Rice Calling It Quits in Fort Greene
The Local shares some terrible news today: the Rice location at 166 Dekalb Avenue will close this Sunday. This comes years after we found a Craigslist advertisement seemingly trying to sell the spot. The Local also reports the Dumbo location will remain open, and we gave them a call just to confirm. (It will stay…
The Local shares some terrible news today: the Rice location at 166 Dekalb Avenue will close this Sunday. This comes years after we found a Craigslist advertisement seemingly trying to sell the spot. The Local also reports the Dumbo location will remain open, and we gave them a call just to confirm. (It will stay open.) Bummer for Fort Greene residents.
The Day: Rice Closing [Local]
Is Rice Abandoning Ft. Greene Location? [Brownstoner] GMAP
Hyperbole should be banned.
Rice served some of the most bland overpriced food in Brooklyn. And it still does, in Dumbo.
If a place like Fabiane’s were to open in this space it would do very well. Gotta give the people what they want.
No loss here cause rice is way below average.
4ForLess- I’m a former Manhattanite, so I don’t like to have to venture far. My general boundaries are Fulton St, DeKalb, Vanderbilt and on a sunny nice day, I can maybe trek to Myrtle. But I think Myrtle is really out of the way. Especially since there is retail space nearby me–just most of it is closed up shops or shops offering services that have little relevance to me (i.e. Tire repair or cigar bars.)
The departure of Rice and Moe’s is endemic of two things:
-Most F&B establishments do not last more than 5-10 years. The final straw is when the lease expires and they can’t make P&L work with the rent increase.
-The area has changed significantly since these places opened and these places are still offering the same fare.
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Who goes to a fabulous dinner every time they go out?
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*rob*
it’s all good. hope something good opens up here. it’s nice to have excuses to leave ugly brooklyn once in a while!
Pretzel, how far (hood-wise) would you stray to outside of ft greene/clinton hill? Area could use some more retail options as I too prefer to walk to these spots vs driving to another hood.