Union Market Coming to Court Street!
After at least a couple of years sitting vacant, the former Blockbuster store at 288 Court Street has a new tenant, and it’s one likely to put a smile on the faces of Carroll Gardeners: According to a tip and the confirmation of someone familiar with the proceedings, at some point in the last few…
After at least a couple of years sitting vacant, the former Blockbuster store at 288 Court Street has a new tenant, and it’s one likely to put a smile on the faces of Carroll Gardeners: According to a tip and the confirmation of someone familiar with the proceedings, at some point in the last few days Union Market signed a lease after months of flirtation and negotiation with the new owner who paid $3.7 million for the building last year. The space consists of 4,500 square feet on the main floor and another 4,500 square feet of space on the basement level. We hear that the rent was around $20,000 a month but have not been able to confirm. Hot stuff!
Court St. Blockbuster Changes Hands; Future Unclear [Brownstoner]GMAP
Been a member of Park Slope Food Coop for over 10 years & while there’s much to make fun of as the place is not perfect, bottom line is there’s nowhere else, I repeat, nowhere else you can find great organic produce for such cheap prices & much of their general inventory is a lot cheaper than even in regular supermarkets.
So what if you have to work several hours a month…people spent more hours on the internet doing crap, better to spend that time in return for giving your body good, high-quality nourishing food that doesn’t cost an arm & a leg. You make time for that which you deem important!
Plus, people who are owners, as Coop members are, tend to take better care of what they own therefore the coop is much cleaner than most supermarkets & turnover is high so stuff is fresh. The equation is unbeatable, plain & simple.
Great news! There’re no decent grocery shops in the area at all. I shop at UM on Union weekly, they are sometimes pricey, but the selection and quality is top notch.
why do people get mad when u make fun of the co-op and uber spensive supermarkets, yet those same people bash bodegas and stuff? hippo much?
*rob*
i agree, co-op sucks, please dont join. too crowded already.
> not digging the socialists.
[Snarky rolls eyes and sighs]
Goldie and Denton – I have a great method of dealing with the conundrum – I support businesses that offer me what I want – be it convenience, price, service, merchandise, etc… – those businesses that offer the best combination of these factors gets my business and those that don’t – dont.
Of course that sometimes means I am spending money at large chains and sometime as small mom and pops and even on occasion at some non-profit community type business…..
Seems to me the most ‘fair’ way to allocate the resources that I work my ass off to collect and for the life of me can’t figure out how people try to impart some sort of moral component to which retail establishments people frequent.
“”co-op loons”
i dont get many of the ppl who rage against big corporate chains like sbux or walmart, but then when there’s the bipolar opposite structure such as the community run co-op, they bitch about it and its people. ”
Goldie, it’s called ‘walking the middle ground’. Not digging the chains, not digging the socialists. Just trying to do the right thing and support the local businesses.
How would you get allowed inside? You get nasty looks if you just peep in the general direction of inside… Don’t you need a court order and a handcuffed escort?
> .. no not inside…
[Snarky rolls eyes and sighs]