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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ii have 5 wine stores to choose from within 10 blocks of my park slope home.
what’s the big woop?
you people in bed stuy MUST be desperate.
i’d want to drink a lot if i lived there too…
The first poster is an idiot.
Of COURSE there’s enough of a market here.
I mean, whether you think Stuyvesant Heights is turning into a yuppie gentrification land (ie: lots of wealthy people who buy wine for status) or if you think it’s sliding back towards slumhood (ie: lots of drunks) it means there are going to be people buying alcohol.
Personally, I’m leaning toward the former rather than the latter, but maybe the first poster is just bitter because they didn’t buy in the neighborhood when houses could be had for $200,000.
Sour grapes for him, nice fermented grapes for us.
OK – I just moved to Bed Stuy from Park Slope – and I DO NOT WANT TO SPEND THE SAME LEVEL OF MONEY FOR wine in BED STUY that I DID in PARK SLOPE! I expect that it will be cheaper in Bed Stuy, at this juncture. Just as I cannot expect to buy a home in Bed Stuy for the same price as Park Slope at this juncture.
So, Olivino, WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME, please stay a while, but can you calibrate the pricing at this point, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
She’s also opening up a winebar on Fulton Street, in Clinton Hill – two doors down from Olivino – many cheers to Katrine!
I live in Bed Stuy and welcome this new business. I’d like to learn more about wine and be able to get a decent recommendation from someone who knows wine. Right now all we have are jokers selling alcohol behind bullet proof glass who are more interested in selling lottery tickets and cashing checks than selling wine. They should make sure the Brownstoners know about them so they get some attention on House Tour Saturday (Oct 20).
ha! the idea that olivino won’t succeed is hilarious! it’s such a no brainer. we welcome olivino and the many more fabulous businesss that are sure to follow.
8:46pm is exactly right. If people don’t support their local stores and restaurants, whether those places are ideal or not, new amenities ain’t coming. Ever. People need to get out there and spend some dough locally. I wish people shopped locally in our neighborhood. Everyone here drives to Park Slope too. Which is basically saying to businesses “spend all kinds of money to bring it here first, THEN we’ll decide if it’s good enough before we shop locally”. Why do people think that’s going to work? Hilarious.
I live in Clinton Hill and Katrine did exceptionally well, business-wise, right out of the box because there was so much pent-up demand for a decent wine store. I have no doubt that the same thing will happen in Bed-Stuy.
FYI–I think Olivino’s prices are really good. No, she’s not going to match a big operation like Astor, but her markups are very reasonable. And she has chosen to carry wines that actually taste good, not mass-market stuff like Yellowtail.
Katrine has done wonders on a pretty sad stretch of Fulton, and I hope she brings the same magic to Bed-Stuy!
Alcoholics do not like expensive alcohol and thats all wine is.
I agree…going under in under 2 years.