Listen Up! People live in FiDi

Over the course of the last two years, as more and more apartment buildings rise up, local eateries have adjusted their hours to accomodate. However, there are quite a few joints that seem to be oblivious to the 24-hour, 7-day a week consumers that live in FiDi.

Wake up and smell the Starbucks people! – which is open 7 days a week and was open on Thanksgiving!

Look, i’m not asking for you to be open 24-hours a day. But come on. When you close at 6pm - ahem, I’m talking to you Hale and Hearty Soups – you are telling the locals they don’t matter. I cannot tell you how often I crave some yummy soup from this place, and I can’t get any because they close before I get home or aren’t open on weekends!

Thank goodness for such smart places as Best of New York and Jubilee. These 24-hour places may not be jammed-packed with healthy foods, but at least when you want a sandwich at 2 a.m., after being out all night, you can order it over the phone or just stop by.

Also, I noticed recently, that some local eateries supply different menus for lunch and dinner. Just today, I happened to walk past Gold Street who, by the way is also open 24/7, and saw some yummy specials on their menu. I was super-excited to get some sausage and peppers from there for dinner. But hold the phone, it was only for lunch! While I totally recommend this joint – I heart their edamame and southern fried chicken wings – you gotta give the locals a chance to enjoy something a little different!

I hate to gripe about this stuff, because quite honestly it has gotten better since the day I moved in. But it could improve vastly. So managers, chefs, store owners, remember who counts and give FiDi residents a turkey bone!