Jackson Heights Life

Quote from: theplanesland on April 13, 2017, 09:53:56 AM

Quote from: mkn567 on April 12, 2017, 09:49:01 PM

Honestly, a football (soccer) bar. Hear me out.

We don't actually have a bar that puts the game (unless it is a clasico or a cup final) as top priority.
From experience I know that the pretty wait-staff at any bar can easily nix the audio on a game because they'd rather hear the same reggaetton song they've heard a million times over and because the game in question isn't a major one and/or there aren't enough people there to justify turning on the volume.

Few bars will show any EPL or MLS game to say nothing of German/Italian/Irish leagues.
Add to this a good selection of beers that stretches beyond the usually corona, modelo, heinie and you have a nice alternative to the standard in the neighborhood, which doesn't preclude the locals (because there are plenty of them that will come out to see a good Epl or bundisliga game if a bar would show it).

This is the best idea I've heard of on this thread, because it would actually attract los tipos de personas que no escriben mensajes en este foro

I like it because it brings worlds together. Regardless of your background, soccer/football is the common language. That and beer, better quality beer.
Go to the basement of the football factory at Legends on 34th street for a good epl game or la liga game and you'd think you're still in jackson heights. Nobody cares that the game is in English.

A place like that in Jackson Heights might just be able to break down some cultural walls where transplants and locals can actually interact. (if you've traveled abroad and witnessed a soccer conversation, you'll understand what I mean.)

And remember soccer isn't all year round. During the off season the same place can be the brunch, burger spot, trivia night, meet-up, dodgeball head quarter, harry potter reunion thing, pokemon go place.

Quote from: abcdefghijk on May 10, 2017, 04:08:25 PM

Hey!

I have another idea for a store.

Customers bringing their own containers to buy groceries.

Like @ Wholefood's (and even the Jackson Heights Health Store)...there's a section where you can buy nuts/grains/granola etc...that are kept in bulk.

Well, how about an entire store, beautifully and hygienically designed... with foods in bulk like that...including yogurt, coffee, whatever...with nothing prepackaged and branded...

And folks bring their own containers.

In a way, it's the DE-BRANDING of goods.

And the recycling decreases waste.

A future store like this would borrow from the way things were done in the past...and I believe it would work...if freshness and quality control would be strictly adhered to. And labels on the bulk items were detailed. (like at Wholefood's).

In truth, the store becomes the brand itself. Like Wholefoods managed to make themselves into a "brand".

...I got the idea as I threw away yet another wasted plastic container for yogurt.

abc...I have three comments.
The Sanitation Dept. accepts yogurt containers for recycling.

Plastic & rigid plastic:
Plastic bottles, jugs, and jars
Rigid plastic caps and lids
Rigid plastic food containers (such as yogurt, deli, or hummus containers; dairy tubs, cookie tray inserts, " clamshell " containers, and other plastic take-out containers)
Rigid plastic non-food containers
Rigid plastic packaging (such as " blister-pack " and " clamshell " consumer packaging, acetate boxes)
Rigid plastic housewares (such as flower pots, mixing bowls, and plastic appliances)
Bulk rigid plastic (like crates, buckets, pails, furniture, large toys, and large appliances)

see, http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/zerowaste/residents/what-to-recycle-for-residents.shtml

Parrott on Queens Blvd. and 46th Street sells refillable olive oil. I think customers may find it potentially messy. At least I do. I would hate to have an accident trying to refill an oily bottle.

Trade Fair sells nuts and olives by the pound. I have noticed on numerous occasions customers dipping their bare hands into the nuts and unabashedly eating them. Irksome.

There is Whole Foods, there is Trader Joe's, there is Fresh Direct--huge companies that can operate with many efficiencies due to size. I think it's very unrealistic to think someone can open a Mom and Pop type store in JH with its notoriously outrageous retail rents and somehow compete with huge chain stores for the same business selling foods in bulk. There are already numerous options for that. We have a few small food stores that cater to a specific demographic, but even those seem to struggle. It's very very very hard to make a go of a small retail store in NYC--is my impression anyway. And only getting harder and harder.