Probably one of those trendy, vastly overpriced, dopey "Hipster" joints.
” “I don’t think anyone is looking at it as a failure,” said Luther Pinckney,”
are you retarded?
Boston Globe / snort...
Communist and democrats (same thing). Waaay to stupid to understand business.
>>“I don’t think anyone is looking at it as a failure,” said Luther Pinckney<<
Other than everyone.
I do. But then again, I am not a delusional liberal.
No money to pay the staff = FAILURE!..............
SJW’s value system:
Team building is what counts, even if the business fails.
That must be what the French military told themselves when the Germans ran over them in days.
Skill building for a pizzeria? Lol!
The usual socialist disease - ran out of other people’s money to spend.
GEEE! Really? Ya Don't Say.....
And it was such a great idea......
“Fair wage”,presumably,meaning that you pay everyone at least $25/hr.That,of course,would mean that just to break even they’d have to charge $22 for a small pepperoni pizza and $30 for a small mushroom and sausage pizza.
They are in a building in a neighborhood undergoing gentrification. They made money in real estate and wrote off the losses on the business.
>> It’s an experiment, and some very good things came out of that.
I agree with the above, but perhaps not with all of his conclusions.
I used to judge a lot of science fairs. Kids whose experiments didn’t turn out as they expected seemed to think the experiment was a failure. If you expect an experiment to prove that X is true and the experiment “fails”, it might be that you have proven that X is false - or at least you have gathered some evidence pointing in that direction.
So perhaps the experiment provided yet more evidence that the idea behind it (socialism) has some serious flaws. Or that socialists are really, really, really slow learners.
“It’s an experiment, and some very good things came out of that, such as skill-building for staff and being in this building at this time of gentrification and change in this community.”
Then charge the staff for education/training, and for historical preservation.
So I went and looked at their so-called "full menu". They offer a pizza margherita (read: fancy cheese pizza) at a price that is probably reasonable for the Boston area. But the glaring problem is that they offer no other stable pizza offerings on the menu - only rotating hipster-trendy items ("examples" include Shrimp & Corn with Puttanesca, Mashed Potato & Meatloaf with Corn, Capers, & Béchamel, Curried Vegetables with Lentils) that have no prices attached.
It's no wonder they went out of business. They failed at being a pizza parlor, no matter how much or little they paid the employees.
PIZZA
Our 14” pizzas can be ordered as quarters, halves,
or whole pizzas. Every day, we offer our signature
margherita pizza:
Margherita
Our spin on the classic pie: smoky tomato sauce
topped with house-pulled mozzarella, asiago, and
snips of basil leaves
¼ pizza $3.50
¼ + ¼ = ½ pizza $6.50
½ + ½ = 1 pizza $12.50
Along with our margherita, we bring you a different
pizza every day. (Pricing varies.) We’ll be whipping
up something special with seasonal vegetables and
locally sourced ingredients whenever possible; here
are some examples to whet your appetite:
Shrimp & Corn with Puttanesca
Roasted shrimp and freshly shucked corn atop our
zesty anchovy-tomato sauce
Mashed Potato & Meatloaf withCorn, Capers, & Béchamel
Classic comfort with our homemade turkey & beef
meatloaf served with all the fixins’, including a
garlicky cream sauce
Curried Vegetable with Lentils
Jamaican stew with seasonal vegetables and
earthy lentils Jerk Chicken, Sweet Potato, & Jack Cheese
**********************************************************
Yum!
-Jeff
“There’s a sadness associated with it,” said Carole Walton, a Roxbury resident. “On a daily basis I come in here, and this is how I get my day started, with conversations and warm greetings and good people. I’m going to definitely miss it.”
Well, maybe if you’d have spent a dollar or two, Carole.....
A well-timed article for a discussion I have going on Facebook about “living wage”. Thanks for the article - good read with excellent point on business operations.
Probably one of those trendy, vastly overpriced, dopey "Hipster" joints.