Pulling the plug on LIC’s power plant?; Long Island City Wednesday linkage

Great. Just when the hints there have been progress in cleaning up the Newtown Creek, along comes a waste transfer station. Once again, LIC continues to bear much of the burden for much of the shit in NYC.

That food cellar video is pretty cheezy, but they continue to impress me. I’m doing most of my food shopping there nowadays.

I have zero interest in trekking around LIC Queens and Brooklyn to save a quarter on a grocery item. Call me wasteful, but I’m willing to pay more for the convenience and selection.

Foodcellar has good selection?

I’m with #5- if I’m going to trek around, spending money on gas or transit- how am I really saving money? Plus, if you look closely, you can get some pretty reasonably priced items at Food Cellar! I bought a dozen of jumbo eggs the other day for $1.99.

Has anyone tried Dutch Kills yet? Looks pretty cool! I like the decor.

Isn’t that so sad #12. Stores should have a responsibility and obligation to give the public good food at a reasonable price. We as consumers can’t change this unless we stand up for it. I know, I know, we live in NYC and everyone is far to busy to care, but I for one will not settle. Things won’t change until we change out lazy attitudes. Support your local businesses, your green markets, and local fruit/vegetable stands!

Ctown looks dirty to me. I don’t think stores have an “obligation” to charge reasonable prices. I think they would do better business if they did offer more varied prices. I like Food Cellar. Plus don’t forget there’s a costco down the street for big & cheap shopping.

I try to support the local businesses because I want them to succeed. It cost a lot of money to rent and renovate that space. They took a chance on LIC where no one else did for decades. My 2 cents, but you have a very paternalistic view of business if you think they have some obligation to you. I don’t feel taken advantage of. If you do then you are right in not shopping there.

We’re getting a Met Food, I believe, on that block where Lucky Mojos is. It may take anothe ryear to build, but it’s coming.

20, and thank goodness for that. It was a stupid idea to begin with putting a supermarket with a parking garage (and condos, of course) on that otherwise quiet, residential street. Lucky Mojo’s is bad enough.

#21, by those standards fresh direct wouldn’t have opened either. Your description would also apply to the block that fresh direct is on as well as 90% of the blocks in LIC. Lets keep an open mind towards progress.

Why not? Both are residential blocks, both blocks are quiet, both would have had condos, both would have had a garage, both would have been home to a supermarket. Why are they so different. If food cellar can peacfully coexist in that settting why cant Met foods? Nothing so radical about that. All I’m saying is let not set up these artifical barriers. There’s no reason a comercial enterprise couldn’t operate there.

Ah yea…..51st has been 95% residential until Lucky Mojo’s came along. I don’t know how lucky that is. To bad it isn’t the original rib place. Pearson’s. That was the bomb. That electrician from City Lights built that ridiculous building. I digress……I only purchase cheese that is reasonable from Food Cellar, I take 4 kinds of oranges to the register and have them price them for me and I buy the cheapest of the same comparable juicing oranges. (Their worst fault is they do not price everything …which is against the law!) I bought a great little piece of seasoned steak last week fore $5 and put it on all my lovely CSA greens. Dynamite! I buy only items that are reasonable. Food Cellar is here and I have mixed feelings so I support them by what I buy, I don’t give into higher pricing just because they are there. I will walk to C-town for flour, or what ever cheaper items might be gotten elsewhere. I don’t think their accountants give a flying……you know what. But it’s my way of resolving myself with their presence. Hey and compare getting 4 brownies…at Food Cellar for the price of 1 at Comunitea.

Tell you…….the CSA is working out fantastically!!!!!! There is your healthy eating at a reasonable price.