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Scenes From Bashi Channel’s Soft Opening; Cortelyou Restaurant Will Hold Grand Opening This Saturday

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Scenes From Bashi Channel’s Soft Opening; Cortelyou Restaurant Will Hold Grand Opening This Saturday

As waiters and waitresses delivered tray after tray filled with soup dumplings, bánh mì sandwiches, miso ramen, and a whole lot more to a restaurant jam-packed with neighbors laughing and clinking glasses of beer and wine, it was easy to see the future of Bashi Channel [/blog/food/bashi-channel-new-restaurant-ox-carts-david-pitula-jim-mamary-set-open-end-april] (1120

With Community By Their Side, Neighbors Overcome Trauma After Armed Robberies

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With Community By Their Side, Neighbors Overcome Trauma After Armed Robberies

A series of armed robberies last fall at Ox Cart Tavern [/blog/crime/three-men-rob-ox-cart-tavern-gunpoint-last-night], Mimi’s Hummus [/blog/crime/armed-robbery-mimis-hummus-gunman-flees-foot], Lark Café [/blog/crime/lark-cafe-robbed-gunpoint-last-night], and the Stratford Deli [/blog/crime/deli-church-avenue-stratford-road-robbed-last-night] left our community feeling shaken and vulnerable. It also sparked an impassioned conversation about class, race, police, and