Comments on: A taste of…gentrification http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/ Harlem's Lifestyle Destination Since 2006 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:08:45 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: fish monger http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-30222 fish monger Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:51:19 +0000 http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-30222 This is why Harlem is now all fucked up - mostly ignorant white folks wanting to bring their Whole Foods bullshit to the hood. Meanwhile, you're the people who not only introduced McDonald's to the world, but worked there as suburban kids and ate there as families. Keep your gentrification, which destroys (food and art) culture, generational legacy, and the overall way of life in NYC. Nice going. This is why Harlem is now all fucked up – mostly ignorant white folks wanting to bring their Whole Foods bullshit to the hood.

Meanwhile, you’re the people who not only introduced McDonald’s to the world, but worked there as suburban kids and ate there as families.

Keep your gentrification, which destroys (food and art) culture, generational legacy, and the overall way of life in NYC.

Nice going.

]]> By: queen http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-25160 queen Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:18:06 +0000 http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-25160 wow. all y'all are a trip. seriously. ALL of you. i mean, really -- as a slim, physically healthy southerner that lives in (west) harlem, i can honestly say that a taste of seafood is one of my favorite restaurants. truly authentic. when it's time for mac n' cheese, i don't go anywhere else. the thing is, eating there is an occasional once in a while thing, not a daily ritual. all black people aren't unhealthy and a decent education doesn't guarantee healthy eating choices. there are plenty of college-educated slobs out there. please. we are all individuals. we all make our own choices. you don't like fried food #2? then keep your snide comments to yourself and don't eat it. you don't walk into jamba juice expecting a cheeseburger. should you walk into a fish joint uptown expecting a 2 ounce shot of wheatgrass? wow. all y’all are a trip. seriously. ALL of you.

i mean, really — as a slim, physically healthy southerner that lives in (west) harlem, i can honestly say that a taste of seafood is one of my favorite restaurants. truly authentic. when it’s time for mac n’ cheese, i don’t go anywhere else. the thing is, eating there is an occasional once in a while thing, not a daily ritual.

all black people aren’t unhealthy and a decent education doesn’t guarantee healthy eating choices. there are plenty of college-educated slobs out there. please.

we are all individuals. we all make our own choices. you don’t like fried food #2? then keep your snide comments to yourself and don’t eat it. you don’t walk into jamba juice expecting a cheeseburger. should you walk into a fish joint uptown expecting a 2 ounce shot of wheatgrass?

]]> By: narmer http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-24004 narmer Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:09:30 +0000 http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-24004 "Reference link below: Why is frying a no no? Three reasons: 1. Plain white fish, the kind we usually fry is low in omega three fatty acids that prevent heart trouble. 2. Batter and tarter sauce add fat to fried fish. 3. Frying can produce unhealthy hydrogenated oils." <b> Another reason is that most Fish being sold today are Farm Raised and like Beef and poultry are fed chemicals for faster growth and to produce more meat. One of the largest Fish Farms is located in the South Bronx.</b> “Reference link below: Why is frying a no no?
Three reasons:
1. Plain white fish, the kind we usually fry is low in omega three fatty acids that prevent heart trouble.
2. Batter and tarter sauce add fat to fried fish.
3. Frying can produce unhealthy hydrogenated oils.”
Another reason is that most Fish being sold today are Farm Raised and like Beef and poultry are fed chemicals for faster growth and to produce more meat.
One of the largest Fish Farms is located in the South Bronx.

]]> By: anon http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-24003 anon Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:41:28 +0000 http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-24003 #19 "Pay personal reparaations to a Harlem family"? That's incredible! #19 “Pay personal reparaations to a Harlem family”? That’s incredible!

]]> By: anon http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-18553 anon Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:07:40 +0000 http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-18553 A Taste of Seafood is delicious A Taste of Seafood is delicious

]]> By: lovelyday2U http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-17959 lovelyday2U Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:16:11 +0000 http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-17959 Hey do you all really think that respnder is white? Maybe an arrogant black person, but white, nah. Hey do you all really think that respnder is white? Maybe an arrogant black person, but white, nah.

]]> By: rdc http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-17907 rdc Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:13:04 +0000 http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-17907 So not only are Black people unhealthy but they're so ignorant they need the government to force them into eating healthier? Seriously? I'd rather my tax dollars go toward improving transportation on the East Side, solving violent crimes (i.e. murders, rapes, armed robberies), or maybe keeping the roads in good shape than forcibly preventing people from choosing how to eat, but that's just me. So not only are Black people unhealthy but they’re so ignorant they need the government to force them into eating healthier? Seriously? I’d rather my tax dollars go toward improving transportation on the East Side, solving violent crimes (i.e. murders, rapes, armed robberies), or maybe keeping the roads in good shape than forcibly preventing people from choosing how to eat, but that’s just me.

]]> By: Divine1906 http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-17874 Divine1906 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:47:51 +0000 http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-17874 #17 - The American Heritage Dictionary defines the word arrogant as "..marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others..". In a number of the posts seen on Uptown Flavor that's exactly the attitude that comes across. Some of us expect the attitudes being exhibited about certain aspects of the Harlem community. We've dealt with them in the workplace, in the schools some of us went to and every time we take in the media. It's an attitude of supremacy. So as someone who's used the word arrogant to describe some of the attitudes exhibited on this site, I think it's a perfect description. #17 – The American Heritage Dictionary defines the word arrogant as “..marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one’s superiority toward others..”.
In a number of the posts seen on Uptown Flavor that’s exactly the attitude that comes across.
Some of us expect the attitudes being exhibited about certain aspects of the Harlem community. We’ve dealt with them in the workplace, in the schools some of us went to and every time we take in the media. It’s an attitude of supremacy.
So as someone who’s used the word arrogant to describe some of the attitudes exhibited on this site, I think it’s a perfect description.

]]> By: HARLEM OBSERVER http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-17844 HARLEM OBSERVER Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:14:22 +0000 http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-17844 ARROGANCE + SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT + DISRESPECT OF OTHERS + HISTORY OF DEATH/DESTRUCTION/DISEASE = WHITE PEOPLE Your history of spreading death,destruction,diseases and just plain misery and suffering to the people and areas you go is common knowledge. Its happening now in Harlem. Hopefully your genetic white guilt will kick in at some point and just leave Harlem. If you must stay here - do something other than complain about Harlem and its residents-allow a homeless family to stay at your condo every weekend. Sponsor a Harlem fifth grader and finance their education until they graduate college. Pay personal reparaations to a Harlem family. Or just get the fuck out and take your e pill popping friends with you. ARROGANCE + SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT + DISRESPECT OF OTHERS + HISTORY OF DEATH/DESTRUCTION/DISEASE = WHITE PEOPLE

Your history of spreading death,destruction,diseases and just plain misery and suffering to the people and areas you go is common knowledge. Its happening now in Harlem. Hopefully your genetic white guilt will kick in at some point and just leave Harlem. If you must stay here – do something other than complain about Harlem and its residents-allow a homeless family to stay at your condo every weekend. Sponsor a Harlem fifth grader and finance their education until they graduate college. Pay personal reparaations to a Harlem family. Or just get the fuck out and take your e pill popping friends with you.

]]> By: 123uptownside http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-17834 123uptownside Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:16:37 +0000 http://uptownflavor.com/2007/07/10/a-taste-ofgentrification/#comment-17834 The last time I checked no one made anyone eat at the restaurant. Order only sides if you want or go down the block to the Juice bar. Regarding fish I still think the Shrimp Box rules. Taste of Seafood burns their oil. Harlem has many healthy establishments. get out and take a walk instead of writing about your dis-satisfaction better yet why don't the group of you get together and open a restaurant. Whenever a black owned establishment succeeds I rejoice. The last time I checked no one made anyone eat at the restaurant. Order only sides if you want or go down the block to the Juice bar.

Regarding fish I still think the Shrimp Box rules. Taste of Seafood burns their oil.
Harlem has many healthy establishments. get out and take a walk instead of writing about your dis-satisfaction better yet why don’t the group of you get together and open a restaurant.

Whenever a black owned establishment succeeds I rejoice.

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