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November 28, 2010
Arena/ A.R.E.A Bagel Battle Back On?
Here's Park Slope
You may remember the battle that raged back in 2007 over the naming of a new bagel place on the north end of Fifth Avenue "Arena Bagels." Some area residents were so up in arms over the Atlantic Yards project that they refused to support any business alluding to it, even if there was no direct connection. After some time owner Ravi Aggarwal finally decided to relent and rename the shop A.R.E.A Bagels, which it's remained ever since.
Old habits die hard, though, and Ravi's always resented being "pushed around" into changing his bagel store's name. I noticed this sign in the window the other day:
NoLandGrab: And maybe Bruce Ratner will buy all his bagels there.
Posted by eric at November 28, 2010 9:49 PM