Closing Bell: Better Bring Small Bills to Louie's
Uncle Louie’s, which opened its eighth Brooklyn location on Smith Street back in May, seems to be having trouble making change, according to the sign in the window that a tipster sent in. A sign of the times that no one’s carrying small bills on Smith Street anymore? Smith Street Gets Iced Out [Brownstoner] GMAP…
Uncle Louie’s, which opened its eighth Brooklyn location on Smith Street back in May, seems to be having trouble making change, according to the sign in the window that a tipster sent in. A sign of the times that no one’s carrying small bills on Smith Street anymore?
Smith Street Gets Iced Out [Brownstoner] GMAP
Storefront photo from McBrooklyn
I was there that night i asked why they had that sign out there and it was very simple they had run out I of change no big deal every body calm down don’t all have heart attacks at one time. P.S this a franchise there’s no yellow hummer there I asked them maybe you people should ask a ? If you have 1 instead of waisting your time complaning about every little thing.
this is a franchise, the yellow hummer guy does not own the smith street location..
Funny! Dude must need at least 10 of those 20s to fill up that hummer! Maybe they’re ONLY taking 100s now.
NYICY on Church took my C note without a problem when I purchased just one Black Raspberry Ice. I apologized for not having a smaller bill but the girl that served me said that it was no problem and the ices are so much better than Uncle Louie’s.
And since when is 50 cents on a 3 or 4 dollar item considered cheap for a tip???
as of…now, the signs are down..
cobblehiller, I agree with you. I think tipping in New York has gotten out of hand and given certain owners an excuse to underpay their employees. If I was in nycsmartdog’s situation, I would have dropped a penny on the counter and never returned. F*ck them for trying to extort tips by shaming customers into tipping more.
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tips are NOT required for counter service. it’s a weird thing to begin with. i don’t like seeing those tip jars everywhere. call me a scrooge, but when I was a kid working retail food, we didn’t have tip jars.
I never get a good vibe at this place. This past weekend I got a very mediocre lemon ice and besides the fact that they were not taking $20’s, the workers were blatently complaining about the tips that people were leaving them–more specifcally that the women who only left 50 cents in front of me was a “b*tch”. Needless to say, I left a little more than that but don’t plan on going back anytime soon.