by Emma Davey 
New York City’s restaurant world is not for the faint of heart. Businesses come and go, but businesses rarely go in such a dramatic fashion as the Williamsburg Market, a food hall that lasted for only four months before unceremoniously shutting down.
When vendors showed up to the market on the morning of March 28, they were surprised to find padlocks on the door and a note reading, “Please be advised that the premises are…
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BFD….as if this is the most life-altering event that pretentious food snobs and parentally subsidized playcationers will ever deal with in their shallow existences. Then again, it just might be, ranking second in precedence just behind their parents informing them that they’ll need to find jobs because they’re cutting off the monthly stipends they used to deposit in their bank accounts on the first of every month.
You seem fun!
Did my comment hit a raw nerve? I’m a lifelong ‘Pointer who calls’ em like I sees’ em. Food halls, and the like, are viable only at the whims of the targeted client base. When their tastes change, these establishments fold faster than a cheap suit. The numerous quirky restaurants and lounges in Greenpoint which have closed after a few years, to be replaced by the latest flavor, are proof of this. That, and more than a few of the operators of these food halls are shady in terms of business practices. Vendor are taking a big risk if they don’t do their due diligence and check the hall operators’ bona fides before signing a lease. What occurred at Williamsburg Market happens more often than is reported and it’s the vendors who lose.
what a deeply stupid post made by a really pathetic person. “lifelong ‘pointer who calls em like i sees em” or just a jaded loser?
Speaking of losers, I guess your parents are stopping your monthly playcation bank deposits. Old Navy is always looking for jeans refolders, no experience necessary. That description fits you like a glove.
The parents checks are slowing, this has a rippling effect, kids will have to find real jobs.