Apparently the person who wrote that thought that a store selling organic vegan onesies was going to be moving in and paying the 20K a month rent.

It's the perfect spot for a 5 guys or other such chain. It's not as though Flatbush Avenue is quaint.

That would be true if Five Guys wasn't so mediocre.

And by the way, it's "ecstatic."

5 guys has won a ton of awards for their burgers. You may not like them, but lots of people do, thus the reason for their expansion. They are about one step down from in&out burger. For what it is, it's not mediocre at all.

It's the perfect thing to go into a large, expensive space right outside a subway station on a major road.

Speaking of mediocre, have you walked down 7th Avenue lately?

To describe Five Guys as mediocre is IMO rather generous.

Who cares what 1 person thinks. Everyone I have spoken to is to thrilled to have a Five Guys in the neighborhood!! Wait until they find out about all the other franchise that will be moving into the neighborhood. I would love to have a Starbucks, now that Heights Coffee turned into the Velvet Peach.. to all the haters, I say, move back to South Dakota.

I'm generally opposed to chains, since they typically displace the individual character of a neighborhood (I definitely miss the cool quirky coffee shops that were replaced by Starbucks), but my appreciation of a good burger in this case balances out my distaste for chains, especially since it's going on Flatbush which is already pretty hideous. I've had inconsistent luck with their fries, but the burgers are generally quite good in my limited experience.

Does South Dakota have a better ratio of chains to unique businesses than NYC? I'd be surprised, but if so maybe I really should move there.