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Comment on New Cafe Alert: T-Cup Cafe by Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:58:52 +0000

When the government stops subsidizing the over-production of corn (and corn by-products that make up most of McDonald’s menu) then maybe we’ll see fast-food places diminish. The subsidy allows for cheap food (i.e bad for you) to be made and this is passed on to the consumer. I see the appeal, the stuff tastes good and you can feed your whole family for under $10 bucks. They will argue up and down that the are providing a service and that if the consumer demands better food then they will provide it. Ha! That will be the day. Their response to this was offering salad. Those salads have more fat and sugar than some of their regular burger items.

Comment on A Local Place for Local People by Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:21:23 +0000

Cool! New Orleans food! Well I suppose I’ll have to be the judge of that. I’m from Louisiana so I have a little bit of authority on the subject but really any place that has grits, red beans and rice, and pecan pie is ok in my moleskin.

Comment on A Local Place for Local People by tridouble

tridouble — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:52 +0000

It’s nice to see something new but, it does take a while to get your take out order…a little longer than normal. I heard there is another cafe/organic market coming soon on the corner of Stuyvesant & Macon.

Comment on A Local Place for Local People by md

md — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:46:26 +0000

Love Peaches, but I wish you’d asked permission to take my picture.

Comment on New Cafe Alert: T-Cup Cafe by Quincy

Quincy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:17:22 +0000

My post may have been an exercise in hyperbole, but the sentiment is genuine. I’m not anti-fast food altogether, but really, nothing good comes out of some of these places: dietary, environmental, cultural, economic. The C-Town, I admit, is the lesser of the evils because there is no other grocery accessible on this end of the Stuy. But do they have to disrespect and condescend to their clientele so blatantly via the quality of products they offer? There’s a Jamaican cafe on Tompkins between Gates & Quincy that is phenomenal. A little slow, as I remarked months ago on this blog. But they are well-worth the wait, I’ve since discovered. The pizza shop on Tompkins & Lex is also quite good: food as well as their interaction with the community (they’ve weathered many years in this location, I understand). It’s the chains and the carpetbaggers I object to. And clearly I’m not alone. I don’t prefer a vacant storefront, but I don’t care to sit idle either while people are being poisoned, however slowly.

Comment on New Cafe Alert: T-Cup Cafe by Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:28:36 +0000

Please tell me that your joking Quincy. No more fast food places in Bedford Stuyvesant!!! This stuff is killing the people in our community. If you ca find a way to stop this please let me know… I too would like to close the McDonald’s.

Comment on A Local Place for Local People by nikki

nikki — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:15:06 +0000

This place is great! The people are nice and the food id edible for a change:) We haven’t had good food there since the exit of the original Akwabba cafe, so thank God for the change. Malcolm X will be he next change. slowly but, it will happen. Support Peaches!!!!

Comment on New Cafe Alert: T-Cup Cafe by Quincy

Quincy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:31:19 +0000

I recently noticed a business is opening on Tompkins near me. I was thrilled until they posted a sign saying that a Crown Fried Chicken was coming soon. I have been wondering how legally to voice my opposition to the expansion of these types of poverty-mongering businesses. How put pressure on Chinese take-outs and late night bodegas that make no effort to curb loitering, graffiti or littering. And the C-Town (who is responsible for checking the expiration dates there? The gray meat?) How put pressure on absentee landlords, for that matter? How get rid of McDonald’s on Throop? There, I said it. I want to close down the McDonald’s on Throop Avenue.

Comment on New Cafe Alert: T-Cup Cafe by Morgan

Morgan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:50:55 +0000

Sometimes I think I call 311 too much!!! I feel that I put all the money have and a lot of time into Bedford Stuyvesant and I hate to have people disrespect the neighborhood. We do need more shops like this opening up in the area..

Comment on Bed-Stuy Real Estate Picks 08/15/08 by putnamdenizen

putnamdenizen — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:37:02 +0000

Don’t know what your brownstone facade is made of (joke), but brownstone is a notoriously poor building stone, particularly since most blocks were laid with the grain going vertically so that the outside peals off when water infiltrates. Thus you see all the stucco and concrete repairs.

1 million for a studio loft (okay the “dining room” is meant to be a bedroom sans window) on Classon? Wow. Wow. Bow. Wow.