by Jen G 
My Dad Rocco was an Italian immigrant who grew up in Bushwick in the 50s. Other Italian immigrants settled in South Brooklyn, like Bensonhurst or Bayridge. Both areas regarded eachother as “The Other Brooklyn.”
It was just a matter of where you live, like it is here in Greenpoint, where it depends on which side of McGuinness Blvd you live on. This side, where we use McGolrick Park as a reference point, is beginning to…
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Minor nit to pick — “Selamat pagi” isn’t Balinese. It’s “good morning” in bahasa Indonesia, the common language of that country. And the first “e” is silent, so it’s pronounced “SLAH-maht PAH-gee”.
thanks. nit picking appreciated.
It sounds great, I just wish the prices were a little less. But it smells delicious every time I walk by.