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!
