Back in December, hey mama told us that Gourmet Kitchen’s days were numbered (Myrtle at Vanderbilt). Looks like the end is finally near:
Thirty years on Myrtle Ave, and just a few days left. The original rumor was that a high-end grocery store would be moving in. Any more gossip out there?
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very sad.
Even the sign looks sad, like someone was crying when they wrote it….it was not a lie…that place had really good corned beef.
If you like your grits and eggs inexpensive and with a gigantic chunk of butter on the side, this is a tragedy.
Always sorry to hear that a long-standing local business is closing its doors, and I know this place had its fans. But (feeling slightly guilty as I write this) rumors that a high-end grocery store may be moving in are pretty darn exciting! ANYTHING to avoid buying decidedly un-fresh “fresh” produce at every supermarket within walking distance of my apartment!!!
I echo the other poster’s sentiments and say c’mon with the groceries!
Unless you’re a regular patron of the restaurant it’s a bit disingenuous to mourn the closing of an establishment.
The restaurant oweners can’t pay their bills with sentiment.
Quite right, LimestoneKid 6:10pm – they can’t pay their bills with sentiment. However, I don’t see how a bit of empathy can hurt. True, I wasn’t a patron, but my desire for a decent grocery store, and my regret for the closure of a long-established local business (for both owners and patrons), can and do co-exist.
weird comment. someone can feel sorry that a place that’s been in the neighborhood for so long is closing without having been a regular patron.
The pastrami was amazing,only thing I went for. Area developing I bet there is new rent, Sept 30 isnt an accident.
what kind of grocery store? That space is too small for anything good – e.g. whole foods, garden of eden. On a seperate note, why do the whole foods suck so bad in NYC?
I know I am going on saturday and breaking my diet and having a huge order of eggs for old times sake. Someone should have just turned that place into a higher scale diner.
On a grocery note… A friend and I are looking into opening a very small stock local farmed gourmet grocery store on Myrtle in the next year…
I went last weekend for some French Toast and corned beef hash right out of the can to throw down some extra tip money for the family who runs the place before they have to go. It was everything a corner diner should be. I heard the father say something that contained the phrase “we’re being thrown out” so it was clearly not their choice to go. It’s a one story building shared with a community center. I assume the community center will be ousted as well.
the buildings coming down… not their rent.
the buildings coming down… not their rent.
So sad to see them go. They watched me grow up.
Such a shame what is happening to the neighborhood; Everyone on this site is so happy to see the change but the character is leaving and soon the neighborhood will be dirty and filthy just like the streets of Manhattan.
Definitely sad to see them go. The owners Irene and Christos have been my landlords for the past four plus years and have been absolutely great. I’m hoping they can find another spot in the neighborhood.
Shadylady: How is gentrification making our streets “dirty and filthy”? Do you mean actual dirt and filth, or is that a metaphor for yuppies?
Ah, I somehow paid over $15 for a pastrami sandwich there one time. I regret nothing — it was divine.
I might try to get a group together for brunch there on Sunday. Anyone interested?
now where am I going to get my cheap burger and milkshake?
With gentrification comes big business, with big business comes filth. Yes i mean actual dirt and filth, but it’s not a bad name for you guys too.
My husband and I went to there to have brunch last weekend. It was packed so we have to wait. After 10 minutes waiting, it seemed to prepare a table for us, then the owner ignored us and called other customers.
Is it just because we’re not REGULAR?
Shame on him and his place.
They had good pastrami, but it was expensive and the restaurant closed very early. Because they closed so early and didn’t deliver, or just not to my address,I went there only 2 times in the 3 years I’ve lived here. Perhaps if they had stayed open later and delivered they wouldn’t have had to close? I feel no sadness for a place that turned away money-if they had stayed open a mere few more hours a day…
Our neighborhood is starved for grocery stores.
Shadylady’s attachment is sweet but I fail to see how big business equals filth or how a grocery that could fit inside the cramped space of Gourmet Kitchen could ever be financed by it.If the rumors are true I fear we are in store for a place like that horrible French named shop that was on Vanderbilt. Yeah:slap a French name on the storefront and charge 15 dollars for a wedge of cheese. I’m pessimistic.
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