StreetLevel: New Bakery in the South Slope
A bakery called Little Buddy Biscuit Company opened a few weeks ago on 5th Avenue near the corner of 18th Street. Its owner, Pete Solomita (whose blog you can read here), says he took up baking about four years ago when he was looking after his young son; prior to that, he had trained as…
A bakery called Little Buddy Biscuit Company opened a few weeks ago on 5th Avenue near the corner of 18th Street. Its owner, Pete Solomita (whose blog you can read here), says he took up baking about four years ago when he was looking after his young son; prior to that, he had trained as a chef. The goods at Little Buddy are baked in small batches on a daily basis and include stuff like brownies ($2.50), big cookies (also $2.50) and scones ($2.25), as well as a revolving lineup of daily specials. More details on the business are included on a Brooklynian post. It opens at 7 a.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays. GMAP
If you want authentic polish, just go two blocks over to the tiny little Jubilat Provisions in between Prospect Ave and 17th on 5th. They focus purely on polish provisions and lots of smoked pork. White Eagle is terrible in either case, polish or standard proivisions. How they are still in business is mind boggling.
had a pumpkin/cranberry muffin this a.m. and it was great. Really good.
The bakery part looks a little slim pickens this a.m., but the nice guy at the counter said that will change shortly. Nice addition to the area IMHO
Eagle’s good for holiday geese & such. Liquor store at CostCo can’t be beat for price (& it’s separate from CC corp – you don’t have to be a member.) I thnk Fairway meat is overpriced – CC has an excellent butcher & terrif prices. No opinion on veggies – I’m a carnivore.
Oh, I should have added the Gowanus Pathmark every other week when we make a run to Big J’s to stock up on booze (their prices are crazy cheap!)
I can agree on the prices, thus I don’t shop there that often.
My weekly runs are to Rossman’s and the C-Town on 9th St. C-Town on 25th St in a pinch (getting off the train), as their prices are no different that on 9th.
Agree to disagree on Eagle. You pay more to keep an authentic place in biz, in my pov.
🙂 Action…I actually go mostly to CTown, Fairway and Pathmark. Occasionally, if I’m feelin’ froggy…I’ll head to Trader Joes. I could literally fall out of my apt. and land at Eagle, but I’d still rather take the bus or walk elsewhere because of their poor quality, expired goods and ridiculously high prices for what isn’t even good stuff. To each his own I suppose. The produce place on 5th near 19th has awesome fruit. I get my orange supply there weekly.
Action Jackson, I walk plenty far, i.e. from Costco. No need to get snarky just because I dislike Eagle and the Associated.
DS, yes. Not a 100% improvement over National, but it’s cleaner and has a fairly decent fresh produce section (finally). And there’s always Rossman’s on 26th and 3rd, best wholesaler in the area for produce.
But perhaps B2 and ISNH can’t walk that far 😉
Yeah, the Eagle ain’t so bad, and neither is the Associated on 5th. As long as you’re not looking to buy meat. If you are, why not Union Market?