Streetlevel: Elly's Going Korean
Elly’s, the smalltown grocery store that’s been a fixture on the corner of Clermont and Dekalb Avenues for more than four decades, is about to get a makeover and some fresh blood. According to the personal blog of Observer scribe Doree Shafrir, the couple that has run the place for, like, forever says they’re handing…
Elly’s, the smalltown grocery store that’s been a fixture on the corner of Clermont and Dekalb Avenues for more than four decades, is about to get a makeover and some fresh blood. According to the personal blog of Observer scribe Doree Shafrir, the couple that has run the place for, like, forever says they’re handing over the reins to “some Korean people.” The store will close next week for renovations. Good news or not?
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did not like that place.
glad it’s moving into the 21st century.
This is great news, I stopped going into Ellys about a year ago as the place became one of the least inviting establishments in the neighborhood. You are bombarded by signs telling you what you’re not allowed to do before even setting foot in the store. Their shelves are half stocked, the guy behind the counter is frosty and they’re never open. Glad to see some new blood.
Thank you everyone for the positive posts and the nice memories of Elly. I remember the sad days she passed away and people left flowers outside her store as a memorial, and the thousands of days before that when I stopped in to buy my goods and she called me honey.
Boo to all the negative posts ! There’s no need.
I have bad news: everything you love will eventually go away.
7:29, 7:37: I wish there were more posters like you that posted more often.
Elly was a sweet lady. I liked going in the store to pet the deli cat, Charlie.
I didn’t know the surly-faced man was her husband–I always thought it was her son:/
Anyway, times are a-changing.
sg.
Miss Elly was very nice. Since her passing the store went downhill. I stopped going there at least a year ago when I noticed that the perishables in the chiller at the counter where weeks past their expiration dates.
I had hoped that when antique-looking windowed storefront replaced the fortress of cinder block the interior would be organized at last, but no luck.
7:38, you took the words out of my mouth!
“The sound reminded me of a ancient village where the natives played after a good hunt”
aye sah..dwl
Since when do educated black people, with good careers and money equate to “wanting to be white”?
I smell jealousy.