tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post6558155315782175609..comments2024-03-29T01:09:48.567-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Bespoke Chocolates closing Thursday in Extra Place; what next for the former alley?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9628161365271736232011-05-09T16:37:17.863-04:002011-05-09T16:37:17.863-04:00I wanna say it's the ghosts, too. But I really...I wanna say it's the ghosts, too. But I really think that it's a tourist store in an out-of-the-way location. It's like trying to have it both ways. You can't find it unless you live here, and if you live here, you don't want to.<br /><br />These kind of stores keep coming and going so fast, I can't keep track of them.<br /><br />Too bad the small business owners are so after the tourist dollar instead of opening a store that locals would actually want to patronize. Seems like they think that they can create a store that would appeal to both kinds of buyers, but price-point appears too hard to target in the middle.<br /><br />It's too bad, but I'm not surprised.Bowery Boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-2107801663854355512011-05-09T13:57:29.613-04:002011-05-09T13:57:29.613-04:00I didn't realize cardamom could be so pretenti...I didn't realize cardamom could be so pretentious. Such a bitch of a spice!cheesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-54959737309127281142011-05-09T13:37:42.408-04:002011-05-09T13:37:42.408-04:00I think it's more the utter pretentiousness of...I think it's more the utter pretentiousness of cardamom-scented chocolates enrobed in lark puke handmade by boy castrati during the waxing gibbous moon that did it in. Whatever happened to just super-good real plain chocolate??? I wouldn't have popped a caramel there if someone had put a gun to my head.HippieChicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-34537783637033758862011-05-09T12:44:05.178-04:002011-05-09T12:44:05.178-04:00agree with JVNY,it's the ghosts.agree with JVNY,it's the ghosts.Bowery Boogiehttp://www.boweryboogie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-81956372598936489272011-05-09T09:20:40.050-04:002011-05-09T09:20:40.050-04:00Actually, what sean N describes in his online revi...Actually, what sean N describes in his <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/avalonbay-communities-alexandria" rel="nofollow">online review</a> of Avalon on the Sound East in New Rochelle, NY (copied/pasted below), a property developed and run by the Extra Place developer, <a href="http://www.avaloncommunities.com/avaloncore/nfloor.asp?comm=311" rel="nofollow">AvalonBay Communities</a>, probably sums up what life was like on the Left Bank back in the early 20th century days when it was an area known for cheap student housing:<br /><br /><i>I tell you what a horrible company.. I have had so many problems with them. I lived at Avalon on the Sound East in New Rochelle, NY.. had everything from soap holders in the shower falling off and cutting open my foot, to over billing by 300 bucks, to canceling my auto-pay while I was away on vacation which I incurred late payment fees from, to elevators not working, poor management, problems with them maintaining proper records on my insurance, to just plain old bad customer service... I will never stay in an Avalon building again for the rest of my life and I would encourge others not to...</i>Ken from Ken's Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893862652001372560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-77394813506806757352011-05-09T07:26:28.609-04:002011-05-09T07:26:28.609-04:00it's the ghosts. that place is cursed and with...it's the ghosts. that place is cursed and with good reason. be warned, all who dare enter.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.com