From the Queens Chronicle:
The Waterfront Crab House at 2-03 Borden Ave., which serves up inexpensive and delicious bowls of clam chowder and has papered its walls with boxing memorabilia, plans to reopen in February after being devastated by Hurricane Sandy.
The restaurant, which opened for the first time in 1977, filled with about 7 feet of water when the storm hit on Oct. 29 and has been closed ever since.
“Salt water got into everything,” owner Tony Mazzarella said. “Everything has to be ripped out.”
As of Friday the establishment had temporary power and construction workers had just finished a new hardwood floor and bar, Tony’s daughter Chris Mazzarella said while pointing out the new features.
The business is in a Zone A flood zone and does not have flood insurance. It will be relying on private funds and U.S. Small Business Administration loans for repairs.
6 comments:
WTF did he open up a business in a flood zone for?
I DON'T want any of MY TAX MONEY from the Small Business Admin going there.
Let"big" Tony go to the mob loan sharks for money!
"Salt water got into everything".
At least he doesn't have to season his food now!
"Salt water got into everything".
Working title for a Jimmy Van Bramer Biography
other suggestions:
The East River Ain't the Gulf Steam, Buster
or
Crab House becomes Crab Habitat
As a Long Islander who has seen devastation along the South Shore, I praise anyone who has the courage to rebuild a business (especially in a flood zone)after Hurricane Sandy. I hope all the locals, any maybe some Long Islanders, patronize this establishment after it re-opens!
Better to praise the courage of someone eating in a place bathed in the East River and Newtown Creek.
How in the hell do you scrub that away?
Anonymous said...
Better to praise the courage of someone eating in a place bathed in the East River and Newtown Creek.
That is not courage - that is being foolhardy.
IMHO it will be a long time (if ever) I will eat in those restaurants again.
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