They’re Eating Sandwiches At The Gas Station

A new halal spot inside a Myrtle Avenue BP station is generating a lot of hype.

They’re Eating Sandwiches At The Gas Station

“We wanted to give this place character,” says Ali Zaman, one of the people involved in running Blue Hour, about their choice to recently open a fast-casual spot nestled inside an unassuming BP gas station on Myrtle Avenue. Now it’s been lovingly covered by everyone from Brooklyn Magazine to the New Yorker, whose Helen Rosner has labeled it a symbol of Bushwick’s “friendly, lived-in grit.”

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