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Carnivore
“Way Too Incestial”
Joined: 14 Apr 2005
Posts: 2036
Location: St. Johns Pl and Underhill

Mrs. C and I just went (thanks for the ride, Armchair Warrior!). The selection is really good and the prices are a mixed bag- some amazing, like $5.99/lb for jumbo shrimp, some meh, like De Cecco pasta for $1.59 when you can get it for $1.39 from FreshDirect.

The place is kind of poorly laid out, so there’s no obvious path to take that will take you through every section. You really have to wander around.

fairway photo Originally uploaded by David Prince.

Also, the staff definitely doesn’t know about what they’re selling yet. Example- at the deli counter, I tried ordering Mortadella, but the woman had no idea what I was talking about. After several minutes, which involved her getting her supervisor, she pulled out a shriveled brown piece that looked like it had to have been sitting there longer than the place has been open. Needless to say, I didn’t want it.

Then I tried asking for Serrano ham and was met with a blank stare. “You mean Virginia ham?” I wound up not getting anything from the deli section. They also don’t have the giant walk-in meat cooler section like the Harlem store.Overall, a great place to have around, but much room for improvement.

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teddyballgame
Regular

Joined: 21 Aug 2005
Posts: 197
Location: lincoln and underhill

“Saba, the bodega right outside my apartment, on Underhill between Eastern Parkway and St. John’s next to Sepia, is… umm… dare i say… showing signs of gentrification… About a month ago, they cleaned up the place a bunch, got a nice new counter, and got a grill. Then, last week, they started carrying Odwalla products and Honest Tea. Regardless, it’s a pretty good bodega.”

Bodega Poll: Prospect Heights Message Boards

Some people in Prospect Heights avoid shopping at the corner bodega because they think it’s more expensive than making the trek to Key/Met Foods or a chain drug store. Not so! Case in point: the Rite Aid on 7th Ave. recently charged almost 3 dollars for 2 16-oz. bottles of seltzer; whereas the typical bodega here charges $1 per bottle. So that’s a 50% premium. Ditto with pet food, coffee, milk, eggs… what’s your experience? Please discuss. And take a look at the price tag next time you buy.

PICTURED: Josh Goldstein of BodegaNYC.com sent us this picture of himself standing in front of Espinal Grocery at the corner of Sterling Pl. and Underhill Ave.

Rhodamine reports: “Looks like the C-Town on Washington (bet. Park and Prospect) has just decided to scrap the lunch meats section in favor of TONS OF BEER. Take that, meat! Time to go to C-Town and get tipsy!”

Is it 5 p.m. yet?

(And what are these guys thinking, anyway? There’s about 300 places on Washington Ave. to buy booze, not to mention the new-ish beer distributor down the street…)

Found over on finslippy, possibly the funniest blog in all of Prospect Heights:

“There’s a new cashier at the Met Food (on Vanderbilt Ave.), and this woman is One Cranky-Ass Bitch. She’s a middle-aged woman with badly dyed red hair and a thick Russian accent. She scowls at every item that rolls towards her, and then regards me with an icy stare and spits, ‘Give me $35.17,’ like she’s mugging me. And oh, when I tell her I’m going to use my debit card! The sighing and the rolling of the eyes! ‘Cash back?’ she growls, and then looks at me like God help you if you say yes.”

“So of course, I’ve been trying to make her my friend…”

LINK: Why I Should Probably Be Back in Therapy [finslippy]