What's on Tap for Cortelyou Road?
Cortelyou Road’s shopping scene may soon get a lot more hopping. Sander Hicks, the man behind neighborhood anchor/coffee shop Vox Pop and Cortelyou’s unofficial mayor, is trying to lure a microbrewery to the spot that housed the recently shuttered Cornerstone bar. Sander reports that a couple breweries are nibbling at the prospect. Vox Pop itself…
Cortelyou Road’s shopping scene may soon get a lot more hopping. Sander Hicks, the man behind neighborhood anchor/coffee shop Vox Pop and Cortelyou’s unofficial mayor, is trying to lure a microbrewery to the spot that housed the recently shuttered Cornerstone bar. Sander reports that a couple breweries are nibbling at the prospect. Vox Pop itself is about to expand with a new media services center in the empty storefront around the corner from the coffee shop; in keeping with the spirit of Cortelyou’s homegrown ethos, the store is conducting an online survey so residents can weigh in about what services they’d like to see the center offer. In non-Vox Pop-related happenings, the long-in-the-works Connecticut Muffin is set to open soon in the storefront next to the Farm on Adderley. And all this is in addition to the Flatbush Food Co-op’s pending jump across the street, to the old Associated space. Anything we missed? Anything the strip particularly needs?
Survey [Vox Pop]
CT Muffin Opening in Ditmas Park [Forum]
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Sander Hicks is a wonderful person.
I would love to see a yoga place, another nice sit down restaurant and maybe some Thai take out. And down by Newkirk ave too? I’m really dreaming there…
Thanks, 8:07 – 4:07 back again. I’ve actually tried Los Mariachi once and loved the margaritas, but the vegetarian options were lacking. I remember my husband and I both had to special order plates of cheese enchiladas as really the only option.
But perhaps it’s worth another try!
Beverly C Cortelyou:
What thai or vietnamese restaurants deliver in the neighborhood?
I’ve been searching for both for over a year.
I’d love to see:
– Thai or Vietnamese restaurants
– microbrew not a bad idea
– Gym and yoga
12:34 (9/18) They wouldn’t care if you walked into Vox Pop in an Uncle Sam suit, let alone with a flag logo on yer shirt. I go in there all the time in my corporate uniform and the kewl kids behind the counter never bat an eye and frewquently chat it up with me (no matter how many are standing in line behind!).
And if you ever bothered going in there, you’d notice that there’s a whole section of right wing books, including several biographies of R. Ray-gun.
There may be good reasons not to patronize the place–the coffee’s a bit weak and the service a bit laid back, but not going there out of fear your political sensability might be affronted by some of the literature on the shelves or that the scary kid with the nosering might pummel you for your patriotism is one of the lamest things I’ve heard in long time!
BTW, I gotta agree with the posters pointing out the pointlessness of all the “Cortelyou should get a
… yoga studio
…vegan ice-cream parlour
… slot-car racing facility
… fill in the blank.” Posts.
Whom are you directing that to and do you expect anyone to open a business based on one or even a few comments in a chat room?
First of all, to all of the complainers and haters — if you want new businesses in the community, then by all means, nobody is stopping you from opening up a business.
Second, Phantom, wtf is your problem? Stupid middle class white people want stupid middle class conveniences? Do you stereotype much? Clearly you are not part of the solution.
Jaguar_Gorgonne
First of all, to all of the complainers and haters — if you want new businesses in the community, then by all means, nobody is stopping you from opening up a business.
Second, Phantom, wtf is your problem? Stupid middle class white people want stupid middle class conveniences? Do you stereotype much? Clearly you are not part of the solution.
To Guest September 18, 2007 4:56 PM:
No, my mistake about the Vietnamese, was wishing for an option to edit my comment as soon as I posted. Sorry if I got your hopes up. 🙂
The Chinese restaurants on cortelyou right now are REALLY BAD. We need a better quality Chinese or some other asian cuisine. i love the Farm, but I do not always want to drop that kind of cash on an evening when I am too tired to make dinner. We also need a Health Club. I belong to the Y in the slope, but it is a schlepp.
A micro brewery with a burher joint would be cool. Somewhat like the Park Slope Ale House. Good burgers, good beer.
And my friend Sander needs air conditioning, seriously.
Flatbush Food Coop is alright, but does not hold a candle to my one true love, the Park Slope Food Coop.
Thats all for now.
BZ