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Archives for July 2013

Pie Corps: On the frontline of pie-tasting in Greenpoint

July 3, 2013 By Jon Reiss Leave a Comment

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Slices lined up for a tasting at Pie Corps.

Cheryl Perry and Felipa Lopez opened Pie Corps last October at 77 Driggs Avenue with two missions in mind: to bring back the popularity of the savory pie, and to debunk the idea that pie must always be unhealthy.

Perry and Lopez remember growing up at a time when savory pies were a far more popular dinner choice than they are now. “We’re starting to read labels more and question where our food comes from. Pies went from being made on the farm, to being made in factories with preservatives, and it turned into maybe something that we didn’t really want to eat,” Perry says.

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Bushwick Sunday Bar Curfew?

July 1, 2013 By Jason McGahan Leave a Comment

Photo by Yaz Rosete for Bushwick Daily.

Photo by Yaz Rosete for Bushwick Daily.

Sunday-night noise complaints have supposedly gotten so bad in Bushwick that the neighborhood’s community board is advocating a midnight bar curfew on Sunday nights. Bushwick, the nabe the Daily News has dubbed “the world’s indisputable epicenter of cool,” is adding around a dozen bars every six months.

A leading member of Community Board 4 called it “a lot of spillover from Williamsburg.”

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