Posted in ANNOUNCEMENTS, SHOPPING, UPPER MANHATTAN, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS on Wednesday, December30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kappy-Cua Video to close
The plucky video rental store on Pinehurst Avenue near W. 181st Street is calling it quits at the end of December, exhausted after fighting the economic downturn over the last year that slowed customer traffic.
Besides being the only video store in the Hudson Heights neighborhood, Kappy-Cua had one of the deepest [...]
man chair
A man chair is the chair that men sit in while their partner is shopping for long periods of time. They can be found in almost any clothing or shoe store. What can we, as men do while our gf’s or wives are shopping, we can sit in a man chair.
Honey, Ill [...]
Posted in ANNOUNCEMENTS, EAST HARLEM, HARLEM, SHOPPING on Friday, November13, 2009 | Comments Off
Costco Opens in Harlem
Target, Marshalls to Follow
ARUN KRISTIAN DAS
MYFOXNY.COM
MYFOXNY.COM – Manhattanites and other New Yorkers have a new destination for their warehouse club shopping needs — Costco in Harlem. The 500,000-square-foot East River Plaza shopping center opened Thursday morning.
Costco occupies 110,000 square feet on the first floor. Target, Marshalls, PetSmart, and Old Navy are all [...]
Health Department and Human Resources Administration Kick Off 2009 Health Bucks Season, Announcing Availability of 100,000 Coupons for Fresh Produce
Food Stamp users can receive a $2 voucher, good for fruits and vegetables, every time they spend $5 at a participating farmers’ market
Buying fresh fruits and vegetables just got easier at New York City’s farmers’ markets. [...]
Posted in ANNOUNCEMENTS, HARLEM, HEALTH, IN THE NEWS, SHOPPING, THE BRONX, UPPER MANHATTAN, UPTOWNFLAVOR, URBAN NEWS, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS on Thursday, May28, 2009 | Comments Off
Reusable Grocery Bags Could Poison You, Plastics Group Says
Grocery shoppers who go for the green with reusable bags could end up green with illness, according to the first microbiological study in North America of the earth-friendly option.
The bags could be a breeding ground for dangerous bacteria, yeast and mold, according to the study, which [...]
Posted in COMMUNITY, HARLEM, HARLEM HAPPENINGS, SHOPPING, SPANISH HARLEM on Wednesday, May27, 2009 | Comments Off
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Costco Will Accept Food Stamps at 2 Stores
By Jennifer 8. Lee
Councilman Eric N. Gioia outside the Costco store in Long Island City, Queens, last year.
Citing the economic recession, Costco has announced that it will begin accepting food stamps in its two New York City [...]
Posted in HARLEM HAPPENINGS, SHOPPING, SPANISH HARLEM on Monday, May18, 2009 | Comments Off
Double Take in the Dairy Aisle
By JENNIFER MASCIA
IT was something I never expected to see in all my years living in East Harlem. But as I performed my monthly stroll down the dairy aisle of my local supermarket, there it was, next to the butter, the ricotta and the Parmesan:
Goat cheese.
It was [...]
Posted in COMMUNITY, GENERAL, SHOPPING on Friday, March6, 2009 | Comments Off
South Bronx Chow Expedition
The underexplored South Bronx has gotten some attention from mrnyc, who lays out a spread of hound-worthy bites from Caribbean to ’cue. In a borough where Jamaican chow abounds, his current favorite is Kaylah’s Hut. squid-kun describes a friendly, cozy spot whose short menu includes homey, satisfying goat curry.
A few blocks [...]
Posted in COMMUNITY, GENERAL, HARLEM, HARLEM HAPPENINGS, SHOPPING on Thursday, February26, 2009 | Comments Off
Sad Story: Tribal Spears Gallery Cafe is Closed
Scoop credit to Zinc Plate Press Blog which broke the story that Tribal Spears Gallery Cafe has closed down.
An inventory liquidation sale is in process right now on February 25, 2009 with a long serving table for $200; a fertility statue for $4,000; [...]
Posted in GENERAL, SHOPPING, THE BRONX on Tuesday, February24, 2009 | Comments Off
Tropicana Discovers Some Buyers Are Passionate About Packaging
By STUART ELLIOTT
IT took 24 years, but PepsiCo now has its own version of New Coke.
The PepsiCo Americas Beverages division of PepsiCo is bowing to public demand and scrapping the changes made to a flagship product, Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice. Redesigned packaging that was introduced in early [...]
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