Lil’ thread today on Chowhound about India Palace on Vanderbilt Ave. Thanks to dirtgirl for the kind words about DAILY HEIGHTS’ Review/deconstruction of Traditional Indian Salad.
Still no details on the anti-Americanism ban of Haifa on Flatbush, but we haven’t given up hope yet.
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[Source: Brooklyn Downtown Star print edition]
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Ninety days is just about the perfect amount of time to determine whether you want to (1) stay with Typepad, which will cost you $4.95 or more a month, or (2) like we did, get your own server space and install Movable Type, the powerful (though far from perfect! argh!) engine behind Typepad. Movable Type costs up to $99, depending on the type of license, or FREE if you are willing to forge ahead without the help of Six Apart’s surprisingly knowledgeable and helpful technical support people.
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Here on the dailyheights.com message boards, we have already learned that the beer is cheap, the cocktails are strong, the food is at least decent, and if you don’t pay your rent, allegedly, you may get your door drilled shut while you’re sleeping.
Now, careful reader Laura B points DAILYHEIGHTS regulars to the latest revelations: “Did you notice this fascinating bit of information in a recent Chowhound post about the new restaurant Beast: “The bartender told us that the place used to be a Black Panther bar during the 70s. According to her, the FBI shut it down, and when the owner of Beast first began renovations she found shell casings in the cash register and ancient Rheingold cans scattered on the floor…”
[Photo: Michelle Vignes]
UPDATE: According to the latest anonymous post on the lengthy Beast Bar thread on the message boards, there’s a quarter-page-with-photo write-up of Beast in Time Out New York, and “I hear that Zagat Brooklyn has also contacted you…”
An Englishman in New York reports: “So there I am, happily typing away when I hear a clip-clopping outside the window. It’s only a bloody cowboy riding down the street.”
In this Chowhound Outer Boroughs thread about the former Peralta’s supermarket becoming a restaurant, area woman jen kalb dropped the bombshell–without further explanation–that the Flatbush Ave. bodega known as Haifa Halal is “under ban for anti-americanism, not to mention past-date dairy products.”
What could be anti-American about this modest family operation? DAILYHEIGHTS contributor Quig pointed out recently that selling postdated merchandise is a long-standing American tradition.
On the other hand, I’m sure the U.S. Processed Food Coalition is not happy with Haifa’s decision to dedicate nearly 14 feet of shelf space to Al Wadi-Al Akhdar products from Beirut, Lebanon. The occupation includes chickpea-dip-in-a-can, which costs only $1.00 and is currently under scrutiny as a potential Hummus of Mass Deliciousness).
But is there any actual freedom-hating going on here? Is it a misunderstanding? A reaction to Haifa’s shoddy, thin plastic bags that can’t even withstand 380 grams of Lebanese hommos tahina? Is it a widespread ban, or more limited in scope–say, limited to a few PH residents who, out of patriotism, are now walking an extra block or so to get milk for their coffee?
DH sought further explanation over at Chowhound, but there was no reply. As Matt Drudge would say, Developing…
Haifa Food Market, Inc. | 263 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11217. 718-783-3346.
SEE ALSO: Former Peralta’s to Become Restaurant? [DAILYHEIGHTS]