r/CarrollGardens

Anyone know when its opening??

Love, a native New Yorker.

I know there’s been a lot of posts and saddens in the neighborhood lately because of the news of their closing this week but I just have a few thing to say
I love caputos and their bread was amazing a staple in my family my whole life like 4 generations of my family has consumed their bread since they came here from italy I’m not here to hate but it has saddens me to watch the neighborhood I grew up in disappear over the last 5/10 years a huge loss to the neighborhood to lose yet another classic italian spot all these interviews have just been about him wanting to retire and that the family didn’t want to take over and yes okay that is a complete valid reason that is why Espositos closed but yk what he let everyone know it wasn’t a sudden doors shut over night patrons were able to say goodbye get their last sandwiches caputos just shut its doors one night and we all found out abruptly not only did we find out abruptly his customers but so did the people he supplied bread to which is kinda fucked no heads up to these other local businesses that relied on him yes and lastly the people that run the store that have dedicated so much time and hard work to keep the store running to have the bread delivered to the other local businesses baking the bread and serving us all the delicious goods they found out just like us showed up to work to find a sign on the store that it was closed for good that is absolutely fucked !!!! Imagine going to work and finding out your job is just gone just like that
he owns the building so rent couldn’t have been raised drastically bc he owns it haha and they were always busy when I went hell they extended their hours because they had gotten so popular a bike lane being a part of the reason is straight bs and all the old heads of the neighborhood pressed abt a bike lane need to chill
There was definitely more to why they closed than what is being presented to us online most likely fees or violations with the business and machinery not up to code and he just didn’t want to deal with it anymore and just decided to shut the doors whatever the true case is my heart goes out to those who worked the counters baked the delicious bread and all the hard work they also poured into this business to be there everyday who are no out of jobs

And also where does one get their hair blown out in the neighborhood? Asking for a friend with a curly hair.

Anyone have a suggestion for where someone can share a community garden space locally to grow some flowers and veggies?

What’s with the smell lately? Outside smells like. Combo of oil and gas or something. Is it construction near the canal? Some other work? I’m at Smith and 4th Street. Anyone else notice nearby?