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June 8, 2009

Streetlevel: Closing Time on Metropolitan Avenue

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They are dropping like flies on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg. First, Catbird and now Cheeks and Black Betty. Brooklyn Based broke the news on the closing of Cheeks bakery. The sign in the window simply says "Will Not Re-Open after Memorial Weekend Holiday." Just a few storefronts over is Black Betty. Free Williamsburg has all the details on the rent fight between the restaurant and their landlord. Via their Myspace, Black Betty will close their doors for good on Monday, June 15th (they have a countdown sign in the front window).
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Posted by TCulver at 2:01 PM | Comments (19)
Categories: Streetlevel, Williamsburg

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"Via their Myspace.." :-/

jk, sorta. it seems like random places are popping up too these days and not just closing down. (does that happen with lots of recessions?) i dont really remember the recession well.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 8, 2009 2:07 PM

cheeks was awesome, but the owner alienated people. she wouldn't sell you enough cupcakes for instance if you wanted them. they were just kinda mean. bad location for a bakery. would have killed on a busier street. everything was excellent. really really good.

Posted by: wine lover at June 8, 2009 2:38 PM

no cupcakes for you!


*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 8, 2009 2:44 PM

cheeks was very good.

Rob, during the last few recessions there were lots of random places that popped up. It is just so weird, and I hate it so much. Can't really explain why, but it just bugs me when random places just pop up during the past few recessions.

Posted by: king of the burg at June 8, 2009 2:48 PM

i was born without a sarcasm meter, but something about your post burg makes me go hmmmm

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 8, 2009 2:52 PM

Brownstoner next move is to open a bar ... "Brownstoner's". isn't there already a brownstone ale? everything could be brown. everyone who hangs out would be extra cool. interior built out to resemble oldest brownstone and all the stuff inside would be vintage. happy hour during the Flea. the What gets his own inscribed mug hanging behind bar.

Posted by: werner at June 8, 2009 3:04 PM

I hate cupcakes.

Posted by: mopar at June 8, 2009 3:11 PM

To me a place that sells cupcakes shutting down has nothing to do with the recession but the fact that a place that sells cupcakes should never have opened in the first place.

..to niche to make a lasting business...

I think some of the best, most successful businesses are the ones that open in more lean times. They generally have better business plans, projections, etc. Places that open during boom markets are generally bad ideas that only work because money is being thrown at everything...

Posted by: christopher at June 8, 2009 3:32 PM

how can you hate cupcakes?

Posted by: gemini10 at June 8, 2009 3:53 PM

They didn't just sell cupcakes. They sold really good cakes and pastries too. I never minded the owner's moods.

Catbird, I sort of never understood what that store was for in the first place. Was the clothing new or vintage? Why was it $200? Why did it all look like it came from ebay?

Black Betty I will really miss. I took Mr. Heather there on our first date.

Posted by: Heather at June 8, 2009 4:10 PM

did you pay?

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 8, 2009 4:20 PM

Cupcakes are too sweet, not to mention boring.

Posted by: mopar at June 8, 2009 4:45 PM

i've never bought a cupcake in my life

Posted by: ontheparkway at June 8, 2009 4:49 PM

look at mopar's intense hatred on CUPCAKES! do you hate baby kittens as well!?

admittedly, the frosting used on a lot of these magnolia-ish cupcakes that have sprouted everywhere really ARE sickeningly sweet. we get them for birthdays here sometimes and i love sweets, but it's overkill.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 8, 2009 5:00 PM

good suggestion werner. why doesn't the brownstoner have a bar? my only question is whether it would increase or decrease the civility on these boards.

Posted by: havelc at June 8, 2009 5:05 PM

based on how awesomely everyone gets together at the get 2gethers? id say increase it

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 8, 2009 6:48 PM

Of course not, Rob.

Posted by: Heather at June 8, 2009 6:50 PM

Rob wins PL of the day. Cupcakes!!!

Posted by: randolph at June 8, 2009 6:53 PM

YAY! i boy do i have n update for ot tomorrow about the dog sitch i went thru thi wrekend tomorrow!

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at June 8, 2009 7:58 PM

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