A Good Sign: Met Food
I saw this small, old Met Food sign in Greenpoint. Kinda cute and bouncy, dontcha think? Probably their look in the 1970s, from the style of it.
31 January 2009
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
The original, running Jeremiad on the vestiges of Old New York as they are steamrolled under or threatened by the currently ruthless real estate market and the City Fathers' disregard for Gotham's historical and cultural fabric. Est. January 2006.
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
4 comments:
there used to be a met food on jamaica ave between 169th and 179th st in queens, they were a small chain store-- 2 of the guys I knew growing up were stock boys. used to visit --nice memory. nice to see the sign again. thanks.
I grew up in the Bronx, White Plains Rd and Gun Hill Rd, and there was a Met a couple of blocks away. One of my friends worked there after school as a cashier. Just found your blog, brought back memories. Thank you.
That's the sign! That goes back to probably the 60's and beyond, I remember that sign growing up in the Bronx in the 1950's.
Met Food is still around. They have 2200 stores now and we are one of their newest suppliers.
The Met Food on the corner of Driggs Ave. and Russell St. hasn't been there that long. This was formerly the Winthrop Theater, named after the park across the street. The theater closed in 1959; and, in 1961, an A&P supermarket opened there. It closed around 1988-9. Met Food took over the space in the mid 1990's.
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