Neighborhood Threat

1) INDIAN FOOD COMES BACK TO GREENPOINT: From the CB1 agenda for next week, we see that a Zaika of India Inc. is applying for a restaurant beer/wine license. I could be dead wrong but it would seem that L and A Italian is being succeeded by an Indian restaurant. I will be VERY happy if this is true (although still sad to have lost L and A).

2) 155 Calyer: The former home of the hapless William Taft Vegetarian Diner is now some type of design studio. Which is a fine use of the space, but gosh we (selfishly) wish it was new commerce.

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We were on the B61, heading back from Court Square and the 7 after the Mets game, heading for Vinnie's on Bedford Ave. Not because we wouldn't rather eat somewhere in the 11222, but because - well, nothing is OPEN in the 11222 of the pizza variety.

We were crossing Nassau Ave. when I saw something out of the corner at my eye, and gestured, "Let's get off here - I'll take the lumps if I'm wrong."

But I was right:

This is the spot between the banquet hall and the bodega - it's always been a pizza joint, but it was never open particularly late. Which is a wonder, given that THREE buses and one subway all converge on that corner. Schmook's is open until 11 Monday-Thursday, and until midnight on Saturday (and until a very generous 10pm on Sundays).

The slices are $1.50. A pie is $8.00. And delivery is free. The slices were fresh, hot and tasty. Not quite Vinnie's, but definitely a step up from the $10 pie they offer on Tuesdays at L.A. Italian Restorante up on our end of Manhattan Ave.

Their web site is straightforward and to the point.

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