VOX POP? Is it closed?

gch · February 2009

I've passed by Vox Pop several times this week and their gate's halfway closed. Were there violations? Curious.

darla · February 2009

They are closed for renovations. But it may have been the result of a failed inspection (48 violation points on 1/7) - http://167.153.150.32/RI/web/detail.do?method=detail&restaurantId=41073425&inspectionDate=20090107

gch · February 2009

Thanks!

jaydubnb · February 2009

Sander mentioned that Vox should be reopening soon, but the bigger news is that he's stepped down as CEO!

jaydubnb · February 2009

From: http://sander.gnn.tv/blogs/31066/Why_I_resigned_from_Vox_Pop

I’m moving on from Vox Pop to take a job in alternative energy financing, building the winder water and waves systems of tomorrow.

Vox Pop’s total sales last year were $414K. I feel really good about where I’m leaving the company’s valuation.

Debi Ryan will be the new CEO. She’s been training with us to take over. She’s brilliant and nurturing, a true Queen Mother who it is delightful to work with. I’ve personally worked alongside her all week doing rehab on Vox Pop Cortelyou. She’s a hard worker and has a great track record of growing companies, and leaving them profitable at $17 MM a year.

I just want to say that the game has changed in this country, now that Obama is in office, I think certain hybrid systems of capitalism/social consciousness could be tried. It’s time to grab bigger “guns,” in a nonviolent way. I need a bigger platform on which to work. I’m projected to be managing a Bond Fund that is going to put $100 MM into alternative energy. Compare that to running a coffeehouse company that just pulled in $414K in sales. Sort of pales in comparison.

Vox Pop Inc. I love ya, but I just gave you five years of my life, I poured my sweat and blood and splinters of my own flesh in your wood, gutting and building that place with Ross and the help in 2004. Vox Pop Inc. I held you close in the divorce, I took care of you, I wouldn’t let you die, I was the keeper of the torch for you, our little bastard child. I made you profitable and robust, you can go off with Debi now.

I’m off.

I’m into creating the systems that will destory Exxon/Mobil.

Not through violence, but a divine nonviolent form of warfare: financial. Competition. Energy delivery that is cheaper than oil. We’ll create those companies, we will birth them, put them together, fund them, incubate them, and let the hatchlings go. We will put $100MM into the marketplace and be funding all kinds of alternative energy research and conventions. The time is now.

mylkshayk · March 2009

I hope that the pop reopens soon (if it hasn't already- I haven't checked lately). Last I heard they were open for open mic, but still could not serve food. I hope that they go back to the "olden days" (read: November 2004, when they first opened), and just serve coffee, tea, and some basic pastries/cookies. The soups and especially the sandwiches can go.

gch · March 2009

I think what angers me is that Sander apparently did not take care of business while he was CEO and has the nerve to tell us that he's raised $414k in sales, acting like the big politico representing 'the people' that he could not tend to the violations in a timely manner which now has affected 'the people' who loved being in Vox Pop while under his watch.

We've patiently sat last summer in Vox Pop when there was no A/C. The place had inspired many of us to plug-in, write and to pay for trade-free coffee (a little pricier than Connecticut Muffin up the block). I was patient every time they ran out of Chai...(from $414k, they couldn't keep Chai in stock?) How convenient he's left. I don't care how much money Sander says he brought into the company. He's tooting his own horn with both feet out the door.

If we lose our coffeehouse, like Park Slope lost the Tea Lounge on 7th Ave., Windsor Terrace lost Lonleyville, will Vox Pop be next?

I agree with you mylkshayk, if they could just get back to serving coffee, tea and pastries, the rest can go...along with Sander!

debi ryan · March 2009

Vox Pop invites you to attend a Save Vox Pop Town Hall Meeting on
Sunday, March 22nd at 4:00 pm at the Vox Pop Café, 1022 Cortelyou
Road, Brooklyn. Thanks so much for giving us the opportunity to share
our vision going forward. Our goal is to rebuild, using the foundation
that is already in place to foster an even stronger sense of
community.

Vox Pop is a coffee house/bookstore/art gallery/music venue located on
Cortelyou Road in Ditmas Park/Flatbush, Brooklyn. Our vision is to
stand for democracy, equality and peace in the way we treat each
other, our employees and the community. We want to be a true community
center where all members of the neighborhood feel welcome and
comfortable, and all points of view are respected.

Vox Pop is a collective. There is no one owner of Vox Pop. There are
over 50 shareholders, most members of the community we serve, but some
living as far away as California. Under our new model, there is no
majority shareholder. Our hope is that everyone who loves Vox Pop
becomes a part of Vox Pop. If the entire community owns the place, it
will surely be a staple of the Cortelyou Road scene for many, many
years.

Debi Ryan
President & CEO
Vox Pop, Inc.
718-980-2084
[email protected]

solve4x · March 2009

Subject: Vox Pop

yeah! what is up with vox pop?! i past by there late last week, either a thursday or friday and it was open. this morning, wednesday, 25 march when i actually wanted a hot cafe au lait it was closed. huh?

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