It's Official: L'Epicerie Est Morte
It’s all over now for L’Epicerie, the small neighborhood butcher and grocery spot that had been struggling for the last couple of years. The shop at 270 Vanderbilt Avenue in Fort Greene closed its doors for an August holiday this year and they just never reopened. Now, according to a local business owner, the space…
It’s all over now for L’Epicerie, the small neighborhood butcher and grocery spot that had been struggling for the last couple of years. The shop at 270 Vanderbilt Avenue in Fort Greene closed its doors for an August holiday this year and they just never reopened. Now, according to a local business owner, the space is in play. What would you like to see in this location? It’s a pretty sweet location—just think of all the foot traffic from The Flea on Sundays! GMAP
What a snob who said Cellars is an eyesore. And L’Epicerie was cool. Small-time, unpredictable, with fresh fish sometimes, yes, great quiche, great Toulouse sausages & cheeses, and flawed like a real human is. I miss it. Good luck with your new wine bar or slick whatever-it-becomes.
I’ve never commented on here before but the outpouring of hate and ill-will towards L’epicerie has shocked me into doing so. Their cheese was actually fresher than other markets like union market and greene grape, there weren’t a million kinds but what they had was from better distributors. also as far as the prices go if you knew how to shop there, like if you bought the unique and incredible toulouse sausages and some of their fresh salad greens you could eat very well for pretty cheap. also they would happily cut the smallest slices of their cheeses so you weren’t forced to buy way more than you needed. in addition the owners would make incredible banana muffins on saturdays with organic bananas and french butter that were better than any muffins in the city. the owner would periodically fish on long island and bring the fish directly into the store thereby offering the absolute freshest fish around. and finally doesn’t anyone care that they had far and away the best quiche for the cheapest price in the whole damn neighborhood? due to the unfortunate closing i was recently forced to get the quiche from choice market and literally almost puked. quiche is really hard to get right and they had theirs everyday, freshly baked for only 5 bucks. truly a beautiful little place, my favorite in brooklyn. enjoy man-hole jerk-offs.
rehab, Tillie’s (sp?) is under new management and has been for about eight months. It also has a new layout.
what’s the rent for that space???
Los Paisanos on Smith is the best!!!
How can we possibly get an affordable butcher if the rent is going to be so high?
I don’t have much hope for good quality meats in FG/CH. They need cheap space for decent prices and it isn’t going to happen here.
Yes, you have to go out of the neighborhood, but nothing compares to Paisanos on Smith between Wyckoff and Bergen. Mean selection, sweet staff, endless hours, and 2 stops on the G-train.
What do you mean, “new” Tillie’s? Was it sold? Looks the same to me.
There’s been a death notice, farewell note, and picture of the Cellars guy taped to the window for at least the year and a half that I’ve lived here.
Tommy Cellars just recently passed away this summer, so lay off of him. Stop trying to tell people what to do with their property.
Speaking of the “new” Tilly’s, does anyone know if Tilly’s widower retired? I like the new set-up & choices, but the prices that come with those definitely pinch.
Old man Cellars died a couple of years ago. He seemed like kind of a bastard–he once yelled at a friend of mine for “leaning on his bar”–but fixed a fine free burger.
In my dream Freddies would move into the Cellars space and L’epicerie would be exactly what it tried to be…only good. A neighborhood grocery and butcher with fair prices.
Dream on…