By Chris Shott 7/12/07 8:26pm

Aloha Also Means Goodbye for Bank in Trader Joe’s Way

Local politicos sporting Hawaiian shirts paraded down Court Street today to the tune of a steel drum band in celebration of grocery chain Trader Joe's forthcoming arrival in Brooklyn.

See our previous coverage here.

Among the few not dressed for the faux luau: Michael Armstrong, vice president and PR manager for Sovereign Bank, which Read More

By Mark Wellborn 7/11/07 7:56pm

Trader Joe’s Is Coming to Brooklyn

Hawaiian shirts, Two Buck Chuck and egg rolls will soon be big topics of conversation on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street in Brooklyn.

That’s right, folks: Trader Joe’s is finally coming to Brooklyn.

The borough’s first outpost of the wildly popular grocery store will sit at 130 Court Street Read More

By Staff 2/16/07 5:45pm

The Afternoon Wrap: Friday

  • Seven reasons for Queens’ impending triumph: Long Island City; more bang-for-buck; it’s not Jersey; the “tipping point”; Trader Joe’s; community blogs; and, most importantly, Ugly Betty. [OuterB]
  • Why should NYC ban traffic on Williamsburg’s main stretch? Because hipsters deserve their own esplanade, and because “preserving the small town quality of Williamsburg and allowing Read More

    • By Staff 1/01/07 4:59pm

    The Afternoon Wrap: Monday

  • The Afternoon Wrap is getting 2007 off to a grand start by posting our first link to The Party for Socialism and Liberation. An article on New York real estate and the scary Pinnacle Group points out: “[U]nlike Trump, most of the real estate capitalists keep a low profile. Most workers will never meet Read More

    • By Staff 5/12/06 11:51am

    Wine Wars (14th St. and Below)


    Union Square Wines.

    The battle is on to best serve the wine-drinking needs of NYU and New School students (and everyone else living around Union Square and Astor Place).

    First, Astor Wines moved to their new location on Lafayette Street. After a slight delay, Trader Joe’s opened up the wine shop on Read More

    By Staff 3/27/06 9:04am

    Monday: Criminal Architects

  • Ten criminal Starchitects. For example, “From ground level the sense of Pei’s work is more like accidental totalitarianism.” (Place Performance via Archinect)
  • The landlord group Community Housing Improvement Program lead a session for building owners on how to evict uncooperative tenants, especially those hooked on rent control. (New York)
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    • By Staff 3/23/06 9:09am

    Thursday: Dirty New Yorkers and Giuliani

  • New Yorkers are officially dirty. Whether that’s how you like it or not, the EPA found that 68 out of every million of us are at risk for getting cancer just from breathing the air. (Gothamist)
  • Queens is the new Jersey City, with three “hot patches” of development. This heat wave can Read More

    • By Staff 3/17/06 2:55pm

    Trader Joe’s: Fight!


    The chaotic scene.

    Tensions are flaring on 14th Street, as the waiting time at Trader Joe’s is now estimated at 20 minutes. Shortly before 2 p.m., an argument broke out over an alleged line-cutter.

    One customer, who accused another of cutting, got very angry.

    “Why don’t you go to hell and Read More

    By Staff 3/17/06 2:33pm

    Trader Joe’s: By The Numbers

    Of the food procurement palaces in Union Square/NYU Village, where’s a budget-conscious freshman to shop for produce that hearkens back to hometown heartland prices?

    Well, nowhere. But! From a quick survey of prices, it seems that a savvy shopper would have to hit the three biggest local stores to get a cross-the-board deal.

    Now, Read More