Wednesday Blogwrap
Photo by Kilgub from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool. Rancid Chicken at the Fulton Met [Brooklynian] NPR Looks at Recession’s Impact on AY [DDDB] Neverland Ranch Kiddie Ride At Coney Island [Kinetic Carnival] India House on Court Closes Its Doors [PMFA] Northside Piers is Kinda Free for One Year [Curbed]
Photo by Kilgub from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool.
Rancid Chicken at the Fulton Met [Brooklynian]
NPR Looks at Recession’s Impact on AY [DDDB]
Neverland Ranch Kiddie Ride At Coney Island [Kinetic Carnival]
India House on Court Closes Its Doors [PMFA]
Northside Piers is Kinda Free for One Year [Curbed]
over the years I have learned @ that Met Food to check the expiration dates on EVERYTHING, even stuff you’d think could not go bad in your lifetime – six-packs, canned goods, etc. But yeah, even then, you can bring home stuff that goes bad before its sell-by date due to the lukewarm refrigeration.
I think the problem may have gotten worse since they started buying some “organic” produce, chicken, etc. Since it’s more expensive, it doesn’t move as quickly, and ironically you can end up spending more for food that is less fresh than the “conventional” equivalent (as Whole Foods euphemistically calls it).
But hey, it’s all worth it for the street cred of buying your groceries where the Notorious BIG used to be a bag boy. Can Fresh Direct shoppers say that? I don’t think so.
That Met supermarket has been selling rotten meat for years. I think they need to replace the coolers for the meat and dairy and get some with the proper cooling temps.I have been living in Clinton Hill years and bought meat once and never again cause it was stink when I got it home to cook. I barely buy cleaners or canned goods. That is the last place I go for anything cause they are ridiculously overpriced as well, especially the white rose products. The only plus is when company drops in unexpectedly at night and you need some soda they are open to get the liters at a slightly better price than the corner bodega.Otherwise I can do without going there and smelling that hamster or cat or wet mop smell that has lingered in that store for years.
Actually I was just in the Met today and decided that I do kind of like it there. It’s quirky. The people were nice. And my expectations for a NYC grocery store, frankly, aren’t that high. The Met had a ton of weird stuff, like small farmer coffee beans from Ethiopia and a refrigerator full of Sabra products — not to mention canned indian food and flatbread — that made it pretty cool to shop there.
I think I may do it more.
I HATE the Met on fulton. From the first time time I entered i knew it was a poorly managed store. freezer cabinets always felt warm so I never bought any frozen items. The produce admittedly is not terrible but not great either. The key food on fulton at franklin is more basic but is far cleaner and inviting-does not have the hamster cage smell (well just a little…) Anyway I’m part of the food coop cult …. but what is it about NYC supermarkets. Foodtown is acceptable.
Women’s clothes, what else?
Haha, Rob. I think it was Number Five.
7k a month and no food or liquor? Wtf are they supposed to sell?
omg is that… ugh what was his name from the movie Short Circuit!?
*rob*
Advice to Smith Hansen re: the India House space
$7,000 a month for -that- space, no matter the location, is INSANE.
And, drum roll please….NO FOOD OR LIQUOR?
Good luck with that.