
[440 E. 14th St., at last look]
At last look, workers had stripped away the facade at 440 E. 14th St. near Avenue A, where a Domino's Pizza is being delivered…
Yesterday, an EVG reader noted that the interior demolition is underway…

The space was previously home to the 99-Cent Discount Center.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Interesting new business opening on East 14th Street
Work continues at interesting new business coming to East 14th Street
The bros at Stuy Dorms will keep them swimming in cash.
ReplyDeleteDomi-no thanks
ReplyDeleteBleah the last thing we need...
ReplyDeleteI'm a gambling woman (not really) and I'm putting my money on this store failing spectacularly. Dominos seems so .. dated? And we already have Muzzarella, Motorino, Vinny Vincenzs, and Artichoke a stone's throw away. No one wants Dominos, even frat idiots. I give this place six months. PS, I miss the card store :(
ReplyDeleteI never thought the Pappa John's on 1st Avenue would last either. And anybody stupid enough to eat at either one of those dumps deserves a special place on my shit list.
ReplyDeleteDominos and other chain pizza places are popular with lower-income people. They'll do an insane amount of business with delivery out of this place since they give like 47 pizzas + breadsticks + a choco-taco + the kitchen sink for about $15.
ReplyDeleteI thought the same about the Domino's (played out, can't last in NYC) until I found out that a chef friend of mine drunk dialed them all the time. Twenty years ago Domino's would get pretty much laughed out of here, but this is a vastly different NYC. Also given the proximity to Stuytown I expect this one to do very good business.
ReplyDelete12:08 you grossly overestimate the tastes of "frat idiots" IMO. I live in Stuytown, I know exactly what I am talking about.
ReplyDeleteI still miss Pete's-A-Place. Best trad slice around.
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for New Herbal World next door. They do down to business affordable acupuncture and massages but with the construction noise from next door it's an extremely unsettling experience. I hope they can survive the arrival of their new bullshit garbage slinging neighbors.
ReplyDeleteThis is great for them; most of their deliveries will be right upstairs.
ReplyDeleteI worked at the first Domino's on Cooper Square when they first opened, and we got quite a few calls from people asking us to deliver to Stuyvesant Oval, so we eventually had to expand our delivery area to there.
Sadly enough, these guys will do a land-office business; there are lots of people in the city who want shitty pizza.
@9:50: Agreed, and I'll add:
ReplyDeleteDomiNO-WAY IN HELL.