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“We Are Africa” Road Tour Makes A Stop To Bed-Stuy This Sunday

Yazan: The Progressive Southside | 13 August 2010 | 3 Comments
Categories: Art and Artists, Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, Community Events, Dance, Drink, Education, Food, History

[ August 15, 2010; 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ]

Do you know where you’re from?  African Ancestry wants to help people find out.  They’re a DNA-based ancestry tracing and research group who have been featured in the CNN Presents Black in America series.  African Ancestry says they want to help African Americans to find out their roots more easily and accurately.  On August 1st, [...]

Butternut Market Fire: “It’s A Set Back For The Set Up”

Yazan: The Progressive Southside | 24 May 2010 | 6 Comments
Categories: Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, Food, New Businesses, Real Estate

It’s not as bad as it could have been.  One week later after a top floor fire caused some damage to the ground floor of the soon Butternut Market (307 Stuyvesant Avenue at Halsey Street), business partners Ardenia Brown and Alexia Billart are counting their blessings.  ”We thank God that no one was hurt in the [...]

A New Italian Restaurant Coming to Stuyvesant Avenue???

Yazan: The Progressive Southside | 13 April 2010 | 18 Comments
Categories: Food, New Businesses

Rumor has it that a gourmet Italian restaurant is going to open on the corner of Stuyvesant Avenue and Macon Street, what used to be Butternut Market’s tentative spot.  Another source says the owner of Saraghina is looking to open a spin-off restaurant.  Does anyone know if this is true?

Butternut Market to Open in Former Solomon’s Porch Space in June!

Yazan: The Progressive Southside | 09 April 2010 | 14 Comments
Categories: Food, New Businesses, The Sights & Sounds of Bed-Stuy

The steel shutters are up, new windows in place.  Garbage has been hurled out.  The ceiling has been stripped, exposing wooden beams and incasedent lightbulbs. It’s been busy at the former Solomon’s Porch space (307 Stuyvesant Avenue between Halsey & Hancock Streets) for almost two weeks now.  This makeover comes in preparation for the long [...]

Owner of the Butternut Market Space?

Yazan: The Changeling | 05 August 2009 | 8 Comments
Categories: Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant

A reader just sent us this email:
I wanted to contact you to see if you know of any new development with the Butternut Market. I heard the project was on hold and I would be interested in talking to the owner of the building on a possible other use of the space until the project [...]

Wherefore Art Thou, Butternut Market?

Yazan: The Changeling | 16 January 2009 | 15 Comments
Categories: New Businesses, Real Estate, Shopping

More than a few people have asked me about Butternut Market, a grocery store that was scheduled to open in the fall of 2008 on Lewis Avenue. It was supposed to be one of those grocery stores that some of us long for in Bed-Stuy–you know, one that sells nice prepared foods and does not [...]