Cortelyou Road: Vintage Stores and More
Cortelyou Road has been getting some attention over the past year for its improving retail mix. One of the recent additions is Cortelyou Vintage at 1118 Cortelyou Road which opened last summer. The owner explained its raison d’etre to a NY Times reporter at the time: “I’m looking to capture the young hipsters who want…
Cortelyou Road has been getting some attention over the past year for its improving retail mix. One of the recent additions is Cortelyou Vintage at 1118 Cortelyou Road which opened last summer. The owner explained its raison d’etre to a NY Times reporter at the time:
“I’m looking to capture the young hipsters who want unique furniture and who are not going to go to Levitz and buy new,” said the owner, Nicole Francis, who works as a financial planner and lives in a 10-room Victorian house nearby. “The key market is couples with young children.”
We thought the store was cute and a welcome addition to the strip but, frankly, the stash of chandeliers at the Thrift Shop around the corner was a greater find. Seriously. There must have been a hundred of them–some of them quite nice.
Commercial Strip Gaining in Charm [NY Times]
To anon at 3:45,
the only problem is that pps’er complaint is not about the food, its about how busy it is which would imply that it is not all that bad since anyone for the same price could go to park slope for the same meal. USUALLY (unless you have some other logical reasoning I’m not aware of) that means its pretty decent if its packed on weekends and during the week. Its not rocket science logic for christ’s sake.
I feel so small now. I’m sorry that I think the food at Picket Fence is thoroughly mediocre and more expensive than it should be, given the modest rents for spaces on Cortelyou. And I’m sorry that I think that Picket Fence is crowded not because of its food, but because it has no competition. And I’m sorry that I’ve complained that century old houses are razed to allow Bobby’s to expand. I don’t remember discussing trash on my lawn. In fact, I’m very happy to have a lawn and, particularly, a garden, with some of the best damn tomatoes anywhere in the borough. I should drop some off at Picket Fence this summer — certainly would improve their salads and sauces!
The Mexican place on the corner of Beverly and Courtelyou is wonderful. Very authentic and the people are very nice.
Yeah! Move to Victorian Flatbush so we can harangue you to patronize bad restaurants!
Not everybody can eat at the good places! Someone’s gotta eat at the bad places! Bad cooks got families to feed too!
yeah, PPSer should be a restaurant critic for the NYT. He just made comments that would apply to any busy good restaurant…waits, long service, etc. Except he gave it a thumbs down because its, “in demand.” So insightful and logical. I guess Per Se with its 1 year reservation wait and 5 hour meal wouldn’t be worth it, but the silver star diner on the upper east side would get 5 stars!
I’m also DPW resident, and a Carroll Gardens ex-pat (lived there before and during the whole Smith Street boom). When I move to CG it only had a few Italian Restaurants and a rather unwelcoming old man’s bar. There was not even a coffee shop.
The whole reason that Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill: Smith Street took off was lots of available storefronts and tax breaks. I think that DPW is ripe for a few more “trendy” stores and restaurants; but it doesn’t have same stock of underused storefronts, so it’s not going to end up another Smith Street.
While I loved that I could just walk a few blocks in CG and have a huge selection of bars and restaurants, I disliked the added crowds to the area. And the fact that you often had to try several places before you could get a seat for dinner. There is no way I would wait 45 minutes for a table if I was just popping down the street for a bite.
The food at Picket Fence is good but the service is kind of spotty and they could flip their vacant tables faster. As I said, I don’t like having to wait for table, so I don’t go there that much, as it’s often packed.
Rock on PPSer. Don’t be shouted down by the “Victorian Flatbush” thought police. I found your comments to be honest, pointed, fair and useful. Thanks.
Gabe’s camera store is being bought by the owners of the Associated supermarket across the street. No word on what they plan for the store.
PPSer,
I’ve been reading your posts now for a while. All you do is whine about the nabe from trash on your lawn to the unspeakable bobby’s. If you actually want to make it better, changing your attitude would be a huge start. You can knock on a hundred restaurants for what you’re talking about. So they were busy and had a line out the door and you didn’t get the food fast enough to your liking. Get over it. It’s hardly something new or different than any other place that has demand. Maybe that means it actually is good and the street could support more restaurants…two ways too look at it.
You also have got to be the largest moron on the planet if you think your complaints and critiques are doing you or your nabe any good. The picket fence guy and his wife have done about 1000% more good for the nabe than negative and certainly have contributed more the value of your critique.