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Queens Mafia Hangout Feeling Recession
WOODSIDE
The Winged Tip Shoe is feeling the sag of the economy. “It’s a [nightmare],” Pete Limpelli, owner and operator said Thursday. “Minchia, these prices,” Limpelli trialed off as he pulled the wood handled level of the giant Elektra Espresso machine behind the bar.
The Jules Vernean type device hissed angrily, and produced a resentful brown stream into a tiny white cup under the spigot. Pete wrenched the cup from the base of the hissing machine and slammed it repeatedly against a wooden framed ground box.
“I gotta [sic] recycle [these coffee grounds],” Limpelli snarled. “The economy is [killing] me.”
Homelessness has been up, according to recent reports.
“I don’t care about the reports,” Limpelli said over a cigar on the back deck of The Winged Tip Shoe. “I got bums running in here and [stealing] my Kiwi Shoe Glue.”
William Comparetto
© 2008