If you’re interested in finding out what is – or isn’t – going on with the proposed Whole Foods near the Gowanus Canal, then go to the Community Board 6 meeting on Monday, February 22, where there will be a discussion with representatives for Whole Foods on the resumption of environmental remediation activities at the site. This meeting of the Public Safety/Environmental Protection/Permits/Licenses Committee will take place at the PS 32 Auditorium at 317 Hoyt Street (between Union and President streets) at 6:30 pm next Monday.
Archive | February, 2010
Gowanus Whole Foods discussion at CB6 meeting
Have you tried Blue Marble’s soft serve?
Photo, New York Times.
I haven’t made it there myself, but the new Blue Marble at 196 Court Street has gained the attention of the New York Times’ Florence Fabricant, both here and here. The price is right ($3.89 for a regular serving, $2.90 for a mini), and the pictures look scrumptious.
Creamy, crenelated pinnacles in bright vanilla, deep chocolate or a swirl of both, are lower in butterfat than the shop’s regular ice cream (10 percent compared to 16 percent), so they can be churned out of the machine. The ice cream is eggless but has some organic soy lecithin as a stabilizer. Chocolate nibs from Nunu in Brooklyn are an optional topping.
Couples that work together, stay together?
Photo, The Daily News.
The Daily News has a piece on couples who work together, featuring The Grocery‘s Sharon Pachter and Charles Kiely. The two are owners and chefs at the restaurant, and live around the corner. Could you spend all day and night working with your partner? Could you spend that much time with your partner, period?
“People look at the way we work and can’t believe that for 10 years we’ve spent all days and nights together,” she adds. “One of the secrets – we take turns giving in.”
Carroll Gardens bar hookup survey
Photo, Metromix.
Metromix recently visited NYC bars (two in the West Village, two in Carroll Gardens) to ask patrons and bartenders about the singles/hookup scene. The bars chosen in Carroll Gardens were Brooklyn Social and Boat (pictured above). What did the survey reveal? Not much. Single people go to bars, people who’ve met in bars get married, and some people who get married shouldn’t be doing so. Check it out for yourself here (flip through the pictures to read the story).
The F train is going to suck a lot this year
New York Magazine reports that the F train is going to completely shut down for at least seven different weekends this year between Jay Street and Church Avenue, starting with the last two weekend of this month. The scheduled service cancellations are to make improvements to the line, which we might be able to enjoy in 2012. Amongst the scheduled weekend shutdowns are February 20, February 27, May 8, May 15, May 22, November 13, and November 20. Oh, and there’s no way to avoid the shuttle buses, because the G train will not run those weekends either.
The F train will completely shut down for at least seven different weekends this year in large stretches of trendy Brooklyn, between Jay Street-Borough Hall and Church Avenue. As happened for six weekends last year, commuters will be forced to cram into slow-moving shuttles that will cross Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, and Park Slope during those time periods. Even yoga instructors are rattled! “People are going to totally freak out,” yoga guru Laura Stryjewski told the Post. “Taking the shuttle is a royal pain.”
New restaurant opening on Smith Street
Verde is opening at 216 Smith Street. Shall it be Latin food or green fare?
Blue Marble Ice Cream opening on Valentine’s Day
The third location of Blue Marble Ice Cream that is replacing Tasti D-Lite at 196 Court Street is set to open this Sunday, February 14. The Brooklyn Paper reports some incredibly exciting news about the new ice cream shop: there will be soft serve!
The tiniest of the three locations of the mini-ice cream chain, Blue Marble, will open on Court Street in Cobble Hill on Sunday, and while it will sell Jennie Dundas and Alexis Miesen’s deliciously sinful ice cream made from the organic milk of grass-fed cows, this time, custard-style cones are part of the mix.
“Soft serve has such a bad reputation,” Dundas said the other day at her Atlantic Avenue flagship. “We’re going to restore it to its rightful place.”
Brooklyn Taco coverage
Huffington Post.
If you weren’t able to make it to the Brooklyn Taco Experiment at the Bell House this past weekend, check out the HuffPo‘s photos and coverage. Sounds like it was a delicious and carnivore-heavy event. Mark your calendars tentatively for April for the next Experiment event.
Blue Marble Coming to Court Street
Brownstoner reports that a Blue Marble ice cream store will be opening a new branch soon at 196 Court Street, former home of Tasti-Delight.
FIOS heading to the nabe
The above photo was sent in by a tipster, who reports:
Verizon was all over Court Street during Saturday’s frigid weather, installing cable underneath the streets to allow for FIOS. According to the techs, FIOS should be available to parts of Cobble Hill in about six months. Adios, Time Warner!
Will you make the switch? I’m not sure how this will work for those of us with landlords, because I’m under the impression that it will require a lot of new wiring in and around buildings. Thoughts?
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