tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post2502201997020169312..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: St. Clair, Smith Street's Oldest Tenant, Gone for GoodBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-10528162416114597152013-05-03T12:52:45.451-07:002013-05-03T12:52:45.451-07:00Then don't patronize the new business.Then don't patronize the new business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-13485037191048445642013-04-04T10:17:51.837-07:002013-04-04T10:17:51.837-07:00If LICH closes, as expected, retail might not be t...If LICH closes, as expected, retail might not be the best use for that spot.Mitchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-10187355588755718952013-04-03T13:33:51.012-07:002013-04-03T13:33:51.012-07:00Most places in the city seem to go through a zombi...Most places in the city seem to go through a zombie phase before they finally close, when there still is an establishment of the same name at the same location as the old loved establishment, but what made the old place attractive just isn't there. Hence the "New" St. Claire.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-21465873628695208202013-04-03T08:35:57.675-07:002013-04-03T08:35:57.675-07:00Back in the day, early to mid-90s I guess, me and ...Back in the day, early to mid-90s I guess, me and my pack of friends ALWAYS went there on Saturday and Sunday mornings after a loooooong night at the Brooklyn Inn. Betsy, the waitress, didn't even have to ask. She just brought us poor hungover fools our coffee. Food was perfectly priced, the place was just, well, perfect. Hated the redo. Only went there once after that. No Betsy and high prices. Never went back.Roxhttp://huppytheanarchist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-9300562279700448132013-04-02T16:45:18.647-07:002013-04-02T16:45:18.647-07:00Same deal re the "Chemists" neoni sign o...Same deal re the "Chemists" neoni sign on 7th near Greenwich. It's been multiple businesses, but that neon sign is still under the new sign. Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-35505917768140641572013-04-02T14:28:14.741-07:002013-04-02T14:28:14.741-07:00The old St. Clair was my favorite place in the nei...The old St. Clair was my favorite place in the neighborhood after moving to Boerum Hill in 2006. The food came out faster than you could believe, the waitresses were surly old Hungarian women, and every booth had a coat rack. It was perfect. When Spiro bought it - the folks from Carroll Gardens Diner, which is overpriced and bad - and renamed it the "New St. Clair," as if anything was wrong with the old version, and gutted it and jazzed up the menu and the interior and jacked up the prices, I considered it dead then, and have never gone back. It was the first I saw of Bloomberg's NYC scraping away all its charm.Ryan Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-88416374465595054122013-04-02T13:33:33.504-07:002013-04-02T13:33:33.504-07:00I went to the St Clair in the mid eighties when I ...I went to the St Clair in the mid eighties when I lived on Pacific St. It was one of the few places, along with the Red Rose, where I didn't feel self conscious of not being of Italian descent. And I would only pick up pizza at the Red Rose. <br />I looked up the article about Lathem, memory, gentrification and Boerum Hill. It was great, thanks. Deirdrenoreply@blogger.com