tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post6894152750043753818..comments2024-03-28T16:06:42.424-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: UPDATED: Pinky's Space is closed for now 2 weeks after the city removes its curbside structure on 1st StreetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-23606763420382630162022-11-15T19:07:59.379-05:002022-11-15T19:07:59.379-05:00Everyone deserves to be able to run an independent...Everyone deserves to be able to run an independent business, but Pinnky's never had a business or sold any food and drink. <br /><br />It was not an "art space" or a "chill hang out spot". It was an unsupervised open shed that encouraged a very late night crowd to gather at until 7 or 8am three or four nights a week with the resulting noise (music, motorbikes) and late-night behavior (peeing and worse). <br /><br />People on the street were scared to walk past the space in the mornings. If the owners cared about their so-called legitimate business they would have stopped the after-parties back in 2020.<br /><br />No one living on the block is sad that the shed came down.<br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9824532789232521782022-11-13T00:55:46.262-05:002022-11-13T00:55:46.262-05:00I like watching their live stream. He's always...I like watching their live stream. He's always there tell anyone who'll listen the story, and shuffling plants around. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-32517552587375577762022-11-11T12:50:17.496-05:002022-11-11T12:50:17.496-05:00Have you looked inside restaurants in the neighbor...Have you looked inside restaurants in the neighborhood lately? All packed to the rafters. 95% of the population have moved on from the pandemic. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-32932978985850933452022-11-10T20:57:06.406-05:002022-11-10T20:57:06.406-05:00While I normally have sympathy for small NYC shops...While I normally have sympathy for small NYC shops and business, at this point have zero sympathy for restaurants which have benefited from free outdoor space, Federal Covid relief monies, some GoFund Me, and most recently Take Out drinks.<br /><br />And many new restaurants opening and getting more free space. Not everything can be a restaurant. In fact, with so many restaurants, there is cannibalization.<br /><br /><br />None of this has been fair.<br />Small stores (many facing high rent, ecommerce, crime) have gotten no help. <br />Some landlords are jacking up rent for stores or pushing stores out as landlords seek restaurants willing to pay higher rent.<br /><br /><br />And even some restaurants not well situated (hydrant, bus stop) could not use sidewalk or other space.<br /><br />The restaurant shacks need to go. <br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-39809632349411776302022-11-09T21:10:22.445-05:002022-11-09T21:10:22.445-05:00Because a lot of people will still not go indoors ...Because a lot of people will still not go indoors for food and drinks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-25764374809664139802022-11-09T20:49:33.306-05:002022-11-09T20:49:33.306-05:00@NOTORIOUS – I live right by Pinky's... they a...@NOTORIOUS – I live right by Pinky's... they absolutely were noise polluting. Frequently played loud music and partied through the entire night until even 9AM the next morning. I know quite a few folks would call 311 b/c of itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-15209911976426657462022-11-09T20:40:28.539-05:002022-11-09T20:40:28.539-05:00Appreciate that update, which IMO indicates that t...Appreciate that update, which IMO indicates that the owners have been talking out of both sides of their mouth. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-15272762709039843162022-11-09T18:13:42.120-05:002022-11-09T18:13:42.120-05:00They should learn to work with their original
ind...They should learn to work with their original <br />indoor space. That’s what they chose when <br />they first agreed to their original lease. If <br />the business is not viable so be it. I don’t wish them <br />bad but the city doesn’t owe you this free <br />outdoor space, at everybody else’s expense.Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02916646499036306965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-37081549040034656282022-11-09T11:51:05.545-05:002022-11-09T11:51:05.545-05:00The comments here are so harsh, you know the owner...The comments here are so harsh, you know the owners are actual people with feelings who are going to read them, correct? I walked by their dining shed several times a day, mornings, late nights, and it was never a noise polluting attack on anyone's mental health. <br /><br />These sheds should not be a permanent thing but at least work with people so in cases like this, they can save their plants, art, and decor.NOTORIOUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03108784739330468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69193089439680122692022-11-09T11:15:51.887-05:002022-11-09T11:15:51.887-05:00@10:47 AM I was thinking the same thing about the ...@10:47 AM I was thinking the same thing about the bogus "90% of our revenue" thang. According to the linked EVG article, Pinky's opened in Jan of 2018. That means for 2+ years 100% of their business had nothing to do with "roadside dining." How exactly did they survive for those 2 years?BushwickGrillClubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08518208455073537726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-16916750517177267182022-11-09T10:47:44.860-05:002022-11-09T10:47:44.860-05:00The place was very pretty indeed. But where did yo...The place was very pretty indeed. But where did your revenue come from pre pandemic sheds then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-82231924976351581822022-11-09T10:21:01.391-05:002022-11-09T10:21:01.391-05:00Sue the hand which gave you 500 square ft of "...Sue the hand which gave you 500 square ft of "free" space at the expense of your neighbors mental health. You nor any other restaurant is entitles to take over public space indefinitely.noble neolanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721532867336440260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-77817306672418748542022-11-09T08:42:11.134-05:002022-11-09T08:42:11.134-05:00Uh, first she claimed the shed cost $25K, but *now...Uh, first she claimed the shed cost $25K, but *now* she says it cost $50K. IMO, smells like someone's lying.<br /><br />And we KNOW she's lying about "oh, I had no idea" and claiming "it was up to code" because if you look at the warnings she got from the city (which were cited at length in another article's comment section about Pinky's), she was well aware that the shed was very much out-of-compliance.<br /><br />If (as they claim) "90%" of business was from "roadway dining" then they did not have a viable business model.<br /><br />So now OF COURSE the owners are going to sue the city for the failures of the owners.<br /><br />For people who claim they're broke, they seem to have money for lawyers and extended lawsuits.<br /><br />I personally don't believe any of what these owners say. But they sure are good at whining about their self-inflicted woes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com