about these nay sayers. they are just spectators. talk is cheap. we need more people who can make things happen for red hook. bring in all the amenities , and I love the idea of making red hook a bicycle paradise.
and for the person trying to use "project dwellers" as a negative statement. F you.

you can not put all the residents under one category. there are many decent and hard working people living there, amongst a few bad apples.

these people will all be consumers, and are more then willing to help create a better neighborhood for their children.
it has been a long time, but we will get there.

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 1:49 PM

10:11 is an asshole!

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 3:29 PM

Better get busy getting in shape and adding padding to dodge all the speeding Ikea traffic that'll be hitting the nabe come the middle of June. They done fukked it up good this time. Next stop: Port Elizabeth, NJ.

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 6:47 PM

I heard they are renaming the are Blue Hook in honor of our Swedish saviors.

Posted by: guest at April 22, 2008 9:31 PM

sweet! nice thrift score Michael.

Posted by: guest at April 23, 2008 2:41 PM