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?
GMAP
The point about supporting businesses in your neighborhood is really valid.
Strong communities recycle the same dollar within the community many times.
In addition to which, your dollars are going into a business in the neighborhood that if successful, will attract more businesses and as more commercial entities open up the neighborhood continues to grow in desirability.
As a home owner, This then feeds back to you by helping raise the value of properties in the locale.
Why are all these people driving to Park Slope? Where’s the carbon footprint love? In addition, aren’t Williamsburg, Clinton Hill and Fort Green considerably closer? Last I checked, they all have wine, cheese and bread stores.
Welcome neighbor (Olive)!
For all of those out there with such negative attitudes get over yourselves…believe it or not there aare many people of all races living in Bed- Stuy that make money and spend money…if you think that Bed- Stuy has not or is not changing you are a fool. As for the 7:32pm post who lives in the Slope…I lived in the Slope for 14 years and it has only been the past 10 that it had even remotely started to change. They were selling crack on the corner and shootings were happening on a regular basis in Park Slope and look what that neighborhood has turned into…a bunch of upper west siders looking to get out of Manhattan and moving to “The Slope”. Bed- Stuy is certainly going through a revival…in the short time I have been here I have seen the changes and have been part of initiating them. Bed Stuy has more white, and gay people living in it than ever, and they continue to move in in search of big properties for good prices. You will be eating all of your remarks when not only this wine shop but many other stores like it not only have their grand openings but are thriving for many years to come….
They better sell Wild Irsh Rose or Night Train else they will go out of business in no time.
My husabnd and I bought our home in Bed-Stuy about a year and a half ago and have been waiting for more ammenities to come to our neighborhood. I for one am very happy to see more upscale stores sprouting up in the area and would prefer to support local merchants. I have been driving over to Park Slope ever since we moved from their to buy wine, speciality foods, or simply to go out for a nice dinner or drinks. I intend to fully support this store. It will be nice to go somehwere in the neighborhood to buy a bottle of wine where I can walk around the store and look at things and read lables, or even get some help…instead of having to talk to someone behind bullet proof glass, who has nothing in the store but cheap bad wine.
Last time I checked, 5:14…wine purchases are not tax deductible.
If that was the case, I’d own 10 brownstones.
first poster here, i’m shock how much racist some of you guys are, and can jump into conclusions.
“Unfortunately, their prices are high, but as someone who loves wine, lives in the hood and is in walking distance, I’m sure there are times I’ll go there when I can’t get to the better priced stores.”
Expensive or not, if you are a home owner in Bed Stuy I encourage you to make all of your wine purchases here!
Think of it as the commercial equivalent of paying a mortgage over rent. The money you spend is directly supporting the services in your own neighborhood that benefit you, for the continued quality of your life. Can you say the same for a bottle of wine from Trader Joe’s? 🙂