Did anybody go to the Al Sharpton pep rally (going on right now, actually) at Underhill & Sterling? I was just there 5 minutes ago. Got there just in time to hear him introduce the Honorable William C. Thompson (New York City Comptroller). The program I have here says that Sharpton follows Thompson, so maybe if you hurry, you can catch his keynote remarks.

The audience is about 90% black, maybe 5% Hispanic. Most of the Caucasians in attendance looked like they were media (not exaggerating). The crowd is pretty thin… It is definitely NOT standing room only… Duryea Presbyterian is a small church and there’s still enough room to fit double the crowd.

I also got another copy of The Brooklyn Standard thrust at me.

Exclusive! Where to begin? How about June 25, when sje shocked us all with the news that Flatbush BBQ joint Mama Duke’s was shutting down. An anonymous Guest poster then suggested that the owners might be looking to reopen on Vanderbilt Ave., and stated, quite provocatively, a completely unsubstantiated rumor that “The reason they are leaving is because that predator/slum lord Pintchick raised their rent from 5k to 7k.”

Now, in the “Flatbush BBQ Scene in Crisis” thread, Matthew Pintchik himself advances the story:

“For the record, during the month of June 2005, Mrs. Janice Combs asked PINTCHIK if we would permit her to break her lease at the restaurant. The lease was not up until February of 2006 ! Quite frankly we were dissapointed that she wanted to close … At NO time was there ever a discussion about a lease renewal …”

“When a reporter recently visited our office from a local paper [hmm… wonder where they got the lead? -ed.], she verified the facts. The reporter explained that since Mrs. Combs closed the restaurant for reasons not relating to the rent or her landlord, there probably would not be a story written. Too bad ! I would have enjoyed having the facts published. I felt that since this posting was an outright lie I would respond. “It’s sad that some people have nothing to do but make up garbage.”

[We called Pintchik and talked to Matthew - he confirmed it was in fact him who posted these comments to Daily Heights.]

Developing…

LINK:
Flatbush BBQ Scene in Crisis [Daily Heights]

Recent entries on the 19th Century Blog (their term for it) at Beast bar and restaurant on Vanderbilt Ave.
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“the cold wind bit viciously at the
at the naked breast. damn it is hot in hee. There was an angry whore at the door
charming the bartender. The sticky humid atmosphe e is clinging to my skin.
I hate the suffocatin air. Why Oh Why isitso dam hot in here.”

“If you want your darling baby back in your arms. Bring 2 million dollars to the
west side pier. Com alone. If I even smell a pg. That b aby will cry no more.”

“yes it is hot in here, when it is gay pride weekend, why is it empty.
I love this place.”

“thus is th e weekend to b e surrounded by xxxxxx beautiful women. Where are
allofthebeautifùl women? xx xx I am proud to be a same-sex gender lving woman.
Whe re are the dykesxxKkxx on bike s?”

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