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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it kinda does.
Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights does not look like 1945 Berlin… What a strange comment
“that street still looks like Berlin in 1945.”
it looks like heaven compared to marcus garvey blvd.
sad to say.
Where da Thunderbird at?
the wine store in williamsburg on bedford btwn n. 7 and n. 8th (the epicenter of the northside) got rid of its bulletproof glass only about three years ago. now look at the neighborhood!
and i agree – why drive to park slope for everything? blah.
There has been a wine store on Vanderbilt near Atlantic Ave for years, and that street still looks like Berlin in 1945.
Actually, as hard as it is to pick, I think 11:59 might take the cake for the most asinine comment here. Yes, a bottle of wine from Italy/France/California/South Africa should cost infinitely less in Bed-Stuy than another outlet two miles away. Gimme a break. I happen to think Olivino’s prices are right on–they have a nice selection and you can pretty much know that what you buy there is going to be good.
Brownstoner is just like a Soap Opera. You can skip many months and not miss a thing. Cheers to the omnipotent meanies. Have a glass (or 5) of wine.
I didn’t know the residents of bed stuy were as narrow minded and intolerant as their park slope bretheren.
As far as I can tell the first poster expressed a personal opininion abou the business prospects of a store, and numerous subsequent posters labeled him an idiot, racist, and even called on brownstoner to ban such comments from the web site!
I didn’t know the bill of rights was null and void in bed stuy?