Please dont tell me we now have Irish Chicken.......

**goobee2** · 06-29-2011, 01:01 PM

Does anyone know what is going in Jim's Pretzels on 4th street. It states chicken.org??? WTH is that????????? We can't find any info on it...

I apologize, i meant IRISH...

**DeeBee** · 06-29-2011, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by goobee2

Does anyone know what is going in Jim's Pretzels on 4th street. It states chicken.org??? WTH is that????????? We can't find any info on it...

I apologize, i meant IRISH...

I was waiting for the 57 bus last week and the owner was working on the place. He was telling some guy on the street that it's going to be take out wings in all different flavors. Maybe Irish chicken wings....

**goobee2** · 06-29-2011, 03:59 PM

OMG you mean like the ones wiht the bullet proof windows.

**loveisnoise** · 06-29-2011, 05:15 PM

goobee2, here's the info on it.

When I bitched that a place that sold scrubs and cheap furniture decided to cluelessly get into the food business with no idea of what they were doing, and building what they wanted without zoning approvals or any knowledge of the food industry? I was called all kinds of names and told, "who cares?!".

Well, now with burger.org, we got chicken.org. Two junk takeout shops that don't know the difference between food and 2 for $5 scrubs. They will be in and out in less than a year-and completely clueless.

How clueless? They were first named "Oburger.com". Only one problem. They never checked to see if anyone owned the trademark for OBurger, or the domain. Both were taken. They then said, "W'ere Oburger.net!". Taken. Then? "We're burger.org!". Taken, but it was time to open so they just went with it and used the website burgerorg.com on their menus. Only one problem. Yep, you guessed it-some one already owns that name as well.

Such incompetency ain't makin' my food!

**Marilyn** · 06-29-2011, 05:46 PM

Wow pathetic!

**DeeBee** · 06-29-2011, 06:15 PM

That sucks. Why can't we get something quality and different? The new hot dog place up South St. is pretty cool and they offer everything in a veggie version. I'd love something like a paninni take-out place. Chicken.org or whatever got in a prime little location there.

**loveisnoise** · 06-29-2011, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by DeeBee

I was waiting for the 57 bus last week and the owner was working on the place. He was telling some guy on the street that it's going to be take out wings in all different flavors. Maybe Irish chicken wings....

See, this is exactly what pisses me off. They go and build without any approvals or proper permits. Then they give a b.s. sales pitch to south street zoning and they just approve it and c'est la vie. If I did that there would be lawsuits and everything in between to shut me down. Gotta love it.

**loveisnoise** · 06-29-2011, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by DeeBee

That sucks. Why can't we get something quality and different? The new hot dog place up South St. is pretty cool and they offer everything in a veggie version. I'd love something like a paninni take-out place. Chicken.org or whatever got in a prime little location there.

The hot dog place is awesome. Panini's would be a good idea, but it is a tough market for that. I liked the takeout crepe place years ago.

**BeardScraper** · 06-30-2011, 08:53 AM

where is this hot dog place? whats it called?

**ShoshTrvls** · 06-30-2011, 09:04 AM

Sorry, I think burger.org does a great veggie burger.

**ndebergerac** · 06-30-2011, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by BeardScraper

where is this hot dog place? whats it called?

I'd like to know too, I still walk South 11th to 3rd regularly and haven't noticed it.

**SouthStMan** · 06-30-2011, 11:18 AM

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**loveisnoise** · 06-30-2011, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by ShoshTrvls

Sorry, I think burger.org does a great veggie burger.

They can poop out angels. That still doesn't change the fact that they are doing things in an illegal fashion and the powers-that-be let them get away with it while the rest of us have to follow the letter of the law or get sued and shut down.

**SQFT** · 06-30-2011, 02:20 PM

this space is not zoned for takeout, never was....the pretzel guys were in under a loophole in the code from what I was told.

**loveisnoise** · 06-30-2011, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by SQFT

this space is not zoned for takeout, never was....the pretzel guys were in under a loophole in the code from what I was told.

Exactly. Thankyou sqft. The pretzel places work on a loophole where they proclaim themselves to be a bakery, which exempts them from needing takeout variances.

**ShoshTrvls** · 06-30-2011, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by loveisnoise

Exactly. Thankyou sqft. The pretzel places work on a loophole where they proclaim themselves to be a bakery, which exempts them from needing takeout variances.

I've always eaten in. :-)

**loveisnoise** · 06-30-2011, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by ShoshTrvls

I've always eaten in. :-)

What the hell peanut gallery did you crawl out of busting my balls today?!?! hehehe

**goobee2** · 07-06-2011, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by loveisnoise

They can poop out angels. That still doesn't change the fact that they are doing things in an illegal fashion and the powers-that-be let them get away with it while the rest of us have to follow the letter of the law or get sued and shut down.

I hate to sound like a Dumb Bunny but why aren't the zoning board looking into their claims which are false prior to letting them open??

**Jayfar** · 07-06-2011, 01:05 PM

Zoning around South St always has been something of a farce. I'm recalling that in the 80s a tattoo parlor was shut down based on the contention that they had misrepresented the nature of their business by claiming to be a 'dermagraphics studio' on their city paperwork. HUH?!? How is that not a correct and accurate formal term for a tatoo parlor.

**loveisnoise** · 07-06-2011, 01:11 PM

That was in the 90's, and it was a bit more contentious than that. Either way-the board spent $35,000 to fight that idiocy. Same with takeout businesses. Some well meaning ones have been smashed by the district, while those who have questionable practices get in scott-free since they know how to slither their way in. Meanwhile, this stuff goes on completely unaccounted for.

Originally Posted by Jayfar

Zoning around South St always has been something of a farce. I'm recalling that in the 80s (when Fluffy Palmer and her ilk ruled the world) a tattoo parlor was shut down based on the contention that they had misrepresented the nature of their business by claiming to be a 'dermagraphics studio' on their city paperwork. HUH?!? How is that not a correct and accurate formal term for a tatoo parlor.