Radical Coffee Shop Vox Pop Opens in Bowery Poetry Club

Posted 03/28/08 in Grub Street: NewsFeed

Sander Hicks dreams of turning his politicized coffee shop/bookstore into a national chain rivaling Starbucks.

Tags: bowery poetry club, east village, sander hicks, vox pop

Health-Food War Brews in Ditmas Park

Posted 08/08/07 in Grub Street: Beef

There’s a war going down in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, and the winner, so far, is the neighborhood. For years, the Flatbush Food Coop has pretty much had the run of the area, and neighbors, even those who were members, often grumbled at their prices. But earlier this year, the Natural Frontier market opened down the block, garnering kudos for their extremely competitive prices. Now Flatbush Food has fought back, taking over the just-vacated Associated Supermarket across Cortelyou Road. Not that they want you to think of it that way.

Tags: barry smith, brooklyn, ditmas park, flatbush food co-op, natural frontier, sander hicks, vox pop

Left-Wing Café Introduces Centrist Grilling Menu

Posted 08/07/07 in Grub Street: NewsFeed

A left-wing bookstore probably isn’t the first place you would look for char-grilled foods, even if it does include a café, but in Ditmas Park, you take your restaurant specialties where you can get them. At Vox Pop, among the progressives perusing books like The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Marxism for Beginners, you’ll find hungry locals chowing down outside Thursdays through Sundays.

Tags: ditmas park, farm on adderley, grilling, sander hicks, timothy foster, vox pop