tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post8326635185837098086..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Big Gum on Smith StreetBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-740877178030950112008-08-26T19:11:00.000-07:002008-08-26T19:11:00.000-07:00carroll gardens kid got it right. I've seen it op...carroll gardens kid got it right. I've seen it open and have seen wholesale boxes of candy and cigarettes going in an out of the place. The owner is probably the last of the local distributors. There used to be a similar place on 4th Avenue near Union Street as well.<BR/><BR/>As for "family" connections, no solid info. But my understanding of the old school candy and vending routes is the "family" did get a take of everything at one point.JakeGouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133101465071716345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-31045827124480810012008-08-19T05:57:00.000-07:002008-08-19T05:57:00.000-07:00The Poggi establishment has been there for more ye...The Poggi establishment has been there for more years then I can remember. Once in awhile you'll have seen them load their goods into a van and make deliveries to all the neighborhood candy and news paper stores/stands. One of the workers use to be from Pete Sergio's shop that was on 1st Place and Court, if you grew up here, you'll know him when you see him. It always was a low profile location.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-14599735036537413322007-10-29T09:10:00.000-07:002007-10-29T09:10:00.000-07:00So according to some NYC papers, M Poggi and Co is...So according to some NYC papers, M Poggi and Co is: <BR/><BR/>NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE<BR/>LICENSED CIGARETTE WHOLESALE DEALERS, STAMPING AGENTS<BR/>& VENDING MACHINE OPERATORS<BR/>Effective February 1, 2007<BR/><BR/><BR/>Make of that what you will!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-17470039797715409962007-07-31T14:26:00.000-07:002007-07-31T14:26:00.000-07:00Fabulous. I've always wondered about that place my...Fabulous. I've always wondered about that place myself, but you don't want to think too much about it. Then it will just go away like everything else good.<BR/><BR/>Anyone know what the "TR" stood for in the phone number? The only neighborhood exhange I know is "NEvins"? TRafalgar, perhaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-89630993419054131112007-07-30T09:49:00.000-07:002007-07-30T09:49:00.000-07:00Regarding the pharmacy at Henry & Sackett (the ver...Regarding the pharmacy at Henry & Sackett (the vermont pharmacy), I've heard the owner got in trouble for selling counterfeit or expired pharmaceuticals and had to close down. He owned the building and ended up defaulting on his taxes, so the city owns the place now, but the guy still lives in the top floor, illegally. Anyway, all this probably means that NOTHING will be happening there anytime soon -- and it's been this way for at least 6 years now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-12374797625312209402007-07-30T08:17:00.000-07:002007-07-30T08:17:00.000-07:00props for discretion (mostly); quiet love for M. P...props for discretion (mostly); quiet love for M. Poggi is the best kind, & the kind that lasts.<BR/><BR/>sidenote: it was mere gesture towards Smith St's far more polyglot past that it was left up in the first place but motherfucking Flight 101 took down the Valencia Bakery sign sometime in the last week or two. <BR/><BR/>what did they put up instead? see for yourself.<BR/><BR/>wwibAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-4717137489244221992007-07-30T08:05:00.000-07:002007-07-30T08:05:00.000-07:00I HAVE seen this place open! But I did not have th...I HAVE seen this place open! But I did not have the nerve to ask questions. The other super mysterious store in the neighborhood is the "Pharmacy" at Henry and Sackett, which has not been open for years. There are stacks of unopened mail and lots of dusty vitamins inside. Someone with chutzpah please solve the Poggi mystery!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-80707569841814353382007-07-28T19:35:00.000-07:002007-07-28T19:35:00.000-07:00very nice! i love this one, looks like a ghost fro...very nice! i love this one, looks like a ghost from the past.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.com