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Love the Ear Inn. Anyone ever been to the Subway Inn? (Across from Bloomingdale’s.)
Years ago, my friend ordered a gin & tonic there. It came without a lime. (It also came with the alcohol in a little glass and the tonic on the side.)
She asked the bartender if she could have a lime. He said — you have to imagine the caterwaul of the New York accent and the irritation) — “Lady, if you want fruit in your drink, go to a fruitstand.”
Of course, those days are gone. Now it’s a real upscale dive.
THL- Your mention of Woolworth’s reminded me of many trips to the one on Fulton St in the 80’s. It was the equivelant of Target for us when I was a kid.
Anyone remeber the May’s store on Fulton St? I bought my first wooden Chess set there, which I still have (but no one to play with).
Where’s Yonkers?
Sam, then you haven’t had a good honey. And I’m not talking about the one in the plastic teddy bear, or the plastic teddy or the teddy.
Canada is to the left of Yonkers.
Good maple syrup is a miracle.
Honey is just honey.
“Honey is so much better than maple syrup.”
BRG….I really want to post the lyrics to a certain song from “Hair” after reading that but I dare now.
Honey is so much better than maple syrup.
Where’s Canada?
snarky, when will you do a play on Spike Jones’ Hello Mother, Hello Father?
The HoJo’s closing saddened me but not nearly as much as when Woolworth closed. I remember going there as a kid with my mom and picking out Butterick and McCalls Patterns, browsing the unending candy aisle, and eating the clam strips at the counter of the Herald Square location during my FIT days.
My mom still reminisces about Bonwit Teller.
Rent prices dropping and short sales on condos
Work sites gone dormant and condos turned nondos
Bankrupt retailers that sold useless bling
These are a few of my favorite things . . .