tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post5754605646559415995..comments2024-03-17T09:55:57.029-07:00Comments on Lost City: Slaughter on Second (and First) AvenueBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-9645324032326397702007-06-06T19:36:00.000-07:002007-06-06T19:36:00.000-07:00B&H -- Better Health --- is a great Jewish dairy r...B&H -- Better Health --- is a great Jewish dairy restaurant which is a hole in the wall that still does a bustling business.<BR/><BR/>The last owner that was Jewish was a dentist who bought it 30 years ago when the closed for not paying taxes; he paid the back taxes, got it going again and then sold it. In the meantime Kiev opened with some of the same employees during that closing. <BR/><BR/>I believe that the place is owned by a Latino/Slavic couple; there is still a babushka in the back who bakes delicious challah with butter coated tops; and the soups and eggs are still top notch. I even had rice pudding there lately. Scrambled eggs are often called LEOs (Lox, Eggs and Onions); tips used to be called Junmbo Jackies but I don't know if the counter guys still use that term.Elissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02276928866905527469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-56809597519777973432007-06-06T19:27:00.000-07:002007-06-06T19:27:00.000-07:00Schacht's Appetizing had a guy named Max who was a...Schacht's Appetizing had a guy named Max who was a elderly Ukranian Jew who claimed to have been a sailor in the Kronsdadt Rebellion (1921). He sliced lox beautifully (arguably as well if not better than at Russ and Daughters) and he had an enourmously fat cat who he gave the best scraps too. For students such as we (in the 1970's) he would sell bags of the scraps to be used for cooking scrambled eggs. I loved talk to him in Yiddish but always had the impression that the cat got the best of the scraps. <BR/><BR/>Esther owned the store with her brother and had a hard life with an ill daughter. When they closed, another employee Motty tried to open his own appetizing store but did not succeed and spent years hanging around the cafe on Second Ave, near 6th Street where he could still talk to old customers.Elissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02276928866905527469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-23829888334661309372007-06-06T16:54:00.000-07:002007-06-06T16:54:00.000-07:00I just noticed a Bikes By George in Wburg, off the...I just noticed a Bikes By George in Wburg, off the Graham L stop. That's funny, I thought to myself, wow, they're branching out, but I guess the reality is they got shoved out to Brooklyn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-36759760260614700972007-06-05T10:59:00.000-07:002007-06-05T10:59:00.000-07:00ALT DOT COFFEE IS GONE! WAAHHHHHHH!!!ALT DOT COFFEE IS GONE! WAAHHHHHHH!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-91206283909203954492007-06-05T07:15:00.000-07:002007-06-05T07:15:00.000-07:00The Ninth Street Bakery is still here. I used to b...The Ninth Street Bakery is still here. I used to buy loaves there for a nickel in the 70's. Bikes by George on 12th, gone after 28 years -- his rent was hiked from 1500 to 9000. The Hewitt Memorial on 3rd Ave disappeared overnight. Cooper Union will build a huge glass-and-steel monster there. And Singer just got a decision in his favor from the Appellate Division to proceed with construction on the old Charas building, PS 164.robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114555618686460805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-23777268526157056312007-06-04T21:04:00.000-07:002007-06-04T21:04:00.000-07:00Bella Tile is still present after serving the comm...Bella Tile is still present after serving the community for 25 or more years now. I don't think they'll be going anywhere anytime soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-92093797185581979532007-06-04T13:06:00.000-07:002007-06-04T13:06:00.000-07:00don't forget the Ukrainian Sport Club on 2nd below...don't forget the Ukrainian Sport Club on 2nd below St. Marks. cheapest gigantic Ukrainian beers in the city. <BR/><BR/>and reading about kurowycky closing reminded me of interviewing the original owner for a story years ago. he told me "kurowycky" was pronounced "quart of whiskey."Michael Malone https://www.blogger.com/profile/08533589418275421663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-43986253501095384492007-06-04T10:31:00.000-07:002007-06-04T10:31:00.000-07:00Nightingales is still there isn't it? I saw the s...Nightingales is still there isn't it? I saw the spin doctors there on my prom night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-64480764463022238262007-06-04T09:45:00.000-07:002007-06-04T09:45:00.000-07:00Anonymous No. 4 (the nasty one): you're just nasty...Anonymous No. 4 (the nasty one): you're just nasty, and you obviously owned Moishe's or something. For the record, I love Moishe's and hope it stays there forever. But, dude, look at the sign. That it hasn't fallen down yet is a miracle. The place looks shabby. Endearinly so, but shabby nontheless.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-343612218976059032007-06-04T09:44:00.000-07:002007-06-04T09:44:00.000-07:00And Schact’s Appetising, Second Avenue btwn 5th an...And Schact’s Appetising, Second Avenue btwn 5th and 6th. I’m not even a big fan of appetising, but it was simply a great shop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-89710226121070528232007-06-04T09:15:00.000-07:002007-06-04T09:15:00.000-07:00The meat place was on 1st avenue, but your point i...The meat place was on 1st avenue, but your point is well taken. I'd like to add a rec for Nightingales, which was on the same block as Dan Lynch's. Totally unpretentious dive bar, manned by a really cool guy, where bands could get up and do their thing 7 nights a week. Spin Doctors and Blues Traveler, and Patty Smith all played there at one time or another. Now it is another velvet-roped cocktail joint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-56701826207303146192007-06-04T08:51:00.000-07:002007-06-04T08:51:00.000-07:00Hey Genius, though you SEEM to mean well, why do y...Hey Genius, though you SEEM to mean well, why do you call Moiseh's "shabby"? Where exactly do you buy baked goods that it's fucking "glamorous"? <BR/><BR/>Tho' I'm a happy atheist, you also show great ignorance of Moishe's owners & if things are shabby, why that is so.<BR/><BR/>The do excellent business btw; whether that amount of $$$ is "maximum fucking value" for the location is another story but goddamn, wake up to your own inane cultural biases.<BR/><BR/>You're as much the enemy as those you CLAIM to deplore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-46613508555250996082007-06-04T08:50:00.000-07:002007-06-04T08:50:00.000-07:00Kurowycky is on FIRST Avenue!Kurowycky is on FIRST Avenue!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-50559368615032276032007-06-04T08:34:00.000-07:002007-06-04T08:34:00.000-07:00Digressing just a bit but on the same note regardi...Digressing just a bit but on the same note regarding the East Village. Teresa's the the Polish restaurant on First Avenue has also given up the ghost. It ended its 22 year run in the East Village.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-51384721762720769612007-06-04T06:17:00.000-07:002007-06-04T06:17:00.000-07:00How about the old Dan Lynch blues bar on Second Av...How about the old Dan Lynch blues bar on Second Ave just south of 14th Street? It disappeared some years ago -- turned into some velvet rope-type place. That place rocked -- cold beer, smoke, pool table, and free live blues every night of the week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com