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Fisherp
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Username: Fisherp
Post Number: 3
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 9:52 am: |     |
Any rumors on what will replace Carmelita's in town? |
chiquita
Citizen
Username: Chiquita
Post Number: 44
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 1:02 pm: | |
From what I've heard, Maplewood residents Steven and Janet Crane will be opening a deli/cheese shop. Dave Ramirez, another Maplewood resident and a professional chef, will be helping them out with the cheese part. Personally, I'm glad we'll have a place to fill the void left by Cravings' departure. |
alan
Citizen
Username: Alan
Post Number: 174
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 1:25 pm: | |
that would be good, and full circle. since it was a cheese shop before it was carmelitas. |
Fisherp
Citizen
Username: Fisherp
Post Number: 4
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 1:46 pm: | |
Wonderful!! I look forward to it (hope it comes true)....thanks for the info |
trapper
Citizen
Username: Trapper
Post Number: 174
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 1:54 pm: | |
Copyright Python (Monty), LTD.
MOUSEBENDER: Good Morning.
WENSLEYDALE: Good morning, sir. Welcome to the National Cheese Emporium.
MOUSEBENDER: Ah, thank you my good man.
WENSLEYDALE: What can I do for you, sir?
MOUSEBENDER: Well, I was, uh, sitting in the public library on Thurmond Street just now, skimming through Rogue Herries by Hugh Walpole, and I suddenly came over all peckish.
WENSLEYDALE: Peckish, sir?
MOUSEBENDER: Esurient.
WENSLEYDALE: Eh?
MOUSEBENDER: (In a broad Yorkshire accent) Eee I were all hungry, like.
WENSLEYDALE: Ah, hungry.
MOUSEBENDER: In a nutshell. And I thought to myself, 'a little fermented curd will do the trick'. So I curtailed my Walpoling activites, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some cheesy comestibles.
WENSLEYDALE: Come again?
MOUSEBENDER: I want to buy some cheese.
WENSLEYDALE: Oh, I thought you were complaining about the bouzouki player.
MOUSEBENDER: Oh, heaven forbid. I am one who delights in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse.
WENSLEYDALE: Sorry?
MOUSEBENDER: (In a broad Yorkshire accent) Ooo, I like a nice tune - you're forced to.
WENSLEYDALE: So he can go on playing, can he?
MOUSEBENDER: Most certainly. Now then, some cheese please, my good man.
WENSLEYDALE: Certainly, sir. What would you like?
MOUSEBENDER: Well, eh, how about a little Red Leicester?
WENSLEYDALE: I'm afraid we're fresh out of Red Leicester, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Oh never mind, how are you on Tilsit?
WENSLEYDALE: I'm afraid we never have that at the end of the week, sir. We get it fresh on Monday.
MOUSEBENDER: Tish tish. No matter. Well, stout yeoman, four ounces of Caerphilly, if you please.
WENSLEYDALE: Ah. It's been on order, sir, for two weeks. I was expecting it this morning.
MOUSEBENDER: It's not my lucky day, is it? Er, Bel Paese?
WENSLEYDALE: Sorry, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Red Windsor?
WENSLEYDALE: Normally, sir, yes. Today the van broke down.
MOUSEBENDER: Ah. Stilton?
WENSLEYDALE: Sorry.
MOUSEBENDER: Emmental? Gruyère?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Any Norwegian Jarlsberger, per chance?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Liptauer?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Lancashire?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: White Stilton?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Danish Blue?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Double Gloucester?
WENSLEYDALE: ..... No.
MOUSEBENDER: Cheshire?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Dorset Blue Vinney?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Brie, Roquefort, Pont-l'Évêque, Port Salut, Savoyard, Saint-Paulin, Carre-de-L'Est, Bresse-Bleu, Boursin?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Camembert, perhaps?
WENSLEYDALE: Ah! We have Camembert, yes sir.
MOUSEBENDER: You do! Excellent.
WENSLEYDALE: Yes, sir. It's, ah ..... it's a bit runny.
MOUSEBENDER: Oh, I like it runny.
WENSLEYDALE: Well, it's very runny, actually, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: No matter. Fetch hither le fromage de la Belle France! M-mmm!
WENSLEYDALE: I think it's a bit runnier than you'll like it, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: I don't care how f*cking runny it is. Hand it over with all speed.
WENSLEYDALE: Oh .....
MOUSEBENDER: What now?
WENSLEYDALE: The cat's eaten it.
MOUSEBENDER: Has he?
WENSLEYDALE: She, sir.
(pause)
MOUSEBENDER: Gouda?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Edam?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Caithness?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Smoked Austrian?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Japanese Sage Darby?
WENSLEYDALE: No, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: You do have some cheese, do you?
WENSLEYDALE: Of course, sir. It's a cheese shop, sir. We've got .....
MOUSEBENDER: No, no, don't tell me. I'm keen to guess.
WENSLEYDALE: Fair enough.
MOUSEBENDER: Er, Wensleydale?
WENSLEYDALE: Yes?
MOUSEBENDER: Ah, well, I'll have some of that.
WENSLEYDALE: Oh, I thought you were talking to me, sir. Mr Wensleydale, that's my name.
(pause)
MOUSEBENDER: Greek Feta?
WENSLEYDALE: Ah, not as such.
MOUSEBENDER: Er, Gorgonzola?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Parmesan?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Mozzarella?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Pippo Crème?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Danish Fimboe?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Czech sheep's milk?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?.
WENSLEYDALE: Not today, sir, no.
(pause)
MOUSEBENDER: Ah, how about Cheddar?
WENSLEYDALE: Well, we don't get much call for it around here, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Not much ca- It's the single most popular cheese in the world!
WENSLEYDALE: Not round here, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: And what is the most popular cheese round here?
WENSLEYDALE: Ilchester, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Is it.
WENSLEYDALE: Oh yes, sir. It's staggeringly popular in this manor, squire.
MOUSEBENDER: Is it.
WENSLEYDALE: It's our number-one best seller, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: I see. Ah, Ilchester, eh?
WENSLEYDALE: Right, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: All right. Okay. Have you got any, he asked expecting the answer no?
WENSLEYDALE: I'll have a look, sir ..... nnnnnnooooooooo.
MOUSEBENDER: It's not much of a cheese shop, is it?
WENSLEYDALE: Finest in the district, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Explain the logic underlying that conclusion, please.
WENSLEYDALE: Well, it's so clean, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: It's certainly uncontaminated by cheese.
WENSLEYDALE: You haven't asked me about Limberger, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Is it worth it?
WENSLEYDALE: Could be.
MOUSEBENDER: Have you- SHUT THAT BLOODY BOUZOUKI UP!
WENSLEYDALE: (To dancers) Told you so.
MOUSEBENDER: Have you got any Limburger?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: That figures. Predictable really, I suppose. It was an act of purest optimism to have posed the question in the first place. Tell me:
WENSLEYDALE: Yes, sir?
MOUSEBENDER: Have you in fact got any cheese here at all?
WENSLEYDALE: Yes, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Really?
(pause)
WENSLEYDALE: No. Not really, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: You haven't.
WENSLEYDALE: No, sir, not a scrap. I was deliberately wasting your time, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Well, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to shoot you.
WENSLEYDALE: Right-O, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: (Shoots him) What a senseless waste of human life.
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Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 6087
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 3:43 pm: | |
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/27/dining/27chee.html?ex=1272254400&en=e90ec92803 bd5ac3&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss |
Soulful Mr T
Citizen
Username: Howardt
Post Number: 289
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 5:52 pm: | |
This parrot is definitely dead. |
Earlster
Supporter
Username: Earlster
Post Number: 1119
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 9:53 am: | |
No he is just taking a little nap. |
Maplewoody
Citizen
Username: Maplewoody
Post Number: 935
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 30, 2005 - 7:20 pm: | |
Are Steve & Janet the former owners of Cravings?
I miss that place. There used to be a cheese shop
on Maplewood Ave, but closed shortly after we moved here in 1998... |
jeffl
Supporter
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1141
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, May 1, 2005 - 8:56 am: | |
No, they're not. We went to a tasting of foods that they are going to have at the new place. Oh baby, is this going to be great. Great sandwiches, soups, cheeses, breads, gumbo, desserts. Every morsel was terrific. I think it's going to be an enormous addition to the area. I can't wait. I think the plan is to open on June 1st. |
Fisherp
Citizen
Username: Fisherp
Post Number: 5
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Monday, May 2, 2005 - 7:42 pm: | |
Jeffl - how did you get in on a tasting of the future offerings? I'm frightfully jealous.... |
spw784
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Username: Spw784
Post Number: 694
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 2, 2005 - 8:37 pm: | |
And Jeff - will they deliver (at lunch time?) |
jeffl
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Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1146
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 - 7:54 am: | |
I dunno times two. Sorry. I'll see what I can find out. |
sullymw
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 555
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 - 9:24 am: | |
Heart & Soul should have gone there. Jesse would make a mint with that location. The new store sounds great too |
Hank Zona
Supporter
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 2928
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 - 9:33 am: | |
I spoke with one of the owners this morning and he doesnt understand how jeffl could have crashed the tasting.
But seriously, they are busy getting the place ready...they are good and involved people really tied in to the community who will work hard to make it a really good place. I'll even ask them next time I see them if they'll be doing deliveries. |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 828
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 - 9:41 am: | |
Hank , why not suggest they do deliveries with a Vespa scotter . Parking will be their biggest problem . The Millburn deli is successfull because they have good food & you can park , sounds like you friends have the good food part down. |
drewdix
Citizen
Username: Drewdix
Post Number: 883
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 - 1:45 pm: | |
there is no parking problem in Maplewood.
Hope the new place is great. |
Yoette
Citizen
Username: Yoette
Post Number: 7
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 - 10:14 pm: | |
I hope they serve GREAT coffee! A good cup a joe is hard to find in Maplewood. |
Soulful Mr T
Citizen
Username: Howardt
Post Number: 316
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2005 - 6:19 am: | |
Is it? The coffee at Tara's on Valley is excellent (as are their bagels, BTW), as is the joe at the 2 coffee shops across from each other in the village... I don't thnk we're hurtin' for java.... but there's no accounting for taste, I guess... |
shh
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 2473
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2005 - 7:00 am: | |
If you like strong coffee, it's impossible to find.
But, knowing the proprietors, the coffee is sure to have a lot of flavor! |
jeffl
Supporter
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1158
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2005 - 7:51 am: | |
Spoke with the chef last night. They intend to deliver to the pool this summer and hope to expand on that eventually. |
Ruben
Citizen
Username: Ruben
Post Number: 1
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 7:58 pm: | |
Yes It's True A new Deli In Town with a Gourmet Cheese Shoppe, Featuring Specialty Sandwiches, Soups and Salads with Cheeses from around the world. Featuring Chef Dave, Masters prepared in Cheese, formerly of Chantereles, & Teacher at the Institue of Culinary Education. |
DeborahG
Citizen
Username: Deborahg
Post Number: 1388
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 8:31 pm: | |
Not a ShopPE! Couldn't it just be a nice "shop"? |
marinab
Citizen
Username: Marinab
Post Number: 110
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 8:43 pm: | |
Shouldn't that be outlawed except when Maplewood does Dicken's Village? |
Ruben
Citizen
Username: Ruben
Post Number: 2
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 9:44 pm: | |
Too Bad There's such a negative attitude amongst MOL'ers We should welcome new businesses to the town, |
Soulful Mr T
Citizen
Username: Howardt
Post Number: 392
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 10:00 pm: | |
In my family when we see a store called a SHOPPE, we pronounce it "shopee," as in "Ye Oldee Shopee." I think a license should be required to call your place of business a "shoppe."
Also, is there some subliminal sexual message in the bill thru the pickle? |
susan1014
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Username: Susan1014
Post Number: 616
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 10:42 pm: | |
Ruben,
Presumably you are either an owner or a friend of the owners, since you have the graphics and bio information.
Don't assume that friendly ribbing is negativity...if you read the earlier postings, you'd know that the new shop(shoppe if you insist) has considerable good will and interest. Don't risk it by rushing to take offense.
(if the board gets negative on you, it can get a lot more negative than this...search on Gaslight Brewery if you don't believe me!) |
Dave
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Username: Dave
Post Number: 6401
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 10:51 pm: | |
The olde Carmelita's sign is now property of MOL. Perhaps Jamie will post a photo for fans?
(Thank you, Carlos!) |
Nohero
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Username: Nohero
Post Number: 4479
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 10:56 pm: | |
I look forward to shoppen' in the gourmet cheese shoppe. |
SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 2159
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 11:00 pm: | |
Not to worry Ruben - quality product and service is everything... people were threatening a boycott of the new nail salon, but.. check the newest thread... people are very pleased. So... since Janet is a "homegrown" Maplewoodian, she knows what we look for in a store. They'll be fine.. even more than fine. |
Soda
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Username: Soda
Post Number: 3222
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 11:30 pm: | |
I Cannot Wait.
-s. |
AlleyGater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 306
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 3:44 pm: | |
Well put Susan -- I was thinking the same thing.
When I saw the shoppee (that's how our family ALWAYS pronounces it) I thought the same thing. How funny are we in Williamsburg, VA or NJ? But I didn't perceive any negativity about the shop at all in any of the posts. As for the logo. I like it a lot has a definite sexual vibe to it (two crossed "swords" hint hint, know what I'm saying know what I'm saying. Oh look you pierced his pickle, wot wot) . I approve whole heartedly. Also keep in mind everyone HATES the new diner's logo and yet everyone so far is loving the place. I personally think is a good thing that everyone is interested in your graphic design -- we are actually talking about your business which as we all know is a good thing for the business in general since it's in our minds.
My wife and I LOVE Murrays cheese shop in the city and if we could get loaves of that unbelievable Sullivan Street Pane Pugliese we will be there very regularly. |
DeborahG
Citizen
Username: Deborahg
Post Number: 1390
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 4:39 pm: | |
Ditto, Gater!! Believe me, I will happily shop at a Shop-pay if it has great fromage. |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 4421
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 5:15 pm: | |
I don't think a regular shop could afford rents in the village. I think it would have to be a shoppe.
Now, I have issues with people who get their kicks out of starving poor, defenseless birds to death by pinning their beaks shut with a pickle........ |
Soulful Mr T
Citizen
Username: Howardt
Post Number: 395
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 5:18 pm: | |
 ROCKY: "Why, you stupid toad! I ought to beat your brains out!
NANCY: No! Put down that pickle!"
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AlleyGater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 308
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 5:25 pm: | |
I just took a second look at Soda's cheese graphic and I have a serious issue with the font he chose. The stencil logo looks so militaristic very inappropriate for such wonderful artisanal cheeses.  |
ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 3753
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 6:11 pm: | |
Tough crowd!
I like the logo and love shoppes! Can't wait for a good sammy |
kmk
Supporter
Username: Kmk
Post Number: 648
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 6:43 pm: | |
We need smell-a-vision or at least scratch and sniff cheese cards! I love a good stinky cheese. |
galileo
Citizen
Username: Galileo
Post Number: 180
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 11:51 pm: | |
Chef David Ramirez is a very talented guy.This shoppe will be great. |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 6928
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, May 20, 2005 - 9:50 am: | |
I live next door to the Cranes (the new owners). Steve said the target date for opening is June 1. I wish them luck. It sounds like they have a very good plan, which of course includes catering to the people's tastes. I can hardly wait. |
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