Is Starbucks Coming to Restoration Plaza?
According to a tipster on the Brooklynian boards, a Starbucks is set to open in Restoration Plaza — that is, on Fulton Street between the intersections of New York and Marcy Avenues and Brooklyn and Tompkins Avenues. Other commenters on the thread don’t seem miffed about the opening of the coffee chain in their neighborhood…
According to a tipster on the Brooklynian boards, a Starbucks is set to open in Restoration Plaza — that is, on Fulton Street between the intersections of New York and Marcy Avenues and Brooklyn and Tompkins Avenues. Other commenters on the thread don’t seem miffed about the opening of the coffee chain in their neighborhood — after all, there’s already an Applebee’s on the block. “Starbucks is too expensive to me to visit regularly,” writes one local resident, “but I might pop in for a chai latte or something.” Can anybody confirm this rumor?
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I think it is a good idea to see large ompanies like Starbucks and Applebees in the community. It is creating jobs and bringing up property values. Pretty soon crime rates will go down and more businesses will be attracted to these undesirable areas.
Yes we are happy that we can have nice places to go in our community.I need to ask a question what happen to Red loster that’s what we need.Most Red loster resturants are in Queens or NewYork New York we need one in Bed-Stuy or Down Town area. If you don’t think that’s a good idea try BB-Q it’s reasonable and everyone loves the food. Take time to think about it.
Wendy E.
I am a bit on the fence about this. Large corporate entities are always nice coming in (often with large tax subsidies unavaliable to local biz). They are not always better than local business.
I am also curious if local biz like Bush Babies and Bread-Stuy get any help with their business? Why doesn’t Restoration Corp work to bring local businesses to the plaza? Basically, local business take all the risk to serve the needs of the community and prove that a market exist. Then corporates come in and try to get customers to switch (See Anon2 post above). I have never been really sure what Restoration’s game plan is. Isn’t it a little crazy that a LDC works to give big corporates the prime space and not local business?
Anyway, I wish Restoration would do more along some other corridors — Lewis, Tompkins.
Yippeee! I am thrilled…
I say offer reciporocal support for any business willing to invest in the neighborhood. It’s impressive that big corporations like Applebee’s and Starbucks are willing to take a chance on what was previously thought of as one of the worst neighborhoods in the city. There’s plenty of room in the neighborhood for a bit of healthy “co-opetition”. I’ll still go to Bush Baby and Bread Stuy for my caffeine addiction, but if I’m over near Restoration Plaza, I’ll drop my cash at Starbucks as well. By the way, anyone know if the Johnson Deveolopment Corp has any involvement in this? (http://www.johnsondevelopmentcorp.com/starbucks/)
I am PRAYING this is TRUE!!! Bed Stuy is SO ready for some more nice amenities!
Ooh, I’m sooo good. I predicted this one a year ago.
It’s a good thing. Means I don’t have to walk all the way to Bush Baby for a good cup of coffee.
Even if you don’t want to buy your coffee there, it’s certainly a strong vote of confidence in the neighborhood by a reasonably upscale business.
Why would anybody be angry? Applebees was basically the only big chain to take a chance in the area and people love that they did. Same would likely go with a Starbucks.