Streetlevel: Foccacia Spot Sprucing Up Bedford
Although it’s been open for nine months, pizza-cum-cappucino place Focaccino at the corner of Bedford and Lexington managed to fly under our radar until last week. Which is weird because the glass storefront does anything but blend in on this otherwise pretty bleak stretch of Bedford Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant. Blog Eating for Brooklyn wrote…
Although it’s been open for nine months, pizza-cum-cappucino place Focaccino at the corner of Bedford and Lexington managed to fly under our radar until last week. Which is weird because the glass storefront does anything but blend in on this otherwise pretty bleak stretch of Bedford Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant. Blog Eating for Brooklyn wrote a quasi review when it opened last October; a few folks have weighed in on Yelp too, generally for the positive. “There are not many new restaurants in this area, but this one does a good job in adding to the anglofication of Bed-Stuy–for better or worse,” wrote one reviewer. Any readers stopped by for a slice and a cup of joe? GMAP
There goes the neighborhood. Remember that? Same ‘cept different.
Pure myth, 12:37. That image is so outdated.
I saw three folks walking on Marcus Garvey just north of Dekalb a few Saturdays ago at night, and I wondered to myself if they knew how near they were to being cannon fodder. Don’t be careless, lots of folks are just one Roots episode away from swimming with the fishes.
Don’t sleep folks, or you might get slept on.
guest at 9:51– that is a truly accurate & fascinating comment. i feel exactly the same. when i walk around and look at the changes in the past 4 years or so, heck the past YEAR, i am in shock and awe. it kind of makes me feel like i am going crazy! like what happened to the people? the neighborhood? was the past only a dream? what i’m saying is, these changes are happening at warp speed.
ch-ch-ch-ch-changes….
9:51PM,
Very interesting point, and one that I had never really considered. The increased tolerance of the post-civil rights generation means a reduction of the fear that younger whites have of poor blacks, thus increasing the chances that the latter will be priced out of neighborhoods like Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights.
if you tried the pizza when it first open try it again. they’ve really come around. its worth supporting if you live nearby. they’ve also made a big push to be the pizza delivery place of choice.
“anglofication” and “anglo” are not terms used by British people period (or full stop). And no one describes themselves as anglo, its a term used by “non-anglos” to describe English speakers.
I think that there are dramatic cultural and racial changes occuring in this part of brooklyn. it is fascinating to witness. it is like the ancient Romans taking over a fishing village in Solonika or something. The village doesn’t have a chance. Urbanistically speaking this is Mount St. Helens, big changes in a short time. it is pretty unstoppable, young people are fearless, they are not afraid of poor black folks like my generation was. It’s all changing before our very eyes in these neighborhoods,