Forest Natural
Reader Cathy was kind enough to write in with a tip about this establishment, newly opened on the corner of Norman and Eckford. It’s a deli/salad-toss/juice bar/coffee establishment, with (I presume) a natural food bent, although the ‘natural’ part of it didn’t really seem prevalent inside.
The mix of offerings seems odd - who is their intended target? - but perhaps being on the popular G-train-corridor that is Norman St. (since there is an exit on the corner of Manhattan and Norman) will appeal to residents and those who work in the area.
I am a firm believer that the key to success is staying open later than normal restaurants in Greenpoint. This isn’t a late night kind of place, but please stay open until 8 or so, to get people coming home from work. Closing at 5 or 5:30, in the antiquated belief that people actually get home from work at that time, is a sure recipe for failure - unless of course you’re able to do such a smashing lunch business that you don’t need to.
Someone could open a late-night pizza joint near the Greenpoint Ave. G stop, serving the crappiest pizza in the world. It wouldn’t matter; they would do a bang-up business, because aside from the God Bless Deli & Grocery, there is nowhere else to get late-night food in Greenpoint. I am still astounded by this.
