It was an early morning last week as I stumbled from my house a few blocks south to get my morning mud fix. As I exited Dunkin Donuts and the first dose of caffeine slipped into my system the haze lifted from my retinas and revealed the candy stripes of the iconic 24/7 mainstay of quickie marts.
Just across the street from DD’s on Manhattan and Greenpoint Ave is a fresh new 7 Eleven. And,…
My main beef is the squeeze this puts on our other bodega friends – personally, when I'm drunk and it's late there's no need for thought, the answer is always "God Bless big oozing falafel sandwich"
To each his own. There's a good chance that, as it still is with the Starbucks, I'll never set foot in the place.
But if it keeps your Blackout crowd out of the way and shortens the line so I can more quickly get my 4 am Philly cheese steak at the Greenpoint Deli, or a gyro or falafel at God Bless, OK… enjoy your microwave-heated frozen bagel.
The hysterical thing is the local Greenpointers I've spoken to (born and raised here and used to visiting family in Queens & Long Island) are looking forward to it.
Personally, I don't consider 7-11 "gentrification". And I also don't consider 7-11 food edible. So while I *will* be drinking me some Slurpees I'll refrain from the taquitos.
Yep, Justine, I'm sure that if a 7-11 had opened here ten years ago everybody would have been happy. "Gentrification" wasn't on anyone's mind; it would have been seen as simply convenience and progress.
Like I said, I'm not likely to patronage it… but that's mostly because I don't like sugary syrup-based drinks and think there are far better food choices available around the clock from places that are already here.
The main reason I've never been in the Starbucks, similarly, is that I don't like their coffee or their prices.
In either case, they're businesses that I just find unnecessary and second-rate — not invasive and repugnant.