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patfan: Sorry guys. I've lived on Kauai a very long time, and the chicken population absolutely needs thinning. I run a restaurant, and they jump on the tables, poop everywhere, and carry salmonella. ...... Mitch Spector: Yep, it's indeed very much GONE. Made one final pass by this morning (November 5th) to check things out and it's not what I saw, but what I didn't see that caught my attention! It's...... Alan Kupperberg: Richie, I've gotta admit I have no affection for organ meats, except for chopped liver. So lungen stew doesn't sound appealing to me.
Your family's recipe for kishke sounds like "moider!" I...... zagg: If I remember (I re-looked once, and I'll check again next time I'm there) the brick has actually been spray painted to look like that. I go to the diner (Cromwell Restaurant) across the...... Mitch Spector: Today was demolition day--Saturday, November 1st. I went by 8:30am this morning yet apart from more bricks removed, it was still standing. When I visited the site again, by late afternoon, they had torn down...... Mitch Spector: And here's the final weekly update, taken the morning of October 30th. This will likely be the last picture of the building standing (incidentally, ignore what I said about the windows yesterday, I was...... Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories
By Alan Kupperberg
Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for...... Mitch Spector: I saw them removing the bricks from the roof-level last week (didn't have my camera with me though). I wonder if they plan on removing ALL the bricks or just some, and what the purpose...... Mitch Spector: Here's another weekly photo update, taken on the very cold morning of October 22th. The building is starting to look less recognizable as they continue to de-construct it. My guess is the next photos I'll...... Frank Sulman\\\'s: Just Google Ben's Restaurant on the net. ... Jules: Okay....BORING is the reason my husband and I left Jacksonville in July '06. We did everything a modern Metropolitan couple could do. We lived on the river, we had season tickets with the...... Frank Sulman's: Dear fellow people of Montreal City, it is sad to see that we are losing a great piece of history and landmark Bens Restaurant.
It was brought to my attention at a meeting this summer that...... Mitch Spector: These photos were taken during the early morning of October 5th. Despite the former restaurant site still, for the moment, standing, it is an interesting contrast when comparing the photos (above) from 6 months earlier.
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The...... Bosley: Don't forget the "Patio"movie theater, on Flatbush Avenue, across from the 711 Chinese restaurants. I think it belonged to the "Century" chain. Before the Patio apartments were built on the site, I loved to walk...... Mitch: Well, sorry to say the dreaded day has finally come! This afternoon (September 25th) demolition was started. The bay windows have been covered from with orange plastic sheeting from the inside, and there's a barrier...... Hello, Brooklyn: Please dont come to Brooklyn... Please stay wherever it is you live if you're going to post dumbass questions like "Is Brooklyn safe for a pretty young girl?"
Please, please, please do all of us a...... hey: Yre's is not a haitian restaurant! It's AFRICAN!... Sam: I have tried in vain to find Nancy Fox, just to see if she is still around, do you ever see her? Do you remember Sandy..she didn't hang around with us, but she and I...... BushwickBaBY08: i live in Bushwick..right on Knickbocker Ave.btw.Jefferson n Troutman..well to start it off.. Bushwick needes to be shut down..its full of 14-16 yer old girls whom are pregnate..thats so uncalled for..but what can we do...... kls: My husband and I have lived in Humboldt Park for 4 years since moving to Chicago from Guatemala. I cannot think of a better compromise for us both. I love being near the shops...... LUCKY: hairsy ...... A: Jacksonville is a really nice place to live compared to a lot of places in the country.
There are really only 3 good public high schools...... J Sears: What a surprise! I wish someone would do a before and after as was suggested. I used to live in Montreal and probably wouldn't recognize it anymore. I heard that Ben's, Ruby...... serlingrod: Here’s a list of contact numbers for city services…..
##NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES##
City Hall Operator 215.686.1776
Abandoned Car (Automated Service) 215.683.2278
Abandoned Car Supervisor 215.685.9500
Barking Dogs, PAACA 215.685.9040
Citizen Crime Commission 215.546.TIPS
Illegal Dumping (Neighborhood Services) 215.685.3097
Nuisance Bar, Underage Drinking 215.726.6200
Public...... river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and...... CE: The city has approved the demolition as of last night.
[[http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/06/04/qc-bensrestaurant0504.html]]... Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot!
A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo.
[[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]]
by Adam Enright
I was thrilled to read about...... JoeyD: Not all of Babes Family are as mechanically inclined as babe himself is... his brother Pedro for example decided to go into the restaurant business.
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All work and "no Play" would make babe a...... mike: re: the nose pic
Its a restaurant. It's awesome. brought tears to my eyes. Isn't cheap but it's worth it.... CartLegger: Yes. this is a fine spot, an old fashioned joint that is the oldest continuously operating restaurant in Chinatown. It always looks empty, but you feel like a real important customer with undending offers of...... Jennifer and Jasper: I highly suggest everyone see the film "Sharkwater." Sharks are on the brink of extinction because of the demand for Shark Fin soup. Sharks are a vital part of the delicate ecosytem of the ocean....... You are an idiot.: Of course you would show the picture of the crappiest hotel in the city to try and prove your point. "Passing through" does not give you enough taste of a city, especially one as interesting...... Peter: great post! i added all these images to the [[wiki:Bens De Luxe Delicatessen & Restaurant]] wiki page, and listed you as author. though it didnt seem to be able to find you as an author...... Lefty: E John btwn Broadway and 10th. Just past the Ethiopian restaurant. ... Lefty: In college, I used to eat my hangover pho at Thanh Vi on the Ave. Also where I saw my first cockroach. Don't eat there much anymore.
That space used to be a Mexican-ish restaurant...... caiyuemei: i didn't think than brothers (university branch) was that bad, taste-wise, but their menu is pretty limited (no appetizers, thus no spring rolls :'( ), and if you're eating past nine (or whenever the restaurant...... Pho Phreak: [[img:26226]]
The place at 14th and Jackson is Pho Bac, I believe. It is, actually, pretty damn good, though I don't go there often, for some reason. Old habits die hard, I guess.
[[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/GetOut?restaurant=24422]]... Pierre: Yre's is the best chicken I ever tasted. It was a real treat to get some when I lived in Gloucester. Unfortunately, I moved 70 km east of Ottawa. I haven't been to Charlotte St....... coolopolis.blogspot.com: Photos were all taken from the Maritime Plaza Hotel, northwest corner of Guy and Dorchester (the latter street has since been renamed after a cursed separatist politician). The third photo is of the Desjardins seafood...... anon 2: This is a bit of a late response, but for people who wander across this later.... I grew up in New York City and San Francisco. When I was in Las Vegas, I made a...... hrisSpencer of 45th: I recall my younger days on this street I;m only 21 but I vivdly recall that restaurant, I remem ber, that whole strip was burned down in the late 90's (January 1st 1998) to be...... Ellen: Oh what memories!!!!!!.My grandparents lived at 1102 Eastern PKWY and my Grandpa had a tailor shop on Utica right around the corner. I spent every Saturday afternooon of my childhood there- with all my aunts,...... Stan: Hi Janet:
It dawns on me that the bakery is where the Famous restaurant was originally located. They probably kept the name because of it.
Oooh what I wouldn't do for one of those rolls now. There's...... janet: Hi Stan—and all you 167 alums out there—The beautiful public library in classical style on Schenectady & Eastern Parkway was a place to visit, to use, but for me not to hang out in and...... janet: I moved from St. Johns Place between Schenectady & Troy to St. Johns & Albany in early 50's and boarded IRT to Manhattan at Kingston. Wish I could remember Famous Restaurant on Schenectady,...... Stan: Graduated 167 in '43. Lived on Eastern Parkway then Albany between Lincoln Place and St. Johns. Mr. Lodato was principal, Ass't principal was Mrs. Cohen (with the red wig). Mr. Allen taught science and Mr....... Terry: I love that the original complaints and pics from this person come from the closest and cheapest CHAIN restaurants and hotels to the exit ramp off the highway. I dont like Dennys so I...... EvilGentleman: I was living in the Arctic when the restaurant burned down, but I will always remember it. It's the spot where I stood and watched my present-day wife head off to her classes in a...... Kryss: The restaurant burnt down for the last time in '98, a week or two before the ice storm hit us hard. My mom and I watched the firemen putting the last of the fire out....... janet: Dubrows on Eastern P’kway, just off Utica: the name was set in big art deco letters (red neon?). Inside, cafeteria style. with big windows, a cashier that you gave a punched card to.. Was...... Len Lipner: Note to Marcia Halperin: I remember the creamed spinach at Dubrow's, best in the world, along with the rice pudding. They had another more upscale restaurant, Dubsons ("Dubrow's Sons"). somewhere around Franklin Avenue I think....... EvilGentleman: The areas bordering Verdun are pretty much the same, as well.
Pointe-Saint-Charles, east of Verdun, is historically Irish, and today is a mixed community where English is not a problem.
Ville-Emard, to the north of Verdun, has...... Helen Blitzer: These posts are great. Janet Grayson-I remember Dubrows very well, with a lot of characters eating there. I lived at 1285 Lincoln Pl. corner Schenectady, went to ps 167; remember pickel store; Principal...... Ezera: Stepha, The "711" Chinese restaurant I think was on Flatbush Avenue, directly across from the Patio movie theater.
I also remember McGovern's bar near St. John's place had a nice steak & chop section. During the...... janet grayson: Anyone attend P.S. 167 (Mr. Lodato, principal)? Lincoln Terrace sometimes opened its skating rink (but almost never when I got there); Dubrows (directly across Eastern Parkway from St. Matthews RC Church) was a favorite--then they...... stepha: the roller rink!!!!! wood wheels, wood floor, i remember, also- the empire chevrolet dealership at empire, utica and remson, art deco interior. anybody remember where a chinese restaurant named 711...... UpFromFlames: Nice Shots!
And hey, Yer father in from Bushwick!Is he from the unit they are renovating inthe shot? Maybe its even part of the city's latest [[6459: Urban Renewal project]] there? Also, the house with the...... t-rex: to whomever said the following --
##Hutch has some excellent restaurants,many to choose from,excellent mexican food restaurants,Bar BQ,chinese,you name it##
you made me laugh. did you read ##any## of this thread? no? and here you are, ignoring...... Hutch Ho: Hutch isn't all that bad. No worse than any other city. It has it's problems,but what town or city doesn't. The downtown renovation is nice,Ave.A park is nice,the antique district is totally cool, Smith's market...... mushi: It looks like something might be opening up next to Northeast Kingdom. I noticed this morning that the security gate was up on the storefront next to the restaurant. That is very promising!... Peter: awesome... {abe stark} and {child's restaurant}!... sisters birthday: Eric and Maxine were married on the 11th May 1959 and Eric Broome had lived at 86, Silver Street, Irlam. Eric worked at the Irlam Council Offices as a clerk before moving to a...... Jane: I saw a nice a condo in Bushwick. It was located in between Montrose and Morgan stops on L train line. The major cross sections are Flushing and Bushwick. The apartment was...... Fattfree: The house on one side of us has a pool (racoon's drinking fountain/bath). On the other side the neighbor feeds squirrels, birds, etc.(their "restaurant"). So our yard was the "bathroom". Last year,...... Gary: Much of what I read here reminds of comments about what gentlemen the German officers were in restaurants after they had invaded France! Listen here: The Hells Angels, each and every...... Robert Moss: I hear that it's going to be turned into a hotel to open in February. They're going to have a nice restaurant inside as well. I'm just glad that they're allowing for some history to...... JOEY TPA - THE PUBLIC ANIIMALS: I used to eat at the Childs restaurants. There was one up by Columbus Circle where I spent a lot of my youth.[[img:24194]] Here's a shot of the boardwalk leading up to the Child's building...... Peter: the above-mentioned post on {Child's Restaurant} is [[7409:here]], by the way...... webmd: I think the fact that it stands by itself, is shuttered up and clearly not in use (or much use) its what is most ugly about it. And yet, not far is that really cool,...... jack: wonderful picture. scary and there may even be ghosts lingering about. i'd like to buy it and open a restaurant in there.... jack: thank you barry, as i looked at the first pic i said to myself that you probably took it on a sunday morning and then to my delight i spotted the sun bathers on the...... D. Smokey: I just returned from Kauai yesterday and I thought the chickens were a hoot. There are definatley more colorful than the ones I've seen here on the mainland. I was suprised that I...... jeeff: ah, great. this is one of my favourite places in tokyo. lots of good restaurants and hang-outs. i lived two stops east at asakusa.... little ukraine: i see nobody has given this a stab yet so... here goes...
first of all, congratulations for having the initiative to save up a lot of money, because it is first and foremost what you will...... Big Momma Becky: I am going to straddle the fence,so to speak,about my hometown,which happens to be Hutch. I am a middle aged woman,so someone younger might not have my same opinion,which is understandable. I have lived here...... Bushwick Girl: My Bushwick...I love this neighborhood. I've been in the bush since 1988 I migrated here when I was 8 yrs old. Back then I was too young to understand what was really happening in this...... EvilGentleman: The fire was at an Indian restaurant a block to the east, but there was no fire, smoke or damage visible from the street.... Popeye & Maniac: Too many rats in humboldt park... I saw one run across the floor in a restaurant 2 days ago... I thought you guys were clean?... CE: It's a pedestrian street. Cars can travel across it at intersections but they're mostly narrow one-way streets so not much traffic travels across the street. Cafe and restaurant terraces spill out onto the...... Tony T: Reading through all of these posts brings up a mixed bag of emotions. Like many here, I left Bushwick years ago (16 years ago actually). Japan is my home now, and it is a far...... CartLegger: Yeah, man. I love my in-laws.
I could post lots of the places they've gotten me into, from hotels to restaurants to b'way shows. Wise of you to marry in such a direction. And fun!...... CraigDeco: Your photos are awesome, and really catch the feeling of this unusual area. It's really ready to change to the next hip area- it's close to just about everything.
Love 'Ridge Avenue'- is this Ridge,13th and...... Tehoke: This picture seems to be taken about 5 blocks west of The Sun Life building, from an upper floor of what is now the Quality Inn on Crescent Street or More likely the building that...... RickC: I stand corrected. Paul got whacked in the city. I used to love getting pizza at that restaurant. Back then only italians hung out on that part of knickerbocker. I wonder if any of the...... upfromflames: I think you mean Carmine Galante--boy, is that a great story! 205 Knickerbocker Ave. at Joe and Mary's Italian Restaurant. ... RickC: Bushwick and Troutman?? Based on your personal info, I would keep looking. The area still can be scarey at that time of night. You did a good job upfromtehflames. I got the post card you...... Kari: What amazes me, seriously, is that this debate isn't just about Norman. It's about the sameness that we have spread across the US. The original set of photographs, honestly, could have been taken...... zagg: Because of that one comment, I will guess around 50. Was it either Cosmos or ferenzes? (you probably won't remember, but I ask anyway)
You went to Sarnia and had your first pizza.
I...... lozenge: The Hare Krishna restaurant "Govindas", is at 9 Soho Street, W1D 3DL (between Soho Square and Oxford Street). Cheap and always delicious.
http://iskcon-london.org/govindas/index.html ... zagg: I plan on going there in June. I go to Paddy's - the Sarnia restaurant in the same family.... EvilGentleman: Here is where the picture was shot. The restaurant is long gone, replaced by the "Twins Pub". The bench was in front of the supermarket on the N side of the intersection.
[[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&t=k&om=1&ll=45.491867,-73.581501&spn=0.001831,0.003616&z=18]]... Frank S. Besner: Yeah, I say watch out, Evil. I used to love 'Taib, too. Unfortunately, that all changed the last time I was there. I noticed a cockroach walking rather conspicuously around on the cash register. Now,...... dfwtiger: Actually, the 5th one ...beleive it or not....is the inside of a restaurant downtown.... zilep: Bought a house in the heart of Bushwick- on Central avenue and Cornelia streets (one of those cookie cutter homes with all the meters showing- you know the ones the BROWNSTONER people love to hate)....... zinzee: For those of you looking to move here:
I live in Bushwick off of the Jefferson L. I'm one block from the L train. I really do enjoy the neighborhood. I did get...... SCAM28: Yeah a lot had to be done after the war and actually they've just started to rebuild a lot of the bordering towns around Berlin that used to belong to East Germany in the last...... WhereAmI?: In the picture W7, you're looking north over the Cambie Street Bridge at the Downtown core. The big white bubble on the far right is BC Place Stadium, where the BC Lions football team plays....... EvilGentleman: Looks like a pretty normal day of snow, fog and smog to me. You know, I never noticed the revolving restaurant on top of the Delta before. I wonder how I could have missed that?...... Carioca: The first one: "right outside the nice touristy restaurant"
...nice touristy restaurant ???!!!
In what part of Rio? Favela, maybe.
Why does every tourist is so fascinated by Favelas ??... Nancy D'Elia: Good grief indeed, Mr. Wilson. How would you explain all the business names of restaurants in New York or in Montreal for that matter that have Italian names in them?I realized that some people might......
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