The latest edition to a revitalized East End is now live, the 24-hour Steelpointe Foodland at the nexus of Stratford and Seaview Avenues that has a little bit of everything featuring the popular centerpiece Krispy Krunchy Chicken and its mantra “Enough Cajun spices to make it interesting. Not enough to make it hurt.”
When it comes to spice, blow my head off, whatever is left of it. A gallon of milk on the side to chill the pain.
As a resident of The August at Steelpointe Harbor, I’ve been to Foodland several times the past week. It’s the Swiss Army knife of convenience stores. Little things mean a lot.
And, when I’ve been there, the line for Krispy Krunchy is longer than a drum stick. A couple of pieces with a sweet biscuit, $6. I’ve brought home a few boxes of chicken that definitely touched my pleasure center.
Foodland is on a plot with a car wash and gas station so plenty of one-stop shopping, right off I-95.
When I stopped in on Friday, the effervescent Soledad Nunez, a member of the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission, helmed the check out counter. She resides nearby and beamed for the progress in her neighborhood when I told her I live at The August.
I had scooted over there from my apartment realizing I was mighty short on toilet paper. Priorities. I purchased a few other essentials.
When Soledad punched the tablet entry for the toilet paper a quizzical expression emerged from the programmed response.
“Why does this say we must check ID age for toilet paper!” Soledad exclaimed.
“Does this mean you must ID my ass? It’s been around for 68 years,” I rejoindered.
Soledad shot a look at her manager. Should we ID this guy?
He took mercy on me.
Every place has its growing pains, right?
Now that I know Steelpointe Foodland is open 24 hours, I’ll no longer worry about toilet paper shortage.
All in the name of progress.
Lennie, thank you for this public service announcement.
Knowing that Steelpointe Foodland officially operating 24 hours a day, provides a valuable information. Bridgeport’s politicians finally have a local establishment with opening hours that can match their over abundance of excrement production.
When elected machine politicians spend their entire careers breaking endless promises, making grand speeches, and spewing pure hot air from both orifices, they produce a tremendous amount of… waste. It must be a relief for Joe G and company to know that after a long day of ribbon cuttings (at the 5th new business in the same location) the East End has their rear end covered around the clock.
Just one word of caution for any council member slipping in at 2:00 AM for a quick roll of Charmin: bring your ID. The tablet system doesn’t care how many terms you’ve served or how much total “production” you bring to local governance, rules are rules! Well at least they are supposed to be.
Do they carry Preparation H? Because I plan to cause them severe hemorrhoids in the coming New Year.
Man holding red gasoline container: Excuse me, can you spare $3? My car is out of gas on I-95.
Here’s what Lennie doesn’t tell folks:
On December last year, Lennie wrote about the lowest–four (4)– homicide rate in Bridgeport and made up his mind to move back to Bridgeport. This past Monday, homicide number eight (8) took place around 9 a.m. on Park Avenue and Cottage Street. Here’s your headline or the Mayor’s headline: Homicide marks 100% percent increase. Days after, a homeless man sleeping near B. J. Brown Park on Madison Avenue was found bleeding and unconscious apparently after being struct on the head with a rock. He is in critical condition and if he dies, he will be number 9, 125% and not Identified. Let’s see how long before one of the places is robbed or worst.
A new operating fast food location is a sign of something good, better, or best, depending on the context or frame of reference for that story. Doesn’t tne East End to the Stratford line remain a food desert? What is that about currently?
JG comments when the homicide rate increases, but he fails to acknowledge that over the past 30 years it is currently lower than previously and remains an example of technology, police recruiting, and training of public safety personnel, as a City we have made significant progress in seeing valuable results from the public safety department.
As to the stoning of a homeless youth, isn’t that another story? How much do we know from City Council members, or Fair Rent Commission reformed, or a dead in plain sight for more than two decades the Fair Housing Commission about residents, the functioning of HUD funds in the City housing market, or what would cause respect for the process of fairly, respectfully, and honestly administering the process of responding to citizen wants and needs regarding housing? We are not there now. Why are we not? Failure of our City Council members to know the numbers of residents adrift with problems, issues and concerns that would be seen and heard by their oversight process? How long need we wait? There is an election within weeks, but becoming informed over the next 12 months, prepares all Bridgeport residents who are eligible and registered to vote. Provide consent to the awareness and activity of your representatives on your behalf. When you fail to vote, you cannot be heard, as the folks who win consider you voiceless, even if they think about you when voting. Time will tell.
JML, Didn’t take you long to come out and BROWNNOSE the Thief of Police. I also didn’t mention the number of Fentanyl deaths over 300. Sure the figures a dropping like the homicide rate. Fentanyl continues to kill off many of the criminal element.