Comments on: Nothing Opens on Time http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/ Making Hoboken Better One Reader At A Time Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:59:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: C.G. http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-46 C.G. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:55:07 +0000 http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-46 I know why Favia closed in NYC. I spoke with the owner shortly after I moved here and he said his landlord tripled or quadrupled his rent and wanted a 10 year lease. I don't think anything is there at that location as it wasn't a high traffic area. I thought the reason they didn't open was the same reason but the construction threw me off. I loved their pizzas - the only place I could go out and get a whole wheat crust. So it does seem that Hoboken has a "permit problem" and the system is broken. I feel for any small business. I wonder how the big developers can get their properties occupied so quickly. Some seem to go up overnight while others just sit there. The permits might not be the problem but it can't help things. I know why Favia closed in NYC. I spoke with the owner shortly after I moved here and he said his landlord tripled or quadrupled his rent and wanted a 10 year lease. I don’t think anything is there at that location as it wasn’t a high traffic area. I thought the reason they didn’t open was the same reason but the construction threw me off. I loved their pizzas - the only place I could go out and get a whole wheat crust.

So it does seem that Hoboken has a “permit problem” and the system is broken. I feel for any small business. I wonder how the big developers can get their properties occupied so quickly. Some seem to go up overnight while others just sit there. The permits might not be the problem but it can’t help things.

]]> By: craige http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-36 craige Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:04:23 +0000 http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-36 Sadly, Favia closed a while ago, same as their sister location in NYC. I have no idea how it went out of business since low-fat, damn tasty Italian food was a great option that my husband and I often took advantage of on a weeknight. Anyway, according to one of the workmen there, that location will be a bar... eventually. Great. Just what Hoboken needs -- another bar! Speaking of which, does anyone have any news on when my favorite Hoboken bar, Helmers', is going to reopen?? Sadly, Favia closed a while ago, same as their sister location in NYC. I have no idea how it went out of business since low-fat, damn tasty Italian food was a great option that my husband and I often took advantage of on a weeknight. Anyway, according to one of the workmen there, that location will be a bar… eventually. Great. Just what Hoboken needs — another bar! Speaking of which, does anyone have any news on when my favorite Hoboken bar, Helmers’, is going to reopen??

]]> By: mcspacebar http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-35 mcspacebar Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:08:42 +0000 http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-35 Hey Jill. as the owner of coldstone, maybe you could enlighten the masses on what the heck is going on with the permit system and other things that delay openings in Hoboken. thanks. Hey Jill. as the owner of coldstone, maybe you could enlighten the masses on what the heck is going on with the permit system and other things that delay openings in Hoboken.
thanks.

]]> By: Hoboken411 http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-33 Hoboken411 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:09:20 +0000 http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-33 Hey "Pete" (or whomever you are)- Wow, a website sure can make you angry (and jealous, bitter, and so on.) I "throw up" the dates that are given to me at the time. I have zero interest in making things up. Whether the information I receive is accurate or not, is beyond my control. I have way too many things going on to sit there like a "dork" and call the "corporate offices" and end up being wrong anyway. Just stick to reading the zero-traction Hoboken sites out there that get their info from 411 anyway. Nice try! Hey “Pete” (or whomever you are)-
Wow, a website sure can make you angry (and jealous, bitter, and so on.)

I “throw up” the dates that are given to me at the time. I have zero interest in making things up. Whether the information I receive is accurate or not, is beyond my control. I have way too many things going on to sit there like a “dork” and call the “corporate offices” and end up being wrong anyway.

Just stick to reading the zero-traction Hoboken sites out there that get their info from 411 anyway.

Nice try!

]]> By: JIll Fiorillo http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-24 JIll Fiorillo Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:13:10 +0000 http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-24 I am the owner of the creamery. The reason that it took us so long to open was due to the town and permits, nothing cold stones or we did. As far as being over priced, we pride ourselves on serving the best and freshest ice cream possible. The ice cream is made fresh on the premises every day. Labor costs and minimum wage have gone up this year and it is just the cost of doing business. I would offer you some free samples if you are interested. Thansk, Jill I am the owner of the creamery. The reason that it took us so long to open was due to the town and permits, nothing cold stones or we did. As far as being over priced, we pride ourselves on serving the best and freshest ice cream possible. The ice cream is made fresh on the premises every day. Labor costs and minimum wage have gone up this year and it is just the cost of doing business. I would offer you some free samples if you are interested.

Thansk, Jill

]]> By: Pete Mitchell http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-23 Pete Mitchell Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:11:20 +0000 http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-23 If you were to believe Hoboken411, 8-10 places that should have opened would have by now, but Perry (the dork who runs the site) is always wrong! He just throws a date up there and hopes it will stick. What a tool. I hope something runs him over. If you were to believe Hoboken411, 8-10 places that should have opened would have by now, but Perry (the dork who runs the site) is always wrong! He just throws a date up there and hopes it will stick. What a tool. I hope something runs him over.

]]> By: Jim McMahon http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-22 Jim McMahon Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:56:47 +0000 http://www.thehobokenblog.com/2006/12/16/nothing-opens-on-time/#comment-22 In the case of Cold Stone, they don't ever open on time and like many of them, this one will be out of business before you know it. They are grossly overpriced and frankly the ice cream just isn't very good. The idea of "build your own ice cream" sounds like a winner, but the reality like most things is that the public prefers that professionals do it for them. In the case of ice cream, a properly formulated flavor from Baskin-Robbins is much better and consistent than the slop they're serving at Cold Stone. In the case of Cold Stone, they don’t ever open on time and like many of them, this one will be out of business before you know it. They are grossly overpriced and frankly the ice cream just isn’t very good.

The idea of “build your own ice cream” sounds like a winner, but the reality like most things is that the public prefers that professionals do it for them. In the case of ice cream, a properly formulated flavor from Baskin-Robbins is much better and consistent than the slop they’re serving at Cold Stone.

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