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Posted on 07/08/2025 2:30:56 AM PDT by Libloather
More like Sagaponack General Chaos!
Page Six hears that huffy Hamptonites are accusing the billionaire owners of a trendy mom and pop shop of grocery misconduct after the spot became such a hit that it’s creating pandemonium in the hamlet. But the owners tell Page Six they’re “actively working with the village” to smooth things out.
The Sagaponack General Store, located in the second-wealthiest ZIP code in the country, was founded in 1878 but shut down during COVID. New owners snapped it up, gave it a multi-million dollar makeover and have been doing a roaring trade selling pastries, fresh-cut flowers, local produce whimsically displayed in a rusic barrow, $15 breakfast burritos, “penny candy” for $20-a-pound, and the like.
But the more popular it gets, we hear, the less popular it gets, as insiders snipe that customers and their cars are jamming up the residential street on which it sits all weekend long.
“They’re making so many enemies,” said a retail tattletale, “The police have sent a crossing guard! People are parking all over people’s lawns. It’s a nightmare.”
Adding to the ire, they say, the store is “a billionaire’s wife’s pet project.”
Mindy Gray, wife of Blackstone’s multi-billionaire president and COO Jon Gray, bought the store for a reported $3.8million during the peak of the pandemic in 2020, and reopened in April of this year.
According to Air Mail, the store — with its reclaimed-wood shelves and windows offering pictureseque views of the surrounding farmland — was designed by archtiect Frank Greenwald, “a favorite of Ina Garten’s.” Greenwald also renovated its front porch.
“The whole idea always was to walk into the space and feel like you’re stepping back in time and really feeling the echoes of this rich history here,” Mindy told Airmail.
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“No one goes there anymore, it’s too popular!” ~ Yogi Berra
Fake authenticity.
First world problems.
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You know, the simple things that built America way back in the beginning…
food prices———gallon of milk ($7.45), bread ($13), cheese crackers ($25)
Title made me think a flash mob of bikers raided the place
Liberals are so fake.
Wealthy people whining about other wealthy people.
I can think of a lot worse things billionaires can do with their money and time.
Open a second store at least 1000 feet away to spread out the customer load.
Is that like Yogi's comment: 'no one eats there anymore because it's too crowded'...
When I see “trendy”, I throw up in my mouth a little. Add “Hamptons” to that and ... eeeewww
I thought “One Percenters” were members of outlaw motorcycle gangs. Would have made for a more interesting article
These people try really hard to be authentic, kind of like the New York City people who move to Nashville, buy cowboy boots and start saying ‘ya’ll’.
!!!THOSE DAMNED “$15 breakfast burritos” (it’s not a burrito if it doesn’t have any BEANS In it !!!) the proper name is Breakfast TACO !!!
This “Breakfast Burrito” is Marketing for the brain dead because it rhymes and is a joke in the real World.
And if it sells for $15.00 FREAKING DOLLARS it better have edible gold leaf in it, the finest ham or other super high quality breakfast meat, eggs freshly laid by a bird that has just dropped it in a velvet padded and lined nest, freshly made cheese from a Himalayan Mountain Goat and a homemade soft flour Tortilla made by Grandma’s hands to order. Served on a Mayan Golden Plate Along with the Freshly made Pico de Gallo. DELIVERED and come with a Professional Personal Bathroom Hygiene Attendant...
I have consumed many Breakfast Tacos in My years to the point that I am now Built for Comfort, not for Speed.
On that note I will now go to sleep because it’s been 36 hours or so since the last nappy.
Don’t like the store? Don’t go to the store.
Considering the cost of taxes and complying with regulations in NY, that's cheap.
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