Comments on: Freemans Chef to Open Restaurant in Vinegar Hill

By: VH4Ever

VH4Ever — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:25:48 +0000

I have lived in the area for over 30 years. Grew up here. I do not want this in my neighborhood. We are already getting rif-raf walking about since the opening. We spent the 70′s, 80′s and 90s dealing with crack-heads and prostitutes. Finally got the neighborhood clean, and now a bar has opened up which will attract the same rif raf because yuppies don’t know how to say “no” when they ask for money. Nice place, however, the unwanted foot traffic will stay in DUMBO when the novelty wears off.

By: dumbonyc

dumbonyc — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:33:38 +0000

Al, Vinegar Hill House is now open.

http://dumbonyc.com/2008/11/17/vinegar-hill-house-opening-soon/

If you go, let us know what you thought.

By: Al

Al — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:26:33 +0000

Anyone know when the restaurant is set to open? Has it already?
As a long time resident of the area, I’m very excited about it. :)

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Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:33:13 +0000

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By: water90

water90 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:33:21 +0000

…and fyi, that bakery corner at water st and gold st is where they dug up under the street to put in some storm flush plug to the east river. if that thing backs up – oooh yuck.

By: water90

water90 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:29:43 +0000

dear neighbor @ 8:32 – wakeup! you so too can smell the treatment plant at the most god awful times (around dinner for instance) and smell the coffee again – the fuel smell comes from the chinese truck parking lot across from the bakery. it’s an open air trucking chop-shop. they weld and run generators ALL THE TIME over there. lot itself is mob owned – so it ain’t going anytime soon.

By: hudson square

hudson square — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:31:33 +0000

let the muggins begin. the criminals in the farragut projects will no longer leave little vinegar hill to itself as the demise of dumbo and front street seep ever closer to the water treatment plant on the other side of Hudson ave. the click clack of wasted young dates looking for cabs and parties spilling outside are too easy not to prey on. the animals will hear the soiree and wine glasses clinking sounding like the clang of money. yo free atm.

By: neighbor

neighbor — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:32:51 +0000

There are no sewage or fuel oil smells in Vinegar Hill. But you can smell the pita bread bakery when they’re open and it’s nice. The projects are unfortunately just as much of a problem for the residents of Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo and Fort Greene as they are for Vinegar Hill folks.

It’s a shame to see the state of some of the buildings on Hudson. Some are now so far gone that they’re going to need a ton of time and money to bring them back to their original state. This shouldn’t have happened in such a lovely, historic neighborhood with so few of its original buildings left standing.

By: mod squad

mod squad — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:41:59 +0000

Vinegar Hill’s real problem is Dumbo. It is surrounded by Farragut on one side, the Navy yard on another (with a horrible sewage smell) and Con Ed with it’s #4 fuel oil wafting over the north flank. If that restaurant is successful people who own those empty stores will realize there is money to be made on Dumbocons starving for authenticity and quaintness.

By: Gold

Gold — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:54:56 +0000

For those who are against the eartery openning. What is the ideal (bohemi) plan for VH? More politcal posters in the “Storefront” windows? Or should the “storefronts” continue to decay?

By: resident

resident — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:25:27 +0000

Just curious, CB1…where does your daughter live? Front St? Gold St.? Little St? Condo owner?

It seems that you aren’t a community member. It’s always the case for an outsider to stir the pot.

By: mod squad

mod squad — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:18:46 +0000

You VHers can’t have it both ways. If you want to suckle the Dumbo teat you’d better realize that it will follow you home someday and before you know it you’ll have your own J Condo. Either that or Con Ed will sell that antique electrical generating plant. It’s only used in emergencies now anyway. Once that land is developed Vinegar Hill will be nothing more than a dingleberry! The only thing that’s protecting you now is the projects.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:49:08 +0000

I’ll admit I shouldn’t have used the word back at you. I was making a point. That was the wrong way to do it, I’ll admit. I don’t usually use such disgusting words. I apologize.

By the way, I have never bought into the argument that you can insult the statement without insulting the person who makes it. That is a really lame excuse for your choice of words. You can disagree with someone without being a jerk. I personally thought your disgusting choice of words was unnecessary. Especially towards someone who has devoted so much time and effort on this great blog. That’s it. Only my opinion. I am the thought police or moral monitor nor would I want to be.

Let me rephrase that: In TODAY’s world, it is unrealistic to think that this area will go unchanged forever. Did you really think the migration of people from Manhattan to Brooklyn was not going to affect this prime area? I never said that being unchanged is a bad thing, just unrealistic.

Clearly, you are the one who needs to grow up. That couldn’t be more obvious.

By: cb1

cb1 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:08:09 +0000

“I like the quiet as much as the next person, but I am realistic enough to realize that no neighborhood this close to the hub of one of the biggest cities in the world is going to stay crowd free for long.”

Vinegar Hill has been crowd free for 30-40 years.
Maybe longer. So much for your argument.

By: cb1

cb1 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:58:34 +0000

ANON- “point out the immature way in which it was presented”

ANON-”Dumbonyc- don’t worry about it. You’re not the one who is the douchebag here.”

You used the same word here on this webpage.
In addition, it shows that you didnt read my comments as I wasnt calling DumboNYC a douchebag, I was describing the statement.
Who appointed you to be the thought police or the moral monitor? Put on your big girl boots Anon, its time to grow up. Its amazing to me how you could make a big deal out of absolutely positively nothing while missing the bigger point of this entire conversation about Vinegar Hill.