whiskey_pancakes t1_iz7af8e wrote on December 7, 2022 at 12:12 AM

Reply to comment by AugustWest7120 in Influential NYC comedy club Caroline's closing after 40 years by broadcastterp

Yup, it’s either another bank, drug store, or Starbucks

IoSonCalaf t1_iz7ee1p wrote on December 7, 2022 at 12:42 AM

Or a weed store

Motor_Ad_473 t1_iz8puhu wrote on December 7, 2022 at 8:05 AM

That’s a strong word for what those stores are. One step above a table on the sidewalk.

mrturdferguson t1_iz8b3i3 wrote on December 7, 2022 at 5:08 AM

My brain did read it as dank drug store, or Starbucks.

AugustWest7120 t1_iz7pej6 wrote on December 7, 2022 at 2:06 AM

Not for long, unfortunately! (Hope not!)

damnatio_memoriae t1_iz8ouea wrote on December 7, 2022 at 7:51 AM

or a coffee shop or beer bar that looks like it's local but somehow has all the same prepackaged crap that the other fake local coffee shop or beer bar has.

ExtraBitterSpecial t1_iza42d2 wrote on December 7, 2022 at 4:31 PM

Even chain drugstores are getting knocked out. So just Starbucks or Bank