Whoa! BP!
Inside, while trying to overcharge me $1 for a fucking bottle of water, the attendant told me that the station made the switch on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, bagels are still on the menu...
But can we ever eat a BP bagel?
Friday, August 3, 2012
Gas station switcheroo shocker on Second Avenue: Gulf now a BP; bagels still served
Last night, we went for our usual morning bagel at the Gulf station on Second Avenue and East First Street and...
Whoa! BP!
Inside, while trying to overcharge me $1 for a fucking bottle of water, the attendant told me that the station made the switch on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, bagels are still on the menu...
But can we ever eat a BP bagel?
[The good old days of Gulf bagels]
Whoa! BP!
Inside, while trying to overcharge me $1 for a fucking bottle of water, the attendant told me that the station made the switch on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, bagels are still on the menu...
But can we ever eat a BP bagel?
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Ditch the BP bagels and eat at Tompkins Square Bagels. They don't have that "tired" taste of a gas station bagel!
ReplyDeleteI will boycott this company for life after what they did to the planet.
ReplyDeleteFrom Gulf bagels to Gulf of Mexico destroyer. Altho at least for now they are not building a hideous condo on the site.
ReplyDeleteTompkins Square Bagels are overrated.
ReplyDeleteThere, I said it.
@aveaisessex: Compared to a gas station's fare?
ReplyDeleteC'mon...
And I was only joking about eating bagels here... I was always amused that they had such large signage advertising bagels near piles of tires, etc.
ReplyDeleteHa - the bagel sign next to the stack of tires is too funny.
ReplyDelete@dmbream
ReplyDeleteWas just taking a mini-tangent to say I really think they are overrated, at least on this blog. Believe me, I wish it wasn't so.
BUT, if we were to get in the weeds and turn it into a real hypothetical (walking two avenues and nine-or-so blocks from the newly-minted BP station to TSB, simply to get a better baked good), then yes. I'll take a poppy BP bagel with cream cheese.
So weird, I was just dreaming about that gas station. My family used to take their car there for repairs. Hyman (Hymie) & Warren. I'm talking like 45 years ago. Amazing how 45 years can seem like yesterday, and explains so much about why we tend to resent a changing city.
ReplyDeleteWhy EVG are you buying anything at the gas station, this is not exactly the middle of nowhere.
ReplyDelete@aveaisessex - agreed. Check some of their 1 and 2 star ratings on Yelp, a lot of people agree with us.
ReplyDeleteAt least there's still a gas station hanging on in Manhattan, and an adjoining mechanic shop staffed by Mannie and his crew of hardworking characters (at least I hope he and they haven't changed). Yes, BP is evil--but that space is also one of the last genuinely working class holdouts around in the East Village. I don't remember seeing bagels, by the way; but the Nigerian guy working the cashier always has a nice smile going on. For a link about this station, and Manhattan's dying gas stations: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20111009/TRANSPORTATION/310099981
ReplyDelete@Anonymous 10:27 PM:
ReplyDeleteGas stations are closing in an area of the city that is traffic congested and where traffic rules are generally unenforced. So sad.
From the URL you posted:
Clean may not be the word that first springs to mind to describe a gas station site, which is usually regarded as contaminated. But cleanups are seen as less of a problem these days, thanks to improved technology and city oversight. Remediating the area around underground gas tanks can take as few as three days in the city, with costs totaling around $500,000, according to Mr. Kalish.