Confirmed: Arby's Planning to Take Gage & Tollner Space
Looks like we were right: A fast food restaurant is indeed trying to take over the former Gage & Tollner space at 374 Fulton Street on the Fulton Mall in Downtown Brooklyn. The Daily News today reports that the chain known for its roast beef sandwiches submitted an application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission in…
Looks like we were right: A fast food restaurant is indeed trying to take over the former Gage & Tollner space at 374 Fulton Street on the Fulton Mall in Downtown Brooklyn. The Daily News today reports that the chain known for its roast beef sandwiches submitted an application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission in January to modify the historic interior. We’re keeping everything in place, and anything we move in will be nonpermanent and easy to move out, said Raymond Chera, the franchisee behind the project. It will probably be the most beautiful Arby’s ever. And you better get used to the idea of being surrounded by Arby’s: Chera says he plans to open 41 locations around the city over the next decade.
Arby’s to Move into Famed Gage & Tollner Digs [NY Daily News] GMAP
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Photo by Dania Hurley
Yo Rob,
Gross generalization much?
I’m a native NY’er who used to hate the chain store invasion, but I grew up and realized that I could vote with my wallet.
Don’t like chains, don’t patronize them
Brooklyn Chicken has it right…its just the outrageousnes of them occupying THAT space.
I guessed right!!! Arby’s it is! (not that I’m happy about an Arby’s – yuck)
LOL dave good one (and i rarely read song lyrics or made up lyrics when they are posted but i read that one!)
*rob(
As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Brooklyn mornin’
A skanky new Arby’s is born
In the ghetto
And the Asshats cry
’cause if there’s one thing that they don’t need
it’s another skanky restaurant chain
In the ghetto
People, don’t you understand
the Asshat needs a helping hand
or he’ll grow to be an angry old man some day
Take a look at you and me,
are we too blind to see,
do we simply turn our heads
and look the other way
Well the world turns
and an overleveraged Asshat with a runny nose
plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto
And his hunger burns
so he starts to roam the streets at night
and he learns how to steal
and he learns how to fight
In the ghetto
Then one night in desperation
a the Asshat heads to the Arby’s
He buys a gun, steals a car,
tries to run, but he don’t get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd gathers ’round an angry young man
face down on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto
As her young man dies,
on a cold and gray Brooklyn mornin’,
another Whiole Foods opens up
In the ghetto
Hyuk hyuk. Or, should I say, cluck cluck.
It’s not the fast food in Brooklyn aspect, or Arby’s on Fulton aspect, but an Arby’s in the beautiful, landmarked Gage & Tollner space that boggles the mind.
Of course, there couldn’t have been a better fast(er) food aesthetic fit for that space than TGI Friday’s, and it didn’t last. So, I guess I’ll just have to hope that Arby’s does well enough to keep KFC at bay.
Not true Dave. I HATE fast food. I never eat it. Sure when I was younger I had the occasional burger, but now never! I haven’t been to 95% of fast food chains and I’m sure I’m not missing much….except clogged arteries.
My vice is fine chocolate and I’m sticking with that.
here’s the thing. straight and simple.
native REAL new yorkers LOVE when nyc finally gets the chains that the rest of the country have.
snobby transplants flail their arms around in a huff saying OMG this isnt fair! i moved to NYC because nYC IS is different and IM DIFFERENT! and im cultured!!! and im so much better than the rest of the world!!! this isnt fair! stay in the midwest! stay in jersey!!! PLEASE PLEASE dont let another chain come in. yet all they do is want a Whole Foods on every corner (even in the ghetto). hypocrites much? they need to get over themselves.
*rob*
Well, you can’t stop a landlord from renting to whoever comes along with the deepest pockets. A chain is going to be a much more attractive tenant than what you may prefer as a better quality mom & pop store. Capitalism, economics, America. Live Free or Die.