Juniors Owner Turns Down $45 Million

Photo credit: Kristen Luce/New York TimesThe original Junior’s Restaurant on Flatbush and Dekalb was saved at the eleventh hour when owner Alan Rosen rejected a $45 million offer for the building.  

Why did Rosen turn down that ridiculous amount of money? Because “this is Junior’s identity, is this building. This is the one where I came on my first dates,” he told the New York Times. Clearly, the cheesecake business must be good that he can turn down $45 million just because he got nostalgic at the last minute. Which it may be, seeing as how they already have locations at Times Square, Grand Central and Foxwoods Casino, perfectly situated to exploit the tourist industry. In fact, had he sold the building, Rosen had plans for a new Junior’s flagship elsewhere in Brooklyn.

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Local Outfitter is Taking You Hiking & Skinny Dipping

In a move that’s so natural and organic it’s sure to make the Coop green (even greener?) with envy, Gear to Go Outfitters, is organizing a skinny dipping hike. The local outdoorsy-stuff shop, a staple of the ‘hood for crunchies far and wide since 2011, is already known for organizing hikes. This is just taking it to the next level. The next naked level.

Hikers will leave from the store on Garfield Street and enjoy an easy hike to a secluded swimming hole in the Catskills. At that point, hikers will shed their clothes and go for a refreshing swim. There is no requirement to swim naked, but, at $100 per person, it seems rather silly to do it if you’re not gonna go the Full Monty. And, lest you think otherwise, this is not about sexy-time or swinging, so please leave your dirty thoughts at home. Especially the guys. No one wants to see that.

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Boundless Brooklyn Cashes in on Kentile Signs Nostalgia

The Kentile Floors Sign's proverbial bed is still warm and the nostalgia mafia has already found a way to cash in. Boundless Brooklyn, a model shop and "certified Brookln Made brand," designed, built, packaged and has begun selling a minature model kit of the recently dismantled sign.

The nostalgia-bait model stands tall at 8 inches, or 1/132 scale for those of us who spend the time and energy to find the original sign's height and do the math (look at you, Brooklyn Paper), and is made of 100% recycleable material so you can feel progressive while bathing in nostalgia. “It was important to us that if the sign wasn’t around to see, we at least could honor that it was important for a lot of other people,” said David Shulman co-head of Boundless Brooklyn. Despite being from Florida, it appears Shulman really understands our borough; is there anything more Brooklyn that immortalizing the sign of an asbestos flooring factory using environmentally friendly materials? You can finally have your cake and eat it too thanks to Kentile Floors and Boundless Brooklyn.

Unsurprisingly, the Kentile Floors model is selling out. Brooklyn nostalgia is hot stuff! Brooklynites old and new, here and abroad, just can't get enough of it. “This is a small way of saying [the Kentile Floor sign] is still there,” Shulman said, presumably pointing at his heart. As long as it comes without the asbestos.

When Harry Met Sally Met Brooklyn Hipsters...

Despite technically taking place across the river, “When Harry Met Sally…” exemplifies the yuppie romantic comedy many hope to live out in Brooklyn: on again/off again hook ups, dinner parties, over-thought opinions about how the two sexes interact and the occasional racy conversation about orgasms. The only significant difference between us and the characters in the movie is that, thanks to Meg Ryan, our generation knew women were fully capable of faking an orgasm before we knew what an orgasm was.

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FIPS Broken News: Bedbugs Found on N Trains

Taking a cue from the Pavilion, three N trains got themselves some bedbugs. The Daily News says the pesky fuckers were definitely found on cushions in conductor cabins. No word either way on whether they made it into public spaces. The MTA pulled the infested trains out of service for fumigation. “When we found them, we exterminated them,” said MTA spokesperson Adam Lisberg, authoritatively.

We’re now faced with an impossible choice: do you worry more about theoretical Ebola outbreaks or these bedbugs OR do you try to play it cool and act like you don’t give a shit about either?