After announcing a month ago that she was closing up shop at her Court Street location, Gothamist reports that Palca’s shop closed for good at 2pm today. Thanks to everyone who called out Palca for her negative words about Court Street and lousy store, we got a little mention in the piece:
The closure is viewed by some in completely unsentimental terms, especially after it was first announced in the Brooklyn Paper a month ago. “I had such a wrong impression [about Court Street],” Palca reportedly told the paper. “It’s just such a ‘has-been’ kind of street.” The comment was seized-upon by some Cobble Hill residents, who formed an ad hoc angry blogmob on the Cobble Hill Blog. “I’ve lived directly across from it since it opened and have gone in exactly one time,” one commentor wrote. “Uninviting with an identity complex. What the hell is it?! Good riddance.”
I’m glad to see them close up! I went there twice – both times I left without ever speaking to anyone. They never seemed to eager to help out their customers, so why bother?