Against The Odds: Miracle Successes on King Street

[viCARIous]

Awesome article guys.

Wanted to let everyone know that the King Street Farmers Market is re-opening as an EVENING MARKET (!) on Wednesday, March 6th. New hours will be 4pm to 7pm every Wednesday in the empty lot at 1021 King Street.

We think the evening hours will draw more residents and office workers from the 'hood.

We're working on getting at least one food truck to commit to being there every week (Mike - help!) and already have firm commitments from eight great local food vendors.

I love our neighborhood.

[tufsu1]

A couple things to note....  You'd be hard pressed to find an import at Beer:30, as they stock only American made craft beers. 

Is that a recent change?  They used to have a who area devoted to imports....and I have bought various Eurpoean beers (and Israeli Goldstar once) before

[Captain Zissou]

A couple things to note....  You'd be hard pressed to find an import at Beer:30, as they stock only American made craft beers. 

Is that a recent change?  They used to have a who area devoted to imports....and I have bought various Eurpoean beers (and Israeli Goldstar once) before

When they opened they said their goal was to carry strictly American made beers, as Grassroots already carried many import brands.  They may have since changed, but I usually just go there for very specific beers, so I haven't really explored the store.

[Josh]

A couple things to note....  You'd be hard pressed to find an import at Beer:30, as they stock only American made craft beers. 

Is that a recent change?  They used to have a who area devoted to imports....and I have bought various Eurpoean beers (and Israeli Goldstar once) before

When they opened they said their goal was to carry strictly American made beers, as Grassroots already carried many import brands.  They may have since changed, but I usually just go there for very specific beers, so I haven't really explored the store.

Weird, they had imports there the first time I went, a week after opening.

[funwithteeth]

They do have a selection of imports (Belgians, for instance) at the back of the store. It's right where they keep the Budweisers, Millers, etc, so you cannot be blamed for overlooking them!

That said, it is a very small selection. Grassroots has them beat on imports, for sure.

[peestandingup]

Great article! But with the new format & these extra long articles with multiple pages, you REALLY need to put in an option of a "show all" for those who want everything on the same page. Clicking through 16 different pages is a bit much.

[JeffreyS]

Late night Lola's has provided a little competition on my Saturday night for Kickbacks. Beer 30 has proven to be a good addition. I love Bold City Brewery and enjoyed a Cork showing 2 weekends ago. Bath tub Gin at Rouge and Pizza at Carmine's are a few of my favorite things.  We walk back and forth a lot.

[jerry cornwell]

Just imagine what STREETCAR would do for this area. With Billions invested along streetcar lines all across the nation a car line would make a huge development engine. Oh, but then along comes Richard Clark and the whole thing is in jeopardy.

Truth.... throughout this depression, Riverside has progressed in a cultural way, an outstanding value for 20 somethings. Now is the time to take it to the level this urban neighborhood needs and deserves, fixed mass transit.

[FSBA]

Dahlia's has become my watering hole of choice, but really enjoy King St as a whole

[BrooklynSouth]

Wow, this is a great article! I love my neighborhood! If anyone is feeling both wise and texty today, you can contribute to the stub article on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Street_District

[jaxeeyore]

The King Street corridor is OK during the day and early evening, but the dynamic changes when the sun goes down.  The overly intoxicated, trashy crowd takes over during the later hours. Drug dealing and prostitution still take place in the vicinity, but it’s less noticeable because there are more people in the area overall. I’ve seen dealing and hooking occur inside some of the establishments myself. The shooting at Park Place Lounge in May 2012 is a good example of why I avoid this area after 6:00PMish.

[PeeJayEss]

The King Street corridor is OK during the day and early evening, but the dynamic changes when the sun goes down.  The overly intoxicated, trashy crowd takes over during the later hours. Drug dealing and prostitution still take place in the vicinity, but it’s less noticeable because there are more people in the area overall. I’ve seen dealing and hooking occur inside some of the establishments myself. The shooting at Park Place Lounge in May 2012 is a good example of why I avoid this area after 6:00PMish.

Troll brings topic back from the dead!
So you avoid the place after 6pm, but you've seen dealing AND hooking inside more than one of the establishments that you don't go to? First of all, who are you to judge my line of work? Second, what are you talking about?

[Kickbackssteve]

I've spent almost 100 hours a week for the past 350 weeks or so up and down King street (mostly at the north end) and haven't seen any hooking or drug dealing in the last 4-5 years. But, I suppose it's possible that you've noticed and I just haven't.

[funwithteeth]

No one should question jaxeeyore's knowledge on where to find drugs and hookers.

[ben says]

The King Street corridor is OK during the day and early evening, but the dynamic changes when the sun goes down.  The overly intoxicated, trashy crowd takes over during the later hours. Drug dealing and prostitution still take place in the vicinity, but it’s less noticeable because there are more people in the area overall. I’ve seen dealing and hooking occur inside some of the establishments myself. The shooting at Park Place Lounge in May 2012 is a good example of why I avoid this area after 6:00PMish.

Very much disagree with this sentiment.