Streetlevel: Olivino Part Deux Opens in Bed Stuy
Two years after opening her flagship location of Olivino Wines at 905 Fulton Street in Clinton Hill, Katrine Pollari (along with her dog Olive) has launched a second location, this time on Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bedford Stuyvesant. “The idea was to situate ourselves in proximity to businesses we admire close by on Lewis Avenue,…
Two years after opening her flagship location of Olivino Wines at 905 Fulton Street in Clinton Hill, Katrine Pollari (along with her dog Olive) has launched a second location, this time on Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bedford Stuyvesant. “The idea was to situate ourselves in proximity to businesses we admire close by on Lewis Avenue, and be well positioned between both the local Kingston/Throop C station and the express A Utica stop,” said Pollari. With the new buying power, Olivino plans to step up its offering of organic and sustainable vintages. The eastward move isn’t all business either—Pollari plans on finding an apartment near the new shop soon. Did anyone stop in this weekend?
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Everybody’s sleeping on THE KOMFORT CAFE. It’s located at 1587 Fulton Street bet Marcus Garvey & Albany Ave. I’ve been there a couple of times to watch the fights. They have a nice little party after the fight also. I know they’re going to do open mic soon as well as other events. Probably in the next month or so. If I were you I would call them and leave my email address on their answering service. The # is (718) 493-5682. They’re not open all the time although they do rent the space out for private parties,baby showers etc. They are picky about who they rent to and I don’t blame them. They have to protect their investment. It’s a cold world old girl.
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I am moving to MacDonough Street between Tomkins and Throop this weekend an from President Street in Park Slope and it is good to see a great business like this one moving into Bedford Stuyvesant. I like Park Slope architecturally and that is what attracted me to move Bedford Stuyvesant. If anyone on here knows the history of Brooklyn both neighborhoods where designed and planned by the same architects at the same time. Now that Park Slope has had its rebirth it is time for other areas to emerge. It take baby steps like the opening of this great wine shop things don’t change over night but they do change.
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I’m not quite sure why people are bickering over neighborhood status.
Look, we’re all people. Regardless of where we live, what “color” we are, or what type of products we buy, we are all in this together. By nature, we want the best for ourselves, for each other and for our children.
As for the portrait of Bed Stuy, it doesn’t take a genius to tell that its diamond in the rough. Its apparent that this community has an extremely strong heritage and a irreplicable sence of community. There are individuals, community groups, community development corporations, informal associations and networks of all walks of life. We band together to creat remarkable things – Bed-Stuy Alive kicks off Oct. 11, the Brownstoners House Tours, the Restaurant Strut, holiday midnight maddness, shopping tours, poetry groups, support for small businesses – the list is endless.
In a world that is rapidly shrinking – where we are all so connected by technologies, communication, the internet, globalization, etc – its about time we start to shift our mindsets. Blogs like these are cemmendable for exposing each other to the myriad attitudes that exist both with in and out side of Bedford Stuyvesant. Its a small snapshot of life in this point in time.
If at all interested, check out these new businesses in the community and keep an eye out for many more:
TT’s Sports Bar and Grill on Tompkins
Natures Twist on Tompkins
Common Grounds Cafe on Tompkins
Brooks Valley Cafe on Tompkins
Twofiftyeight Cafe on Malcolm X
Oz Hardware on Malcolm X
Tiny Cup cafe on Nostrand
Neat Freaks Cleaning on Hancock
Etc.
Coming Soon:
Stizzy Speak Easy and Bar on Lewis
Blue Collar Pictures on Malcolm X
Grand opening on Sat. between 6:00 – 9:00 pm.
“And, for the record, I am black.”
We all are, 10:02.
We all are.
And I don’t need chaperones a la Park Slope Food Co-Op to follow me home to ensure I don’t steal a cart. (Or do they help you find you way back home because you are too stupid to do it yourself?)
ummmm…they do it as a courtesy to help people get their groceries home. then they take the cart back to help someone else. pretty civilized if you ask me.
you’re right though. bed stuy is much nicer than park slope.
To the moron who accused me of contending that black people do not drink wine when I aligned wine shops with gentrification:
Implicit in your statement is an assumption that gentrification is done solely by white people and that all black people in Bed-Stuy are of lower economic classes. Thanks. Great logic there. Like it or not, a wine shop like this caters to people of a certain economic class, regardless of race, and that is what I meant.
And, for the record, I am black.