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There are other office occupants though, and it sounds like Google's going to squeeze them out. So the food offerings might stay, but it's going to begin to fee

by Touche 9y ago

There are other office occupants though, and it sounds like Google's going to squeeze them out. So the food offerings might stay, but it's going to begin to feel like a Google cafeteria.

saalweachter 9y ago
Do the businesses in Chelsea Market rely heavily on traffic from the office-workers above? Store-fronts in NYC tend to be pretty disconnected from the office/residential spaces above, with a few notable exceptions.
- oplav 9y ago
  I don't think so. I work upstairs at a non-Google company. Most of the time, the market floor is filled with non office workers. The lunch crowd might suffer a little bit since Google employees won't need to go down for meals.
- zohaibr 9y ago
  No, they don't. They get a ton of tourist business especially because High Line is right there.
- aaavl2821 9y ago
  It's a great place but so busy that id be loathe to drop in for a working lunch. That place and the Rockefeller center concourse are some of the rare places in the world where getting lunch can be more stressful than work
- zephraph 9y ago
  Not at all. It's always packed with tourists. Most of my coworkers and I go outside of CM to eat because it's pretty pricy.
- locopati 9y ago
  I worked in the building as it transitioned from how it was to how it is. The ground floor used to be mostly shops and over time became food oriented, with more restaurants and fancy treat places, as they aimed themselves towards the tourist industry, which crowds that place like mad.
- jowiar 9y ago
  Last time I went to Chelsea Market I got the feeling of "Nobody (local) goes here... there are too many tourists and the experience walking around here is miserable" Times Square-esque
  - CydeWeys 9y ago
    Yes, this is exactly correct.
  - epc 9y ago
    I live in the neighborhood. It's a nightmare to walk throthere during the day, but fairly quiet in the morning until 10. Also a decent place to pick up dinner after 6:00, especially if you enter through one of the side doors.
zohaibr 9y ago
MLB occupies some space. But they were moving to midtown in 2019 but their lease is until 2022. Bamtech (recently acquired by Disney is there). I don't know what's going to happen for us. We'll find out.
- ionforce 9y ago
  > I don't know what's going to happen for us. Who is us?
  - oh_sigh 9y ago
    "BAMTech" aka the old live video streaming arm started by MLB. They were bought out by Disney, which will be using the tech as the backbone of their own streaming service which is coming out in 2020 or so
    - oplav 9y ago
      Disney's new ESPN streaming push (which is also powered by BAMTech) is launching this spring. https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/07/espns-streaming-service-will-cost-4-99-and-launch-this-spring/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/07/espns-streaming-service-wi...
djtriptych 9y ago
Google employees already eat for free at 5-6 internal restaurants within the Google office space. I used to work at Google NYC and would occasionally eat at a nice Thai spot in Chelsea Market but most of the time I'd just take the free lunch.
- 52-6F-62 9y ago
  If the food is at least as good as Google Waterloo (alas, I was only visiting.), then holy hell—I don't blame you. Coming from a more traditional office (with a gradually updating for-pay cafeteria) I could hardly believe it. It was really great food with an active policy of reducing waste (with published counts).
  - cmrdporcupine 9y ago
    As a Google Waterloo employee I personally think much of the food at Google NYC is better, maybe the best I've had at Google. Not all of it, but some. There are certainly more options, as we have only one cafe here but there are many in NYC. But I haven't been there in 5 years, so I can't say that with certainty, things may have changed.
    - samstave 9y ago
      Google should recruit talent from youngsters by giving them a field trip to their various cafes. "work hard and study, and this will be the food you can eat every day" as a motivational trope
    - 52-6F-62 9y ago
      They had an enclosure containing an environment for growing micro greens you could pick yourself. lol. It wasn't for us I/O'ers, though. I was impressed, but maybe I haven't been spoiled yet. They did just have the one cafeteria when I was there, but I wouldn't talk it down. Waterloo isn't that large of an office, relatively speaking. I wouldn't be surprised that the NYC location is slaying Kitchener/Waterloo. I'd hope so! I think the last time I was up that way was pre-university drinking with friends in Guelph and at the Sleeman Brewery. It's a nice place, and becoming more of a research and development hub, but still has a way to go.
CydeWeys 9y ago
Why would it begin to feel like a Google cafeteria? We have actual Google cafeterias (including in Chelsea Market, on the eighth floor). Chelsea Market is a huge tourist draw. Googlers generally don't eat there because it's crowded and the food costs money. We do go out at night to The Tippler, a bar beneath the market, though. That definitely feels like an extension of Google space on weeknights.

by Touche 9y ago

There are other office occupants though, and it sounds like Google's going to squeeze them out. So the food offerings might stay, but it's going to begin to feel like a Google cafeteria.

saalweachter 9y ago

Do the businesses in Chelsea Market rely heavily on traffic from the office-workers above? Store-fronts in NYC tend to be pretty disconnected from the office/residential spaces above, with a few notable exceptions.

oplav 9y ago
I don't think so. I work upstairs at a non-Google company. Most of the time, the market floor is filled with non office workers. The lunch crowd might suffer a little bit since Google employees won't need to go down for meals.
zohaibr 9y ago
No, they don't. They get a ton of tourist business especially because High Line is right there.
aaavl2821 9y ago
It's a great place but so busy that id be loathe to drop in for a working lunch. That place and the Rockefeller center concourse are some of the rare places in the world where getting lunch can be more stressful than work
zephraph 9y ago
Not at all. It's always packed with tourists. Most of my coworkers and I go outside of CM to eat because it's pretty pricy.
locopati 9y ago
I worked in the building as it transitioned from how it was to how it is. The ground floor used to be mostly shops and over time became food oriented, with more restaurants and fancy treat places, as they aimed themselves towards the tourist industry, which crowds that place like mad.
jowiar 9y ago
Last time I went to Chelsea Market I got the feeling of "Nobody (local) goes here... there are too many tourists and the experience walking around here is miserable" Times Square-esque
- CydeWeys 9y ago
  Yes, this is exactly correct.
- epc 9y ago
  I live in the neighborhood. It's a nightmare to walk throthere during the day, but fairly quiet in the morning until 10. Also a decent place to pick up dinner after 6:00, especially if you enter through one of the side doors.

zohaibr 9y ago

MLB occupies some space. But they were moving to midtown in 2019 but their lease is until 2022. Bamtech (recently acquired by Disney is there). I don't know what's going to happen for us. We'll find out.

ionforce 9y ago
> I don't know what's going to happen for us. Who is us?
- oh_sigh 9y ago
  "BAMTech" aka the old live video streaming arm started by MLB. They were bought out by Disney, which will be using the tech as the backbone of their own streaming service which is coming out in 2020 or so
  - oplav 9y ago
    Disney's new ESPN streaming push (which is also powered by BAMTech) is launching this spring. https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/07/espns-streaming-service-will-cost-4-99-and-launch-this-spring/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/07/espns-streaming-service-wi...

djtriptych 9y ago

Google employees already eat for free at 5-6 internal restaurants within the Google office space. I used to work at Google NYC and would occasionally eat at a nice Thai spot in Chelsea Market but most of the time I'd just take the free lunch.

52-6F-62 9y ago
If the food is at least as good as Google Waterloo (alas, I was only visiting.), then holy hell—I don't blame you. Coming from a more traditional office (with a gradually updating for-pay cafeteria) I could hardly believe it. It was really great food with an active policy of reducing waste (with published counts).
- cmrdporcupine 9y ago
  As a Google Waterloo employee I personally think much of the food at Google NYC is better, maybe the best I've had at Google. Not all of it, but some. There are certainly more options, as we have only one cafe here but there are many in NYC. But I haven't been there in 5 years, so I can't say that with certainty, things may have changed.
  - samstave 9y ago
    Google should recruit talent from youngsters by giving them a field trip to their various cafes. "work hard and study, and this will be the food you can eat every day" as a motivational trope
  - 52-6F-62 9y ago
    They had an enclosure containing an environment for growing micro greens you could pick yourself. lol. It wasn't for us I/O'ers, though. I was impressed, but maybe I haven't been spoiled yet. They did just have the one cafeteria when I was there, but I wouldn't talk it down. Waterloo isn't that large of an office, relatively speaking. I wouldn't be surprised that the NYC location is slaying Kitchener/Waterloo. I'd hope so! I think the last time I was up that way was pre-university drinking with friends in Guelph and at the Sleeman Brewery. It's a nice place, and becoming more of a research and development hub, but still has a way to go.

CydeWeys 9y ago

Why would it begin to feel like a Google cafeteria? We have actual Google cafeterias (including in Chelsea Market, on the eighth floor). Chelsea Market is a huge tourist draw. Googlers generally don't eat there because it's crowded and the food costs money. We do go out at night to The Tippler, a bar beneath the market, though. That definitely feels like an extension of Google space on weeknights.