I'm sure many of you who used to hit up Grand 275 in the mornings for coffee, croissant and WiFi have been worried. Gates have been down, and some residents feared they may have closed.
Have no fear! They're just focusing on evening hours now, but will continue to serve light brunch on weekends.
Grand 275 275 Grand, nr Lafayette www.grand275.com (hours have not been updated)
GEAR UP FOR HALLOWEEN!!!
Saturday, October 20th | 1-4pm
• costume swap [$5 to participate, $10 without a costume]
• story telling
• face painting
• raffle with prizes from all of our classes!
LOOKING FOR CRAFTERS Still Hip is hosting a small holiday craft fair in our class area on Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2. If you are interested in being a vendor please send us some pictures of your work. Spaces are $35 per day before November 2nd and $40 after.
10/21 PRESSING FOOD ISSUES WORKSHOP 1:30 10/31 HALLOWEEN EVE PHOTOS 3-6 11/10 FREE BABYWEARING WORKSHOP 1:30 (children welcome) 12/1-2 CRAFT FAIR 12/15-16 PICTURES WITH SANTA
DROP OFF HOURS Wednesdays 2-5pm or call to find out if we accepting drop offs on Saturday. We are not accepting items Sat, Oct 20 or Sat, Oct 27.
Thanks as always, gabby & marcie
http://stillhipbrooklyn.com | clothing and toy resale boutique (kids & maternity) 283 Grand Avenue | Clinton Hill | 718.398.0008 Tuesday-Saturday 10-6 Sunday 11-6
Location: 65 Grand at Park
Nice use of spray paint to mark the house number.
Reader Ashley sent me some juicy gossip on some Grand area developments... So, I was passing by an empty storefront on Greene today, the one next door to the next incarnation from the neighborhood tastemakers at Choice Market. This empty space used to be a salon. Anyhoo, I asked the guy working on the space what was going in there. He said a yoga studio! Happy freakin' day! Oh, and Namaste.
ALSO, I was passing by the ever mysterious "Mirrors on Grand" space on Labor Day. It appeared that someone (presumably the owners) were hosting a private holiday party inside the not yet finished, but very promising space. There was a bar, and lovely exposed brick walls It looked nice even though there's clearly more work to be done before they can open anything.
This neighborhood is hoppin'!
Wow -- maybe Mirror's on Grand might actually be decent (someday).
Grand Avenue between Lafayette and Lexington will be THE place to be on Saturday. Local businesses Choice Market, Grand 275, Still Hip, Le Grand Dakar and Nu Yu Day Spa are sponsoring the festivities. Special events include: Le Grand Dakar will be offering a veritable feast of Senegalese/Caribbean/French food; Africa/African Diasporan music, and dance, the Party will also include a fashion show, a sprawling blank canvass for painter aspirants, young and old, and a children’s area, where face painting and storytellers will hold forth. Where’s the 1? Productions collaborates on music talent coordination.
1 pm: Ray Ellison Blues Band Art Exhibition by Joseph Bell-Bey
2 pm: Don Juarez Riosambadon, Brazilian Carnival music and dancers
4 pm: Couture Fashion Show by Saga Africa (Senegalese designer) and Brooklyn-based, Nigerian designer Moshood. DJs: O.P., Mastake, Malick, and Sugarcane
5 pm: Tribe of Judah, Reggae band
7 pm: Sahar Drums with Thiokho Diagne, Senegalese drumming and dancing 9 pm: Rhonda Denet, gospel/jazz/soul vocalist.
Still Hip is offering FREE classes and HALF-PRICE sale on all spring and summer items!
11:30 - Let's Dance Brooklyn! class for toddlers
noon - Music for Aardvarks class for children 0-5 years old
12:30 - children's art activities with Valeen of Private Picassos face painting - raffles - sidewalk art
MUSIC all day by DJ O.P. and Mastate, The Ray Ellison Blues Band, Don Juarez Riosambadon, Tribe of Judah, Sabar Drums and Rhonda Denet and more
Grand 275 will have food and a flea market and Choice Market will be peddling tasty treats.
Should have posted this last week - was bogged down with finishing class in Krakow! Still Hip (clothing, toy and gear resale boutique) is set to open its new store location Tuesday, July 24! Along with children's and maternity clothing, toys and gear we will offer a wide array of kids' classes such as Sign-a-Song, Musica Para Mi, Private Picassos, Let's Dance Brooklyn!, Lego Mindstorm, and more. Audra Tsanos is teaching her summer session of Music for Aardvarks at the store already.
Our address is 283 Grand, between Lafayette Ave and Clifton Pl, in Clinton Hill. We are sandwiched between two great eateries, Grand 275 and Dakar, and around the corner from Choice Market. The store will be open Tuesday-Sunday 11am-6pm in the summer and will expand hours in the Fall to open at 10am.
Keep an eye out for info on our Grand Opening and ribbon cutting, arranged through Pratt Area Community Council, early this Fall! You can check us out at stillhipbrooklyn.com and sign up for our mailing list to receive updates on the store and info on classes.
Thanks so much for all the support! We are looking forward to showing off the new space and all that Still Hip has to offer.
See you soon! Best, Gabby and Marcie
There's a new yet-to-be-opened storefront on Grand, just north of Putnam, slated to become a pet grooming and supply store! They'll also offer day care and boarding.
Definitely needed for this corner, and I'm sure they'll provide some serious convenience.
Full phone number is 718-622-0060.
They're fond of sending me stuff last minute, but this sounded like a nice thing to enjoy on a summer Wednesday: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 7:00 PM - 10 PM - two or three sets
Le Grand DAKAR presents:
Ahnfinod: flexible balance structure chaos nature create patterns movement navigate breathe life
Improvised melodies, textures, rhythms, and sounds beautiful & dissonant, up and quiet
Julianne Carney - Violin James Ilgenfritz - Double Bass Duane Pitre - Guitar - Effects - Ukelin
Le Grand Dakar Restaurant 285 Grand Avenue @ Clifton Place (near Lafayette) Take G train to Classon Avenue Or, C to Clinton/Washington, head north on Washington, turn right on Lafayette, right again on Grand.
according to the "don't park here" signs on the trees, they'll be filming all day today and tomorrow, on the following blocks:
lexington @ grand + classon, classon + franklin greene @ grand + cambridge quincy @ downing + classon grand @ lexington + greene classon @ grand + quincy
happy stalking!
the old karrot space on grand between lafayette and clifton, which has sat so maddeningly empty for so long, is finally getting a new life! sometime this summer it will become the permanent home of still hip, the kids' resale shop that we've mentioned a couple of times here on chb. they hope to have things up and running this month, so keep your eyes peeled. ps - i know that we got scooped by brownstoner on this! grrr.
I'm planning a large post on community gardens for Monday. In the meantime, the Clifton Place Community Garden is having a fundraising bake sale this weekend:
I'll have more info on this and other gardens next week!
This house on Grand near Park has an interesting fast food restaurant-esque setup in the front of the building. Wonder where they got it.
Every now and then, I check back on my favorite "coming soon" establishment, Mirror's on Grand. Nothing's ever changed. Thankfully, a neighbor noticed something veeeeery intriguing, and sent me this note:
I was walking by "Mirror's on Grand" today and noticed a sign in their window that says they are going before CB2 tonight as part of the process for getting a liquor (beer/wine) license for a bar/restaurant. This place has had me intrigued for the last year or so that it's been "coming soon" but I had noticed a little more activity in there recently. I guess it's not going to be a mirror store though, assuming they get the license! I'm imagining a sort of ghetto-glamorous night spot now, haha. It still seems a little dusty and unfinished in there for now, so who knows how much longer we will be on the edge of our seats in anticipation!
Liquor license! The plot thickens. Maybe I was wrong about the grammatical inaccuracies, and it's going to be a person named Mirror's restaurant/bar.
I STILL haven't tried this place, but they have a lot of cool events, live music, etc. Just received this schedule for next week:
The former Karrot's locale on Grand Ave has yet to be filled. Too bad, since it's located right in the cool hubbub of Grand, near Choice, Grand 275 and Dakar. A friend and neighbor of mine has big dreams of turning the space into a gallery and/or an artist' market, where local artists can rent tables to sell paintings, jewelry, clothing, etc. I think that sounds great. Anyone else have similar thoughts?
Plus, won't it be "nice" to be right across the street from "Mirror's on Grand?" (Which, btw, is still sitting dormant.)
I noticed a small storefront for rent on Greene near Grand last weekend. I don't know what's reasonable for a commercial space, or what this one is going for. But I do know it's around the corner from the cool stuff on Grand (including the still-unopened Mirror's on Grand!) and across from the liquor store that's recently undergone a bit of an upgrade.
Looks perfect for something cool. Go to it, entrepreneurs!
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