Duane Reade, Manducatis Rustico, Sage General Store all on the verge

What about the old 5SL place. Is that still going to be a Japanese restaurant?

well brandon, where else do you expect me to get my upscale halloween decorations?

what happened to that french sandwich shop on vernon that was supposed to open?

And liqcity, tell us about the rumored MetFood store opening on 51st Avenue. I picked this up from a seemingly reputable source. This person said that they are taking over the Mainco Building across the street from Lucky Mojo. Is this a bunch of baloney?

It’s going to take more than a makeup counter and brushed chrome for anyone to perceive Duane Reade as upscale. How sad. Just hand me my AA batteries and cigarettes and spare me all of this crap.

The person managing the store set-up said Friday but hey, if it turns out to be open today just post it in the comments. Thanks.

Duane Reade with glitzy cosmetic counters reminds me of those McDonald’s restaurants with doormen.

The name of the family who owns Manducatis is not Manducati. Like I said over a month ago in your last post about it:
Manducatis (with an s, no apostrophe) is not the last name of the owners. I have been told it’s from a psalm in the Vulgate bible.

Their last name is Cerbone.

This is really great news. I was worried after the Blend thing that Vernon was going to go to the dogs. Nice to see that small business still has a chance in LIC.

15, are you kidding me? Spare me. There have been scores of new businesses opening in LIC these past years. What in the world are you talking about?

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#18 I was thinking the same and LIC is Obama all the way.

Liqcity any word on the street?

Haha, you guys are funny. You assume people in this neighborhood are registered vote. When we had the primary, there were very few people there. I hope they’re registered to vote *somewhere* but they don’t seem registered to vote in LIC.

There’s a huge bar in Greenpoint (over the bridge) that’s showing the convention all week. It’s on the corner of Franklin St and Green St.

Uh? liqcity said to post if they opened earlier than friday. they did, so I did. who’s the asshole now #27?

i live in the building and DR DID NOT open on Wed. sorry #26..i can confirm that i did see it open for the first time this morning…

i know this is the most irrelevant discussion, just my 2 cents

They opened today. It says GRAND OPENING.

So # 33, for the 10 years prior to these openings, you didn’t feel human or civilized? I hope the feeling was at least primate like, and bipedal, so you could run and pick stuff up.

Hey, just kidding. I couldn’t help myself. They way the post was worded, left it wide open for a good humorous zinging. I hope you are not offended.

I’m glad you enjoy the convenience.

Charlie.

35, Duane Reade in and of itself is not great, but what is great is that on Saturday morning when I discover I am out of my brand of laundry detergent I don’t have to go into Manhattan to get it before starting my laundry. They don’t carry my brand at E&I, and I don’t have a car so running back and forth between C-Town and Key Food is not really an option. Not sure what crawled up your butt, but if you don’t like it don’t go. Keep going to the “local guy” who is only open for what seems to between 11-3pm on M-F. Or spend an hour going into Manhattan and bringing it back. Some of enjoy having options and the convenience. You sound like the same guy that was angry when Food Cellar opened.

Agreed 37. If you read about DR business strategy they don’t typically target the expensive retail space and tend to put their stores in odd nooks where other stores would think twice about. As a result their stores tend to be a bit crowded and poorly laid out. Its really nice what they did with the space. Best DR I’ve ever been in.

Duane Reade is closed today? Um, why?

(Besides that whole “Labor Day” thing but that’s how workers make overtime…or that’s what I used to live for before I turned professional).

Rustico officially opened Saturday Night. Yum!!