Bed-Stuy Gateway and the Fulton-Nostrand Revitalization Project

Profile a Business: Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar® of Bedford-Stuyvesant

Citing a lack of casual dining restaurants in the neighborhood, Apple-Metro, Inc., the New York Metro Area franchisee for Applebee's International, made a commitment to provide this service to Bedford-Stuyvesant and opened in February 2006.

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar®

Bed-Stuy
1360 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11216
(718) 943-8005

www.applebeesny.com

Hours:
Monday–Thursday: 11a.m.–Midnight
Friday–Saturday: 11a.m.-1 a.m.
Sunday: 11a.m.-11p.m.

 

General Manager Oscar Rodriguez and his service staff views customers as guests who they are welcoming into their family home. Each guest is greeted with the door held open by one of the host. Being guest driven, Oscar wants to ensure that each and every person that enters to dine leaves satisfied and happy.

Applebee’s attention to customer satisfaction goes beyond service. Their unique menu includes Applebee's signature favorites accented by a constantly changing special feature, including a variety of seasonal appetizers and entrees, perfect for those diners looking for variety. The current menu includes dishes created by Food Network celebrity chef Tyler Florence.

Happy Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 4-7p.m.
(Summer, Fall) 10p.m.-midnight          
(Serving both top shelf and well liquors)

 

Bed-Stuy Customers FIRST Excellent Service Award Winner - Birdel's Tapes and Records

    In an age where one can buy and illegally download music off the Internet, get fake CDs from bootleg producers and shop for music at big box chains, it would seem that there really isn’t any more room for the independent record store. But on Bed-Stuy’s Nostrand Avenue, one independent record store is still going strong after sixty-two, yes 62 years - Birdel’s Tapes and Records at 535 Nostrand Avenue, and you have voted this business the winner of the first Bed-Stuy Customers FIRST Excellent Service Award.
    Ben and Bertie Steiner first opened the doors of Birdel’s Tapes and Records to Bedford Stuyvesant in 1944. The name Birdel’s is a combination of Ben Steiner’s wife’s name, Bertie, and his daughter Della. In 1957, a local young music enthusiast by the name of Hardy Long started working in Ben Steiner’s record shop. When the Steiner’s retired in 1967, young Hardy bought the shop and has kept it open to this day. Mr. Long, who most in the community now know as Joe, still owns Birdel’s and is also the current president of the Fulton-Nostrand United Merchants Association (FNUMA).

 

 

Bed-Stuy Customers FIRST, Excellent Service Award

We need your help in identifying and  recognizing the

Fulton Street-Nostrand Avenue business that provides our community with the absolute best service by putting customers FIRST. To do that, the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp. Commercial Revitalization Program, in partnership with the Fulton-Nostrand United Merchants Association (FNUMA) is sponsoring a little lively competition called the Bed-Stuy Customers FIRST -  Excellent Service Award.

Between now and December 5, 2005, nominate the business on Fulton Street or Nostrand Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant that you feel should be recognized because they value their customers and treat them with the best service.

Only businesses that are “Corporate”, “Full” or “Supporting” members of FNUMA as of October 21, 2005, are eligible to be nominated for this competition. To see how your business can join FNUMA, contact FNUMA at (718) 636-6905

Entries will be evaluated on December 7. The winning business will receive a half-page ad profile in Our Time Press in December paid for by Restoration/FNUMA.

All those who complete the survey  will be entered into a raffle for $25.

Only one entry per person please.

Click here to nominate a business for this award.