by Justine About a month and a half ago I did a post about the open spaces for rent on Manhattan Ave and I thought I’d update to see what the deal is with some of those joints.
First up was the old Shanghai Lee. Turns out this is now a Korean place. And my sister said it’s run by Polish people. Hey, there’s Chinese people making Mexican food so who am I to say that’s strange.
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where was George’s? I walked by an enormous space yesterday on Manhattan (maybe just south of Greenpoint Ave?) and I asked a worker inside what was coming. He said, “Sleepy’s mattress. What, you were hoping for a club?” “No,” I said, “just anything but a Sleepy’s.”
George’s Variety was at 759 Manhattan Ave – between Meserole and Norman.
Just south of Greenpoint Ave makes me think you’re talking about the old Xtra Space which pretty much everyone thinks is going to be a Wamu Bank…
Hmmm, that would be pretty interesting!
And George’s now has big plywood in front of the whole building. I can’t imagine what’s going on in there. Maybe that will be the Sleepy’s. 🙁
Hmm. I may be mistaken, it may have been between Meserole and Norman (I know for sure it was the west side of the street). But the worker certainly told me it was going to be a Sleepy’s. Unless the dude was fucking with me, which would be an incredibly lame, pointless joke to play.
They closed Xtra to put in another freaking bank???? For the love of…