Cobble/Boerum Hill Rumors: Trader Joe's & McD's
It’s a big news day in the food department for Cobble and Boerum Hill. This morning, The Brooklyn Eagle broke the news (well, it’s still technically a rumor) that Trader Joe’s will be moving into the Independence Bank building at Atlantic on Court. No sooner had we read that than a tipster passed on word…
It’s a big news day in the food department for Cobble and Boerum Hill. This morning, The Brooklyn Eagle broke the news (well, it’s still technically a rumor) that Trader Joe’s will be moving into the Independence Bank building at Atlantic on Court. No sooner had we read that than a tipster passed on word from a “fairly reliable neighborhood source” that the the Army Navy and Realty storefronts at Smith and Wyckoff (GMAP) were going to be taken over by McDonald’s. “If this is true, then, well, it f—ing sucks,” groused our man on the inside. Anyone else heard this?
Trader Joe’s Coming to Old Independence Bank [Brooklyn Eagle] GMAP
I drive out to Merrick,LI with a couple of coolers once a month or so to stock up on TJ stuff at wonderful prices. They rock my little bourgeois world, people,especially the simmer sauces (which have me guilty over “forgetting how to cook”) and the best price anywhere on Niman Ranch bacon and ham steak and Plugras butter. They are no substitute for either a Sahadi’s or a truly excellent supermarket (as if anyplace in downtown/brownstone Bklyn had one of those)…they are, well, TJs, and we TJ zombies will simmer you in bottled Masala sauce if you dis’ them.
It’s allready frightening to see every Tom, Dick and Harry strolling the streets withe their Starbucks latte “to go”cups. What happened to supporting the environment by keeping it local? Who needs TJ’s with all our local specialty markets?? MCD;s better be a rumor.
If the heights can chase away fast food places (as they did Boston Market a few years ago), and the residents of 2nd place can stand up to Scrarano, why cant people get off their asses and get a petition or protest going about a McDonalds on Smith?.. you know why?, because the same people that bitched about Dunkin Donuts on Court and 1st, and are now going there, and will also be on line at Mcdonalds feeding their kids happy meals…if you guys are really against it, do something….and anyone afraid of Sahadi’s well, this neighborhood isnt for you…
oops, I guess you did say both storefronts. So that is 50 x 44′.
Oh geez. More litter everywhere on Smith. And more greasy sidewalks. Even your hipster restaurants have made the street noticeably dirtier, smellier.
I dunno. Building size is 25 x 44′ on Smith. Think restroom, storage, cleanup, cooking areas, sales counter, seating. Not big enough for a McDonalds. Unless they combine couple of storefronts.
where are all the NIMBY folk when you need them? Too pooped from protesting Scarano to fight where it really matters – keeping Evil McD’s from blighting the block?
Don’t be hating the skinnies. They’re young. Eventually they will put on some weight like the rest of us… except maybe the vegan runners.
why are all these skinny hipsters so food obsessed? What do they do, cook and invite their fat friends over to eat it?
Some of these folks look like they eat maybe two olives a day. that’s it.
What’s the big deal with a “Traders; Joes”? there aren’t enough Italian delis and green grocers in the nabe to supply the daily two olives?
We live in Bed Stuy but own a building on that block of Smith st., and even though it is just a cash cow for us, I hate the thought of a McDonalds there – or anywhere else on the planet for that matter.