The Brooklyn Paper has a longish piece about how instead (or in addition to) the artists, the foodies are the new gentrifiers:
“Food is the new art in the urban cultural experience. You used to have artists moving in and opening galleries, now there are foodies moving in and opening up cafes,” said Sharon Zukin, a professor of sociology at Brooklyn College and the author of “Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Culture.”
“Eateries are beginning to mark the borders of certain kinds of cultural divisions,” she added.
It’s happened in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where in 2004 neighborhood pioneer Bread Stuy paved the way for upscale pizzeria Saraghina to open over summer and for Peaches, owned by the proprietors of the Fort Greene mainstay, the Smoke Joint, to open in 2008.
In Bushwick, the seemingly barren foodscape inspired two neighborhood musicians to open Roberta’s, an avant-garde pizzeria in a drafty warehouse.
In Ditmas Park, a neighborhood movement to attract more business to Cortelyou Road resulted in the development of a veritable restaurant row.
And most recently, Joe Brancaccio was inspired to open Brancaccio’s Food Shop in Kensington, where, to his surprise, the place was packed with folks aching for some truffled mac and cheese.
“I knew this neighborhood was on the verge,” said Brancaccio.
All I'll say is - good food is good food, and Joe definitely offers some excellent options, truffle butter or no. And yes, another coffee shop would be welcome too!