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
Seems ironic as a couple years ago there as an item in the crime blotter about a robbery at one of the Uncle Louie G’s where the thief supposedly got off with about $35,000 in cash if I recall correctly. Just tried to find the news item online and can’t but I read it in one of those free papers in the last 4 years or so…
Jack, fair enough, other stores may have the same concern, but I’ve never seen them post abrasive, unapologetic signs like this in their windows. And the notices you cited are fair warnings and a lot different in tone and intent than the one shown above. As for the increase in cops on Atlantic, I haven’t noticed that yet.
WTerraceGirl, it’s possible. If that was the case and I was the owner, I wouldn’t be very pleased with whoever posted it.
retail is a pain in the ass….
I just want to throw out there the possibility that whoever the young employees of Louie G.’s are could have made that sign themselves and posted it without the owner and/or manager’s knowledge? It’s not like it is a profesional sign. It looks like someone scribbled it because they got sick of having to go hunt for change. Ever try to get small bills if you don’t have an account at the nearest bank? Not to mention a bulk of their business is in the evening after banks have closed.
Biff Champion, other stores have this concern as well. I’ve seen a few notices not barring people from using $20 bills, but warning that counterfeits are in circulation and if you’re caught, they will call the cops.
Also, there have been a lot more cops walking a beat out here on Atlantic Avenue than I have ever seen before. Coincidence? Or is the summer just hot and the city likes sending cops out in full gear to hang out on street corners nowadays?
order a cone, receive it, take a lick, then present a 20. they’ll take that 20.
they are the ones who installed an ATM outside their own place, and now they wont change a 20?
That’s a “later for you, Louie.”
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