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New York Shitty Day Ender: Open!
This item was brought to my attention by a gentleman named Todd. He writes:
Follow up on your post about that Mexican place on Manhattan that went on ‘vacation’. They are open now. I came home to find the attached on my doorstep. I’m conflicted – if they cook as poorly as they use google translate… it will either be friggin horrid or absolutely fascinating. I mean seriously, what is this even trying to say? I recommend picking up the menu yourself. There are all kind of delightful grammatical nightmares inside, including a Cheeseburger on ‘bum’.
Correction, Todd: that’s a cheeseburger on a toasted bum (don’t look at me, I prefer the term “public inebriate” myself). In all seriousness, I tried this establishment today. It’s run by the same nice folks who operated New Tulcingo. My grilled cheese tasted exactly the same. In fact, the only real changes I could ascertain were appearances and the menu (for example: all the Mexican offerings seem to have been removed). You can view Coffee Friends’s menu— fabulous grammatical errors and all— by clicking here.
Coffee Friends
Status: Open
1035 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
(718) 349-0033
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Photo Du Jour: Season’s Greetings From Beadel Street
Taken December 15, 2010.
Miss Heather
American Playground Update: Call Me Cassandra
Filed under: 11222, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Plagiarism
Most of you remember this post. I wrote it December 13th about the American Playground being open despite conditions the Department of Buildings deemed to be imminently perilous to human life. Well, I always know when I am on a good “scoop” when a reporter comes calling. CASE IN POINT: an email I received yesterday.
Will call tomorrow. American Playground. What’s the building that’s causing its closure?…
Methinks I made that pretty clear in my post. Nonetheless, I will do so again:
Here is the “Partial Vacate Order”:
And here is the complaint regarding the adjacent property:
If falling debris is the problem, why isn’t the American Playground being cordoned off properly by the Parks Department? Perhaps our Parks person (and Open Space Advocate), Stephanie Thayer, would care to step up to the plate? This is inexcusable.
Miss Heather
LAST GASP: Babies Wanted
(for a good cause)
Ann Kansfield, the co-pastor of the Greenpoint Reformed Church, writes (in regards to my inquiry as to how Ann K 2.0 is doing):
Ak 2.0 is coming along, although I wish she’d show up in time to play Jesus in the Christmas pageant on Sunday. Maybe you could post a request saying that we are casting a baby Jesus. Applicant must be a baby. Nothing else required except showing up on Sunday at 10:30. The pageant runs from 11:00 am- noon. It’s gonna be hilarious, and very Greenpoint. Potential Jesuses (or their agents) can email me. If only our kid would have arrived sooner, she coulda been a star…
Any and all Greenpoint— or Williamsburg— babes can contact Ann via email at: kansfield (at) yahoo (dot) com. STAT.
Miss Heather
P.S.: Kids arrive when they want to. Just ask Pa Heather. I arrived exactly seven days after his desired birth date (for tax purposes). And despite being born two weeks early I have been a week late and a dollar short ever since!
From The New York Shitty Inbox: A(nother) Supermarket On McGuinness Boulevard?
Jay Lombard writes:
Any idea what is happening at 2376 mcguinness? Formerly gothic cabinet. Looks like a food market – I spotted what appeared to be coolers for beverages and shelving units being set up as I drove past.
Well, today I walked by and…
this does appear to be the case! Anyone have the 411 (or opening date) for this establishment? If so, please share via comments or email at: missheather (at) thatgreenpointblog (dot) com.
Thanks!
UPDATE, December 17, 2010; Here’s what my buddy over at Brooklyn11211 has to say.
I guess it isn’t something they need DOB permits for:
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&passjobnumber=301625141&passdocnumber=02
Miss Heather
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