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After 35 Years in Bushwick, Fat Albert is Alive and Expanding, and No Starbucks Will Change That

It was a totally false alarm. Fat Albert is NOT closing!!

By Katarina Hybenova

Aug. 31, 2017 · 2 min read

After 35 Years in Bushwick, Fat Albert is Alive and Expanding, and No Starbucks Will Change That
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After 35 Years in Bushwick, Fat Albert is Alive and Expanding, and No Starbucks Will Change That

It was a totally false alarm. Fat Albert is NOT closing!!

· 2 min read
After 35 Years in Bushwick, Fat Albert is Alive and Expanding, and No Starbucks Will Change That

The news that the Seattle coffee giant Starbucks plans to open a location on Bushwick and Bed-Stuy border took the neighborhood by emotional storm.

For a good while it seemed that everybody was talking only about Starbucks and what it means to have it open on Broadway. People have been also…

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