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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just to set the record straight.
Elly was the blonde lady who past away a few years ago. She used to be behind the counter. Winston, her husband, has been running the place with help from their family.
Gosh. All this for a deli? I’ll miss the owners at Elly’s. They were authentic, despite their unreliable hours. Just another sign of a changing neigbhorhood, no more, no less.
The slowly disappearing black population that is, 4:10. And yes, there are tons of wiggers in Ft. Greene.
i love ft. greene but it seems like all the black people there want to be white and all the whites want to be black.
why is that?
Spike Lee moved on up to the UES first chance he got. Kept his offices there, just to keep it real.
3:54–right on. I’ve never seen so many dorky white rastas in my entire life.
A good friend, a resident of Ft. Greene for over 25 years, told me that Ft. Greene is already considered the new Park Slope. Hell, houses even cost the same or more there.
What would Spike Lee say?
And right in the heart of his (erstwhile) neighborhood, too!
and lots more rastafarian whites in ft. greene too.
at least the dopers in park slope keep it real with their pleated dockers and crocs.
lots more white people wearing funny ethnic mumus and ugly berets in Ft. Greene.