L'Epicerie Replacement Revealed!
Yesterday’s reveal was Cellar’s, today’s is L’Epicerie! The new place will be a Paris-meets-Brooklyn concept called BaguetteAboudit. It will likely serve a Choice-like assortment of high-quality, moderately-priced items like soups, salads and sandwiches in addition to fresh bread; there will be additional hot foods at night as well. It will open at 7 a.m. and…
Yesterday’s reveal was Cellar’s, today’s is L’Epicerie! The new place will be a Paris-meets-Brooklyn concept called BaguetteAboudit. It will likely serve a Choice-like assortment of high-quality, moderately-priced items like soups, salads and sandwiches in addition to fresh bread; there will be additional hot foods at night as well. It will open at 7 a.m. and run through the prime dinner hours seven days a week.
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I agree, M4L. Either name is fine…I don’t think people really care if the food is good.
I was just saying that a French name is more pretentious than a more Brooklyn oriented name, if some people really want to have this asinine discussion about not going there because of the name. I shouldn’t have fed the troll. 🙂
Great news – bad name, but who cares. At least the space will be reactivated after 2+ years of sitting vacant.
What I really miss are the $40 BYOB family-style dinners that L’Epicerie used to have. I’ve hosted several parties there and Jean-Battiste even offered his kitchen for me to cook in…never did get a chance to do that and I’m regretting it now.
Hope this new place offers up food that isn’t overpriced, and considers doing those family-style dinners too.
By the way Beny’s on Fulton is AWESOME. Support those guys!
11217, ft greene does have a ton of french speaking residents. not sure why the big concentration. anyhow, it makes sense to have a french name – ie I dont expect people to complain about all those chinatown shops with the chinese names.
“anything that an American can’t spell or pronounce, basically.”
yes, we are a nation of closed minded, uncultured morons. exhibit A: *rob*.
I’m aware of what it means, but this is Ft. Greene Brooklyn, not Paris.
you all need to get a life. seriously. not to mention a little bit of perspective.
I wish these guys the best of luck and heartily welcome them to the neighborhood!
They deserve our respect and thanks for starting a new business in our neighborhood instead of pointless ridicule from a bunch of people sitting on their asses and posting blog comments all day. Who gives a damm what the name is.
Randolph, I point you to the German beer garden on Fulton, whose name I cannot pronounce. Der Schwar… anything that an American can’t spell or pronounce, basically.
I liked L’Epicerie, this sounds like a good replacement.
Although Beny’s is now serving to go food too and they are closer to my house. Still, I think the neighborhood can support two French delis.
first of all its Balthazar. still not sure how that is pretentious.
11217, L’Epicerie means the grocery in french, and the place was a french grocery. not pretentious.