slopefarm: your rendition of "bococa" to the tune of "kokomo" has convinced me that sometimes two wrongs do make a right.

also lol @ "slippery slope" .. very apropos (ApRoPos could be one of these nabe names, come to think..)

Posted by: bucketseats at November 11, 2009 3:25 PM in response to Creative (Desperate?) Neighborhood Rebranding

I walked by last night and cringed at the garish font (I think I might have said "Oy!" out loud to myself) but I am all for giving the place a chance, because the nabe really does need more beer-oriented hangouts.

Hey, at least it's not Comic Sans.

Donatella: Eagle City on fulton btw Washington/St James has great, cheap Chinese food, even though it's just a hole in the wall. Don't try the Mexican food... fusion is all well and good, but nobody really wants a veggie quesadilla with water chestnuts, broccoli and baby corn.

Posted by: bucketseats at November 6, 2009 2:10 PM in response to Fulton Sports Bar Signage Revealed

Wasder, I had the same initial reaction, but then quickly concluded that Olivino has such the opposite vibe to a sports bar that hopefully the two won't compete. If anything it may draw more people to the block who then notice Olivino. Sometimes you want aged gouda and sometimes you want nachos, ya know? (The aged gouda @ B.O. is really amazing BTW)

I'm very happy to see another neighborhood bar open up in this area and hoping that a rising tide lifts all glasses.

Posted by: bucketseats at October 29, 2009 5:15 PM in response to Streetlevel: Sports Bar for Fulton

Rob: Dunno if you're being facetious, but the Tom's that Suzanne Vega sang about is @ 110th and Broadway in Manhattan (she went to Barnard). It's the same corner diner that is used as the exterior of the "Seinfeld" diner.

Re the oldey tymey parlor: I'm not sorry to see this place go (nothing like waiting 15min for an ice coffee with french music blaring when you have a throbbing-head hangover), but I'm bummed that it is not going to be another eating/drinking type place. The nabe still has a serious dearth of decent ones.

Posted by: bucketseats at August 18, 2009 3:39 PM in response to StreetLevel: Old Brooklyn Parlor a Thing of the Past

over the years I have learned @ that Met Food to check the expiration dates on EVERYTHING, even stuff you'd think could not go bad in your lifetime - six-packs, canned goods, etc. But yeah, even then, you can bring home stuff that goes bad before its sell-by date due to the lukewarm refrigeration.

I think the problem may have gotten worse since they started buying some "organic" produce, chicken, etc. Since it's more expensive, it doesn't move as quickly, and ironically you can end up spending more for food that is less fresh than the "conventional" equivalent (as Whole Foods euphemistically calls it).

But hey, it's all worth it for the street cred of buying your groceries where the Notorious BIG used to be a bag boy. Can Fresh Direct shoppers say that? I don't think so.

Posted by: bucketseats at July 9, 2009 5:02 PM in response to Wednesday Blogwrap

I move that nobody who uses the name "BoCoCa" (my fingers practically recoiled as i typed it) ever again be quoted on Brownstoner. If you actually refer to the neighborhood(s) that way, I have zero faith in your opinion about anything pertaining to the neighborhood(s).

Posted by: bucketseats at June 10, 2009 5:44 PM in response to Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up

If you go to the flickr page and enlarge the image, you can see it's actually two people entwined... romantic, not morbid :)

Posted by: bucketseats at May 12, 2009 3:12 PM in response to Monday Blogwrap