The Slope's Most Cursed Corner?
The question of whether the corner of President and 5th is just bad luck for restaurants arises on a Brooklynian thread about the shuttering of Playa and Cabana Bar, which opened a little over a year ago in that location. Prior to that, the space briefly hosted three other eateries: Night & Day, Lookout Hill,…
The question of whether the corner of President and 5th is just bad luck for restaurants arises on a Brooklynian thread about the shuttering of Playa and Cabana Bar, which opened a little over a year ago in that location. Prior to that, the space briefly hosted three other eateries: Night & Day, Lookout Hill, and Biscuit BBQ. The closing of Playa, though, seems sorta odd, as it did much steadier business than the three places that preceded it. A source close to the restaurant gives the following account of Playa’s shuttering: The guy who ran the three businesses before Playa was brought in as a partner on the new venture because he owned the space’s liquor license. However, he’s now in a legal dispute with the landlord and pulled out of his partnership in Playa, taking the liquor license with him. Playa couldn’t turn a profit without the booze license, hence the closing. There’s probably a lot different takes on why it closed, but that’s one of them. In any event, what would you like to see go into the space next? GMAP
Like I said, hate them all you want, but one would sure as hell succeed here.
“There are entire blogs dedicated to Duane Reade sucking. ”
and there are entire blogs dedicated to Obama being an Islamo fascist Kenyan – so what!
Based on the #,traffic, revenue and profit of these type of stores (large pharmacies) clearly many many many people seem to find that they serve a need.
I don’t think anything is great about Duane Reade, CVS or Rite Aid.
They are huge ugly chains which suck the life out of the independent stores and have horrible service.
I’d much rather pay 50 cents extra for shampoo at Back to the Land and know that I’m supporting a great shop which has been around and supported Park Slope for years.
I blame Duane Reade for putting Super Savers out of business, which has been a major loss for our part of 7th Avenue.
Otherwise, I go to Neergard on 7th or Back to the Land or Pure Essentials on 2nd and 7th.
There are entire blogs dedicated to Duane Reade sucking.
How about a pharmacy or better yet, a card store….there are so few card stores around…..
Hate on the chain pharmacies all you like, but one would absolutely succeed here or anywhere close by (4th ave would be fine).
Would it be cool? Funky? Something to make you feel good about the neighborhood?
No, probably not.
Will it be more used by the community and last longer than a Thai/Peruvian/Austrian fusion tiki bar?
Yeah.
Also, the whole “prescription” thing is a bit of a red herring. What makes duane reade, cvs, etc. great is that they are combination pharmacy, toiletries, dry goods, convenience store that can get very good pricing on merchandise and that are open long hours.
I know you all will hate this, but I’d love a mini Container Store. Organization items make me happy. Better than another faux dollar store, no? (what’s with that 99 cents or More or Less crap? You’re either a freakin’ dollar store or you aren’t!)
No Duane Reade/Rite Aid/CVS etc on 5th Avenue please!!
Thank you very much.
Most overgrown business in PS? Eyeglasses.
And just as a side note…doesn’t one typically need to go to the doctor to get a prescription, anyway.
So if I’m sick and can make it to the doc (walk, subway, cab) I usually stop on the way home to pick up the prescription needed. Otherwise I have it delivered.