Balducci's is closing

That sucks mightily.... DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!.... that's why they stopped carrying the Ricotta Cheesecake..

Oh well better get that recipe out....

Not surprised. In over 11 years on the UWS, I never once visited Balducci's. Terrible side street location.

You'd think there was a recession or something.

It is sad . . . although I never liked Balducci's very much even in its original location, and opening so close to Fairway was just plain stupid, even if they had picked a Broadway storefront.

The 14th street one is closing, too....

This is all over the place.

did anyone read on Bloomberg today the terms under which Blockbuster is staying alive? 10% over libor, plus some ungodly fees, just to prolong the inevitable. oh well, i guess the banks can get some fees while waiting for them to default on their debt.

has anyone been to the Virgin in union square recently (no comments, w67th)? any good deals, or is everything good already gone? my daughter's been nagging me, wants some Rolling Stones t-shirts.

I hear there are great deals to be had on square footage fronting 14th street....

;-)

Good riddance w/ Blockbuster... they are going the way of Tower Records... they were a client of mine :) back in the days.... I remember the senior banker asking me.... what's an MP3.... .OMG.. .that was funny and I would be literally be downloading all this music on the company's T1 connection...

I love the work-out guys... they tidy up their senior security position, start charging them ungodly fees and say ooops when it defaults... never saw that coming....

I'll take a Depeche Mode or U2 t-shirt....

You almost feel like some of these places could give away food for the duration of the recession based on the exorbitant prices they charged all these years. Dean and Deluca, Citarellas, Zabars et.al. Funny, congress used to always claim the oil companies were making excess profits.

sad. But at least Jeff Market is back . . .

ali r.
{downtown broker}

Wow, I would have bought at the coop at 85 8th Ave, nextdoor to the Chelsea Balducci's, had the MF'n board not rejected me. Having a grocery store right there was a big factor in why I liked the apartment. Guess it worked out better for me after all not to get into that building.

Zabars is recession proof because the Zabar family very wisely bought their building many decades ago. Not only do they own the 80th St Tudor-style building, they either own the B&N space or Filene space or both. The only reason they'll go bust is if the younger generation loses interest and wants to cash out on the real estate. Fairway is also family-owned and I think they do okay. Heck, the family that owns Dags rolls in it and their stuff sucks.

I keep telling my wife that... we are recession proof... as long as she doesn't divorce me :)

OH!.. .we also don't have a mortgage.

I believe the Balducci family sold out years ago. The chain is now owned by some private equity group.

Grace's Market on the east side is owned by part of the original Balducci family. The stores operating under the Balducci name since the the 1990s have no family connection.