Union Market Prepping for Fort Greene Expansion
Park Slope’s modestly-sized but decidely upscale Union Market has spent much of the past year looking for the right spot to open a new store in Fort Greene. While Union Market won’t comment on its plans yet, we’re hearing that it has its eyes on the 10,000-square-foot Dollar Dream space at 633 Fulton Street at…
Park Slope’s modestly-sized but decidely upscale Union Market has spent much of the past year looking for the right spot to open a new store in Fort Greene. While Union Market won’t comment on its plans yet, we’re hearing that it has its eyes on the 10,000-square-foot Dollar Dream space at 633 Fulton Street at Rockwell Place. While this location is a bit of shlepp for some of the brownstone blocks of Fort Greene (and definitely for Clinton Hill), there’s one constituency that’s going to be thrilled with this news: those buying in the Forte Condominium (and the developer who’s going to get some extra marketing mileage out of this). Regardless, if true, this is huge news for an area that has never had an upscale market of any size. It’s also a nice boost for the BAM Cultural District. We wonder whether if there’s going to be any permanent plan for parking for the store. GMAP
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and if you don’t like 200% markups 3:45, i hope you never drink a coca cola.
it costs about 15 cents with the can to make one.
I think that David makes an excellent point about the hypocrisy of many city car owners. So many of them complain about traffic, congestion, and pollution, yet none are willing to give up their cars. Do as I say and not as I do.
I have a family of four, too, and manage to do all my shopping on public transit (as do most of my neighbors, some of whom have larger families). Granny carts come in handy, too. Believe it or not, people, life without a car is possible. I guess that you only remember that when lecturing others or complaining about Atlantic Yards.
“If you think the analogy of Park Slope and Brownsville is even close to an apt comparison between the 5th Ave Key Food and Union Market, you’re an idiot.”
considering you’re talking about a 10 dollar chicken and i’m talking hundreds of thousands of dollars, i think you’re the idiot actually for not being able to see the point i was making.
I think they and Whole Foods speeds up the ripening process. Their organic avocados are disgustiing when ripe. They look fine, but they taste putrid. That goes for some fruit to, grapefruit for instance.
Lately I’ve been buying all my fruit from the street vendor on Dekalb. His fruit are deliciously flavorful, they last, and the prices are ok. Screw organic, I want the damn things to be edible first and foremost!
sometimes I wonder myself, if it is worth driving to Fairway to buy their over ripe produce and much of their perishable food that goes bad the day after I buy it.
3:30, good point.
Come on people. Stop crying about how new york has a few fancy food retailers. Can’t they exist too, along with all the major coops and chains? What’s wrong with a little specialty food? It’s gonna be marked up because there’s a tremendous overhead on small operations like that.
Do you also gripe about the markup of wine in a restaurant? Ugh. Go live elsewhere.
If you think the analogy of Park Slope and Brownsville is even close to an apt comparison between the 5th Ave Key Food and Union Market, you’re an idiot.
Wow, does Union Market really charge more than twice what Fifth Ave Key FOod does for Murray’s Chicken?! That’s some kind of chutzpah.
i will knock myself out.
you pay a 200% markup to live in park slope over brownsville so what’s your point?