Tuesday, April 2, 2013

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition


[Bobby Williams]

Cash mob Sunday evening at El Sombrero on Ludlow (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Comparing prices at neighborhood groceries (The Lo-Down)

Crif Dogs proposing a food truck at the former Billy's Antiques (Grub Street)

About the Downtown Music Festival (BoweryBoogie)

Ghost signage on First Avenue (Ephemeral New York)

Acid Flashback: The art of the Fillmore East (Off the Grid)

Goodbye Bar 82 (The Gog Log)

The Bloomberg administration has preserved more of New York City's architecture than any of his predecessors (The Wall Street Journal)

A look back at Cop Shoot Cop (Flaming Pablum)

Tentative re-opening dates for old-timers Bridge Cafe and Paris Cafe at the Seaport (Eater)

On Coney Island, Shoot the Freak is now Shoot the Clown (Amusing the Zillion)

... and springtime outside the great Enz's on Second Avenue...

3 comments:

  1. If Crif Dogs puts their truck on the old Billy's lot, that will be their 3rd location. If that's not a franchise, I don't know what is.

    No Crif Dogs NYC!

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  2. shmnyc,

    I know you have a weird anti-anti-7-11 hard-on, but the word "franchise" has a very specific meaning in the business context. But you probably know that.

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  3. Merriam-Webster --

    Definition of FRANCHISE

    1
    : freedom or immunity from some burden or restriction vested in a person or group

    2
    a : a special privilege granted to an individual or group; especially : the right to be and exercise the powers of a corporation
    b : a constitutional or statutory right or privilege; especially : the right to vote
    c (1) : the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory; also : a business granted such a right or license (2) : the territory involved in such a right

    3
    a : the right of membership in a professional sports league
    b : a team and its operating organization having such membership

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