tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post2120702024808391057..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Peter Pan Donut ShopJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-10511123503184141002009-06-23T16:48:25.362-04:002009-06-23T16:48:25.362-04:00@Jeremiah, 5/20: "but what is authenticity?&q...@Jeremiah, 5/20: "but what is authenticity?"<br /><br />Depends where and when, and how old you are.<br /><br />For our generation authenticity is probably slightly, or more than slightly, down at the heels. The WW2 and prewar generation as they were in the 70s and 80s, slightly deaf, loud-talking, bewigged and double-knit. <br /><br />If we walked into a time tunnel and came out into a Luncheonette with a redyellowgreen Coke sign on opening day in 1940something when everything was dazzling white and sanitized, we might feel the cold dead hand of an earlier generation of Starbuckification even then and there. <br /><br />For us, NY's glory days are the "drop dead" years, the years of decline. Gotta wonder about that.pwlsaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301642133484044429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-186031692060358932009-05-21T23:12:00.715-04:002009-05-21T23:12:00.715-04:00Thanks for the big up to Peter Pan. It was one of...Thanks for the big up to Peter Pan. It was one of my favorite parts of living in Greenpoint for 8 years. Sadly, I had to leave. I am a Brooklynite who can no longer afford to live in her native land. Might go back to the old hood for a donut though--I miss Manhattan avenue. Peter Pan Donuts, cheap breakfast at Christina's and all the Polish bakeries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-72159655023876393522009-05-21T10:37:19.247-04:002009-05-21T10:37:19.247-04:00Ah yes, these donuts are pretty tasty.
Didn't kno...Ah yes, these donuts are pretty tasty.<br /><br />Didn't know about the egg creams, I'll have to take a trip down there to try them out. When I lived in the neighborhood I would go out of my way some days for a donut if I wasn't running late for work.<br />-ADAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-56426621664842687302009-05-21T02:57:45.357-04:002009-05-21T02:57:45.357-04:00Well, I will say this: Peter Pan aesthetically and...Well, I will say this: Peter Pan aesthetically and service-wise is like a true throwback to NYC in the 1970s/1980s. But the pastries themselves? Horrible. I've never had more stale/flavorless pastries in my life.<br /><br />But will say this: All of Manhattan Avenue reminds me 100% of Brighton Beach Avenue in the 1970s/1980s. The toy store, the army/navy, this place, etc... All it needs is the elevated train and it's 100% the same.<br /><br />I wish I discovered it years back instead of recently.JakeGouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133101465071716345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-81556007151461985002009-05-21T00:48:46.145-04:002009-05-21T00:48:46.145-04:00I grew up in Brooklyn and I became a Yankees fan, ...I grew up in Brooklyn and I became a Yankees fan, however I was born some thirteen years after the Dodgers left, and my parents were transplants who arrived in New York three years after the Dodgers left. <br /><br />People born in the early 1960s are most likely Mets fans. Someone born in 1960 would have been nine during the 1969 World Series, the perfect age to fall in love with a team, and the Yankees were pretty bad between 1965 and 1975. I don't see why someone born in Brooklyn after 1965 would necessarily be a Mets fan. In fact an early Gen X'er would be growing up when the Yankees were winning World Series and the Mets were terrible. I really think this is more of a generational thing.<br /><br />I wish I hadn't read this. Greenpoint is difficult enough for me to get to without having to go there to find a donut store. I don't even like donuts.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-44468626534176919672009-05-20T22:22:47.030-04:002009-05-20T22:22:47.030-04:00Bowery Boogie, Peter Pan is definitely better than...Bowery Boogie, Peter Pan is definitely better than Doughnut Plant..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09849607963434928393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-27557871969219223352009-05-20T18:59:54.370-04:002009-05-20T18:59:54.370-04:00Oh, that egg cream looks promising. The three laye...Oh, that egg cream looks promising. The three layers, plus foam. A perfect egg cream is my Madeleine. I just may have to try it. Oh yeah, and a donut.Carol Gardensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-41778838766835487092009-05-20T16:15:58.540-04:002009-05-20T16:15:58.540-04:00Yes, the Mets. The Yankees were always hated by D...Yes, the Mets. The Yankees were always hated by Dodgers'fans...so they took up the Mets as their NL team seven or so years after that SOB O'Malley took the Dodgers to LA. <br />ak: What can I say? I just hope that he's a great guy in every other way!Barbara L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691245293493324747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-12686482305448949442009-05-20T15:22:13.538-04:002009-05-20T15:22:13.538-04:00Original Brooklynites were Dodgers Fans--until the...Original Brooklynites were Dodgers Fans--until they moved from Brooklyn to LA. They played at Ebbets Fieldin Brooklyn,NY.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587238399511427894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-51566666544048487972009-05-20T14:54:11.334-04:002009-05-20T14:54:11.334-04:00my BF is from canarsie and is a yankees fan. just ...my BF is from canarsie and is a yankees fan. just sayin'....(then again, i dont think he cares much about baseball).akhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798970763857236245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-37995740478283417942009-05-20T14:19:31.159-04:002009-05-20T14:19:31.159-04:00so who do they root for? mets?so who do they root for? mets?Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-43054611934911755542009-05-20T14:12:19.878-04:002009-05-20T14:12:19.878-04:00Anonymous 10:50. I found that utterly shocking my...Anonymous 10:50. I found that utterly shocking myself; I don't know anyone from Brooklyn who roots for the damned Yankees.Barbara L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691245293493324747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-7834468123519010672009-05-20T12:41:28.300-04:002009-05-20T12:41:28.300-04:00is peter pan better than the doughnut plant on Gra...is peter pan better than the doughnut plant on Grand Street?Bowery Boogiehttp://www.boweryboogie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-49590271373563210772009-05-20T12:29:15.125-04:002009-05-20T12:29:15.125-04:00The best toasted coconut donut in NY, and my favor...The best toasted coconut donut in NY, and my favorite donut shop.Ted Barronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975741901400619750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-42783859613662987162009-05-20T11:30:58.795-04:002009-05-20T11:30:58.795-04:00Does it have real Brooklyn crullers, all eggy insi...Does it have real Brooklyn crullers, all eggy inside, with a choice of chocolate or vanilla frosting? I would walk there to taste one of those again.Barbara L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691245293493324747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-89618438392010915572009-05-20T11:17:48.019-04:002009-05-20T11:17:48.019-04:00I'm just thrilled to NOT see a sign posting the fa...I'm just thrilled to NOT see a sign posting the fat and calorie content of the doughnuts. If you don't already know what's involved in eating them, then don't eat doughnuts. I remember eating at my favorite German Restaurant on 86th Street "Kleine Konditerei" before it and the rest of East 86 Street "closed", and a woman going through a list of things she couldn't eat because of blah,blah,and blah. The host walked over and said very politely "perhaps you should find another place to eat dinner".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-76289431177764962182009-05-20T10:50:31.609-04:002009-05-20T10:50:31.609-04:00So these old time Brooklynites were Yankees fans?So these old time Brooklynites were Yankees fans?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-73616346888119533052009-05-20T10:27:41.690-04:002009-05-20T10:27:41.690-04:00I walked by Peter Pan a million times, and have he...I walked by Peter Pan a million times, and have heard raves from friends, but somehow never tried it because the Polish donuts (paczki) in the Greenpoint bakeries are so fresh and yeasty and terrific they've always won out. <br /><br />My capacity for donut eating is limited at one. Guess that is good.Grade "A" Fancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281571169895250252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-8070386108122075182009-05-20T10:23:14.347-04:002009-05-20T10:23:14.347-04:00the place sounds like a magical find through a tim...the place sounds like a magical find through a time hole.i am storm.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12105724386841042413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-7912894706711642662009-05-20T10:21:18.851-04:002009-05-20T10:21:18.851-04:00The marble cruller is a thing of beauty, and possi...The marble cruller is a thing of beauty, and possibly the best donut I've ever eaten.Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-67790645004512090562009-05-20T10:14:24.275-04:002009-05-20T10:14:24.275-04:00Jeremiah,
There's nothing wrong with your questio...Jeremiah,<br /><br />There's nothing wrong with your questioning. The reason you consider it the "real" Brooklyn, or the "authentic" brooklyn or whatever, is because it is. It has the characteristics that gave Brooklyn it's identity and uniqueness. It is precisely that experience (including comparable others, such as the Carribean immigrants, the Hasids, the Italians, etc) which defined the Brooklyn mythology and inspired certain generations of people to move here. It's authentic because of color and personality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-65327243828234526752009-05-20T09:26:10.425-04:002009-05-20T09:26:10.425-04:00Their donuts are top notch.Their donuts are top notch.Sherri Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261036893497952116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-20462879566632373822009-05-20T09:25:08.608-04:002009-05-20T09:25:08.608-04:00you're so right BaHa, "real" is not the right word...you're so right BaHa, "real" is not the right word. can i take it back? i think i mean a quasi-romantic notion of a brooklyn most likely spawned by books and movies, an older, immigrant brooklyn that is vanishing. there is something that feels authentic about that brooklyn. but what is authenticity?Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-91828393347432047862009-05-20T09:05:57.555-04:002009-05-20T09:05:57.555-04:00Goodness, there are so many Brooklyns that even I ...Goodness, there are so many Brooklyns that even I would dare to claim which is the "real" one. But I do know what you mean, and there is a good deal more left of it than one might think. That said, I'm feeling the need for a doughnut. Soon.Barbara L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691245293493324747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-46570757938850846312009-05-20T08:59:40.701-04:002009-05-20T08:59:40.701-04:00These lovely denizens of Brooklyn were also sugar ...These lovely denizens of Brooklyn were also sugar buzzing.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587238399511427894noreply@blogger.com