The State of 7th Ave
If you’re walking down 7th Avenue in Park Slope, you might experience sensations of dizziness or disorientation. This is due to the massive turnover along this commercial drag recently: The Brooklyn Paper notes that the main drag from Flatbush Avenue to 15th Street has 27 storefronts either empty or in transition. Since rents are going…
If you’re walking down 7th Avenue in Park Slope, you might experience sensations of dizziness or disorientation. This is due to the massive turnover along this commercial drag recently: The Brooklyn Paper notes that the main drag from Flatbush Avenue to 15th Street has 27 storefronts either empty or in transition. Since rents are going down and lower rents favor restaurants, says the article, this means more eateries are on their way in, changing the character of the neighborhood. Some residents bemoan these changes, while others are adding menus to their take-out drawers, but Steve Sommers, a local broker, notes that previously higher rents were too high. It was a bubble, but now all the hot air is getting let out, he told the Paper.
Seven Up or Down? [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by Raphael Brion
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Maybe I should switch to the Cafe Regular Du Nord, as it is probably closer to my house than the one on 11th Street.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Cafe Regular, and I agree about their pastries. It’s just the Saturday morning crowd on 11th Street that annoys me.
If you want to try another good coffee place, try the place on the corner of 6th Ave and 19th Street. Also fantastic, and worth a trip.
Benson, FSRG, WonTon:
Just to clarify, Cafe Regular Du Nord has already opened on Berkeley between 7th and 6th. It’s fantastic. I really can’t say enough about the space itself, the owner, the coffee and the pastries.
They are doing extremely well and I was in there on Saturday at 1pm and they had sold COMPLETELY out of all pastries, which they had hoped would last the entire day based on the previous weekend.
The owner told me that business is better than he imagined, and is growing everyday.
I go at least once a day, if not more.
Not a single complaint…from what I hear from my neighbors, everyone is thrilled about their arrival. A much needed addition to this area.
WonTon;
By atmosphere I wasn’t referring to the amentities of Cafe Regular itself, I was talking about the patrons.
On Saturday morning there is a particular crowd that hangs out in the 11th Street one that acts like they own the place and the proprietor does nothing to discourage them. They engage in a non-stop snark-fest about the news of the day, and talk in a loud tone such that even though it’s supposed to be a private conversation, they make sure everyone can hear their pearls of wisdom.
Imagine it as an unhinged Brownstowner thread broadcast into your ears while your trying to relax with a Saturday morning cup of Joe, and you’ll get the picture.
The atmosphere in the Berkeley Place one isn’t so great either. I have never been able to find a seat in there.
Speaking of coffee and 7th Ave…..
….is it just me, or does anyone find the coffee at the Ozzie’s on 7th Ave to be significantly better than the one on 5th?
Agree that Cafe Regular has them both beat, though the atmosphere in the 11th street place is sometimes nauseating, particularly on a Saturday morning.
I’m with Troy. Some West Indian flavor would be nice, as it’s currently absent on 7th.
7th Ave needed a real coffee place – but I think Cafe Regular is opening there so that need will be fulfilled
Both soul food and caribbean restaurants are needed in Park Slope. Chrystie’s Beef Patties on Flatbush is great(mmmm! oxtail), but its not really a restaurant
Oh I also think a Housing Works would do well in Park Slope. They’ve just opened a huge new store in Tribeca after outgrowing their other Tribeca location in only 6 months…
Thrift store business is BOOMING right now.
The folks down at Odd Twin on Lincoln and 5th and Beacons Closet on Warren and 5th said business couldn’t be better…
A Buffalo Exchange would be nice as well..