Mr Plaza, charcuterie was historically plentiful in Jackson Heights when this was an Italian and Jewish neighborhood. But, the last Italian deli, salumeria, is gone, as far as I know. You will find that the food stores in the neighborhood border on dreadful, unless you want Indian food and then you are Tikka heaven.
We have two supermarkets, Foodtown - overpriced and out of touch with the current neighborhood and Food Dynasty - where they fired the union employees on Christmas eve and had the union rat outside for about a year. Food Dynasty is a low end Key Food, as if Key Food is not low end enough. I use Freshdirect.com.
Mr Plaza, I am curious how you determined that the price you paid for the co-op at Washington Plaza was what you are willing to pay. It is about 34 years times the prevailing rent for an unrenovated apartment in the building. Unrenovated apartments have thick pre-war plaster walls; the renovated apartments have uninsulated - not soundproofed - walls. They stripped most of the prewar features out of the apartments. They traded that for shiny new walls, open kitchen with no privacy and an Eastern European look bathroom. They kept amending the co-op plan to drive up the prices of the apartments as people from Manhattan and Brooklyn bought them at seemingly record speed. What about Washington Plaza made you buy here? And, why at this price?
I too like charcuterie but this is a Tikka and Churro neighborhood now.
