Cupcakes for Old Pena's Bodega

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• whynot_31

  November 2013 edited June 2014

  Good catch Maggie!

  Fancy cupcakes!
  
  http://littlecupcakebakeshop.com/locations.html
  
• goodprospect

  November 2013

  OMG…..Ample Hills on one corner, cupcakes on the other. Can a Vanderbilt Ave, outpost of Weight Watchers be far behind?
  
• whynot_31

  November 2013

  Nov 8:

  We beat Brownstoner by 3 days

  http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/11/bodega-on-vanderbilt-will-become-a-cupcake-shop/#comments
  
• maggie

  November 2013

  PS 9 beats Brownstoner by almost 2 weeks!

  https://twitter.com/PS9BklynPTO/status/394643794898853888

  
  
• whynot_31

  November 2013

  Who knew that PS9 had the scoop?
  
• maggie

  November 2013

  PS 9 parents are connoisseurs of the local!

  (and we thank you kindly for the softball!)
  
• whynot_31

  November 2013

  I suspect only people with children subscribe to the PS9 twitterfeed.

  This suspicion briefly caused me to consider having a child, but I will instead count on you to watch it closely and repost it on Brooklynian.
  
• whynot_31

  November 2013

  press re: the real estate transaction

  http://commercialobserver.com/2013/11/little-cupcake-bakeshop-bites-into-prospect-heights-lease/
  
• whynot_31

  March 2014

  Workers are stripping the inside down to the studs today.
• JamesCIV

  March 2014

  They're making quick work in there!
• whynot_31

  June 2014 edited June 2014

  Plywood is now up in front of the storefront. Facade work = finishing touches?
• whynot_31

  June 2014 edited June 2014

  The past:

  
  

  

  photo credit:   http://www.iloveoldny.com/2011/08/penas-food-market-prospect-heights.html

  
  

  The present:

  
  

  
  
• foolio

  June 2014

  the space inside is still completely empty so theyve got a few more weeks still methinks
• whynot_31

  July 2014

  mehopes they have a solid business plan,  one that is not based on a fad.

  
  

  Crumbs had no such plan.

  
  

  http://www.businessinsider.com/crumbs-bake-shop-is-closing-all-of-its-stores-2014-7
• Vanderbilly

  July 2014

  I was going to write something snarky about how their business plan better be to become the ample hill of cupcakes or they are going to fail, but then I checked them out...

  
  

  and they actually seem pretty cool.  Sustainable cupcakes with an iconic city presents. Here is a picture of Shepard Fairey painting their Soho exterior.  Shepard Fairey paints mural at LCB Prince Street.  If Shepard makes a trip to Vanderbilt, I will be delighted to welcome this shop I will likely never enter. 
• whynot_31

  August 2014

  Has anyone had a chance to look in on their construction progress, when they have the plywood door open?
• babbs

  August 2014

  haven't seen the inside but they put up an awesome mural on their plywood fence:
  
  
• whynot_31

  November 2014 edited November 2014

  Almost ready:
  
  http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2014/11/little-cupcake-bake-shop-opening-in-prospect-heights/
  
• foolio

  December 2014 edited December 2014

  they opened today. looks nice inside, about 10 seats, lots of different dessert options, coffee. i got a slice of banana nutella cake, $6.

  
  

  
• babbs

  December 2014

  STICKY BUN!
  
• brookfetish

  December 2014

  I wish all (well, mostly all) businesses in our neighborhood the best of luck.  However, for the life of me, I can't figure out how someone would look at Vanderbilt Ave and think that this is the business that was lacking in the area.
• Vanderbilly

  December 2014

  Sweets are that's left when you have a community board that beats down anything that wants to stay open past nightfall  
• maggie

  December 2014

  just curious what you guys think we're lacking in the area that would realistically have fit into that space.   in the last 18 months there has been a pretty decent variety of new things opening on Vanderbilt.  kids toys, bar/restaurants, barber shop, wine shop...you think we can't sustain two bakeries?

  ps, went there this morning, it was crowded.  the muffins were great, however the coffee left something to be desired.

   
• Vanderbilly

  December 2014

  Welllll, I think if you compared the stretch of vanderbilt to an equally traversed stretch of Smith, Bedford, Fulton, Franklyn, Washington, 4th, 5th, 7th etc, I think you would find we're on the low end when it comes to places for adults to hang out in.  

  
  

  I know there is a handful of bars to cite on Vanderbilt, but they're old and un-enticing.  Their draw is weak.  Most any night life seekers I know around here find a different drag to spend their evenings bopping around.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
• whynot_31

  December 2014

  I think this bakery will do very well. People will use it for small, upscale events.
  
  It has a niche.