Comments on: Stabbing Outside Salahi UPDATED AGAIN

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:51:56 +0000

Would stop in Salahi almost everyday and buy the same 3 items. Started to notice the price was different depending on who worked there. Young kid $3.50. Old grumpy dude $4.25, $4.75, $5.50??? for the exact same items. I will happily walk an extra block and go to the Tibetan deli by the subway. Super nice. Clearly marked price tags on ALL items.

By: Jaguar_Gorgonne

Jaguar_Gorgonne — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:08:13 +0000

Yeah, let’s have cameras! Police state!!! Great!!!

By: Sasha

Sasha — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:55:54 +0000

P.S. If they don’t have cameras already there, monitoring, after the prior violence at that location, they should. Let’s get some cameras, all around the corners by the Tot Lot, and these might move.

By: Sasha

Sasha — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:51:44 +0000

I’m all for (and will attend) any meeting or other effort necessary to make the police pay more attention to this, to prevent this in the future, and to root out (if true) any sort of drug base/haven going on right there. No more violence.

By: bkforman

bkforman — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:55:07 +0000

I agree with Jaguar – As I have said many of these corner places are drug havens. Be Real.

By: Jaguar_Gorgonne

Jaguar_Gorgonne — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:09:17 +0000

Anybody who thinks that isn’t a drug corner, despite how friendly the brothers in the bodega may be, is an idiot.

By: ARGYLE

ARGYLE — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:58:27 +0000

In my 30 years here, that corner store has not been frequented by the best residents of our neighborhood. Even when it was Farmer in the City, it was a problem location. Maybe it’s the 24 hour place to get beer or maybe they’re selling more.

By: Dan B

Dan B — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:17:02 +0000

In the shooting that happened back in 2004 outside Salahi, an innocent bystander was shot in the arm by a stray bullet. If I remember right she was 14 and just happened to be getting off the bus across the street.

Last night my friend was in there and overheard one of the workers reassuring some heavy dudes who were inside the store that he knew the rule was “no snitching.” I’m just sayin’.

By: E

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:38:09 +0000

Well put, tk.

By: tk

tk — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:25:27 +0000

A lot of the commenters seem to be talking past each other.

Hand one: The Salahi guys are mostly good guys, and they work hard and watch out for people they know.

Hand two: But the people they know include a number of jerkoffs and knuckleheads (and one schizophrenic) who hang out there at all hours, and it’s not just a fluke so much trouble happens there as opposed to say Fathers right across from the train (the blue awning deli with the excellent sandwiches, also 24 hours).

I’ve lived here since before Salahi opened and shopped there for years before letting them know I’d no longer do business with them due to said knuckleheads.

Back to hand one: I’m much happier that late at night I and my family members walk from the train past a well-lit open storefront with decent guys working inside rather than what would otherwise be two consecutive completely dark blocks, with no eyes on the street at all.