Wise Guys

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Waiting for BBQ on Underhill Ave.

Concept from the Future: Sidewalk Cafe on Flatbush Ave.

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Who would have thought it possible?

Imagine going way back in time to 1996 and trying to explain the concept “Sidewalk cafe on Flatbush” to a Brooklynian of that Bygone era … Is it possible? Can those words be used together in the same sentence and in that order??

Now imagine explaining the concept over the din of Flatbush lunch hour traffic… Sidewalk WHAT? And it’s WHERE? Speak up, sonny.

To be fair about the noise… if you close your eyes, you can almost imagine the ebb and flow of an ocean… An ocean with 300-decibel waves, a chorus of mermaids laying on the horn, and schools of teenage dolphins that amble about, communicating with each other in a complex and creative array of shouted profanities.

This pic was taken at 11:30 on a Saturday, which was probably a bit too early for the lunchtime burrito crowd.

Enjoy Espinal

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One of PH’s bodegas.

It’s Temporarily

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Looks like it will be 2 weeks (or more?) until alcoholic beverages are allowed again outside at Soda bar on Vanderbilt. Everyone we’ve talked to say that Soda’s neighbors have become keenly interested in ensuring that the bar comply with city permitting requirements, but we haven’t yet heard the official word. Wasn’t there a similar situation in Cobble Hill last year?

If there’s any news on this, it will show up in this thread in the Prospect Heights Message Boards.