New Choice Outpost Readying for Opening

The sign is finally up at the new Choice Market venture, just around the corner from the original.  Located on Greene near Grand, the new location will be more of an actual market, selling meats, cheeses, breads and even flowers (per the original news more than a year ago).

Looking good!

Status Check at Il Porto

The brick-oven pizzeria and sidewalk cafe on Washington near the Navy Yard is chugging along to opening. Several people have emailed me with details on how good it looks inside.

I checked it out on Sunday, and I wasn't able to see much. Of course, no one was doing any work.

outside il porto

The boys at RePop tell me they hope to be open within three weeks. August is generally a slow time for local businesses, so let's make sure to check them out when they open the doors!

This is horribly old news, but here is a short piece that Brooklyn Independent Television did on me back in January, where I interviewed the owners-to-be: