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October 15, 2008

Streetlevel: Banh Mi for the Old Tea Lounge?

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In July, as the 7th Avenue Tea Lounge shut its doors, we reported, and then recanted, a rumor that a Vietnamese sandwich shop would replace it. Well, the rumor has been revived on Gowanus Lounge. If it's true, Park Slopers are sure to be pleased. Can anyone confirm?




Posted by lisa at 2:08 PM | Comments (8)
Categories: Park Slope, Streetlevel

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Can't confirm but there is quite a buzz in Brooklynian. Many seem excited at the prospect of a Vietnamese sandwich place moving in.

I wonder if they will be paying the rent that the owner asked of the tea lounge.

Posted by: troll at October 15, 2008 2:20 PM

Good news, but Gowanus Lounge returning is better.

Posted by: infinitejester at October 15, 2008 2:21 PM

Another place to eat, meh. With Degentrification going on in the surrounding area a real estate office would be a perfect fit for that spot.

Posted by: Xander Crews at October 15, 2008 3:03 PM

Where is the degentrification happening in this neighborhood?

10 years ago, there was almost nothing here on 7th. Now there are shops, boutiques and a very upscale supermarket...Union Market surrounded by 2 million dollar homes and 800K 2 bedrooms.

If that's your idea of degentrification, I'm terrified.

Or do you not have any sense of history and look at the last 2 weeks for your notions of perspective?

This neighborhood could scale back immensely and still not be considered degentrified, by most people with a rational mind. Lowering of home prices due to an asset bubble is not degentrification, btw. It is simply that...reduced home prices.

Posted by: 11217 at October 15, 2008 3:34 PM

Degentrification? Gowanus Lounge? I don't think you all realize how awesome a vietnamese sandwich can be. As a devoted Hanco's patron, you 7th ave folks should count yourselves very very lucky.

Posted by: mattt at October 15, 2008 4:37 PM

I'd like to know who keeps leaving bags and boxes of old clothes in front and on the side
I pass by it a few times a week while walking home from the F train and sure enough a new bag O' clothes has popped up

Posted by: gemini10 at October 15, 2008 5:31 PM

I want one of them Vietnamese lounges like in The Deer Hunter, help ween out the population of 7th ave and its surroundings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sRHd5pngWE

Posted by: Xander Crews at October 15, 2008 5:34 PM

When I lived in the Slope there was a nice Vietnamese place at the corner of Seventh and Third. Full menu including good bun bo nuong xa.

That was more than ten years ago, and there was also a cool Indonesian rijstafel at the corner of Fifteenth and Seventh. So I don't know what your idea of "almost nothing" is, 11217.

Your larger point holds, of course: it would take a lot to bring Park Slope back to its 1997 gentrification level, let alone degentrify it.

Posted by: grvsmth at October 15, 2008 11:40 PM

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