The bar carts are coming back to Grand Central. I honestly never imagined this would actually happen, but your commitment to this cause made it impossible for them to ignore us. Thank you for sticking with this until the very end.
April 1, 2017
Final supporters
Dear MTA, Metro North, Governor Cuomo:
It's the holiday season and there are no bar carts operating at Grand Central Terminal. The surprise closing has been called a crime against the hard working adults who depend on your trains to get to and from the city. It's reported that your riders can live with the lack of wifi and seats, but not the lack of beer.
The undersigned realize that you have reason to suspect that a few rogue cart tenders pilfered funds or goods. The undersigned support your investigation. It's important to maintain the sanctity of the bar carts, which are beloved and a vital part of the New York commuter experience. The undersigned DO NOT believe that you should halt operations at Grand Central during the investigation OR EVER. You may recall Governor Christie's Bridgegate. This scandal required a broad investigation but nobody would have supported the closing of the GWB.
The undersigned respectfully demand that you restore bar cart service to Grand Central no later than Monday, December 19th. #SaveChristmas #ProtectTheInnocent
Thank you.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 19, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
December 16, 2016
December 14, 2016
I am honestly stunned to see so many of you stepping up to help bring our trains back to life. If you know even one other commuter who misses these carts please send them the link because it is really your momentum that keeps this moving.
128 Comments
My first summer as an intern in NYC, I would buy a Train Beer home almost every night. It was the first time in my life I felt like a real adult. Now I'm older, Train Beers make me feel like a kid. Losing them has meant the loss of innocence for me.
Please address the problem and bring back the commissary carts to GCT. I have commuted 110 miles a day for 26 years - this is a small thing, but sometimes it's the small things that make some of life's burdens a little more bareable. Thank you.
I fully support bringing the carts back! I would also ask the MTA to investigate the significant price gouging that all existing restaurants and vendors at GCT since the beer carts were removed. Another example of unscrupulous business owners profiting on a very unfortunate situation.
If organizations were closed every time money goes missing - there wouldn't be many still open for business. This looks like overreach directed at a different agenda - like some people don't like other people drinking.
Bring 'me back! Punishing the good guys who weren't stealing right before the holidays is shameful. Some of those guys have been there as long as I have been commuting. Also, we miss our train beers.
Not enough we pay a high cost to stand on the over-crowded trains each night. Now add one more crappy twist in a commuter's life all because some may overdrink before getting into cars. What about the overwhelming majority that do not? Thank you metro north for making thing just a bit more lousy. You're good at that.
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The bar carts are coming back to Grand Central. I honestly never imagined this would actually happen, but your commitment to this cause made it impossible for them to ignore us. Thank you for sticking with this until the very end.
April 1, 2017
Final supporters
Dear MTA, Metro North, Governor Cuomo:
It's the holiday season and there are no bar carts operating at Grand Central Terminal. The surprise closing has been called a crime against the hard working adults who depend on your trains to get to and from the city. It's reported that your riders can live with the lack of wifi and seats, but not the lack of beer.
The undersigned realize that you have reason to suspect that a few rogue cart tenders pilfered funds or goods. The undersigned support your investigation. It's important to maintain the sanctity of the bar carts, which are beloved and a vital part of the New York commuter experience. The undersigned DO NOT believe that you should halt operations at Grand Central during the investigation OR EVER. You may recall Governor Christie's Bridgegate. This scandal required a broad investigation but nobody would have supported the closing of the GWB.
The undersigned respectfully demand that you restore bar cart service to Grand Central no later than Monday, December 19th. #SaveChristmas #ProtectTheInnocent
Thank you.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 19, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
December 16, 2016
December 14, 2016
I am honestly stunned to see so many of you stepping up to help bring our trains back to life. If you know even one other commuter who misses these carts please send them the link because it is really your momentum that keeps this moving.
128 Comments
There was a special human element to the bar carts. A long day of tough work ending with a nice beverage from a friendly face. It is dehumanizing to ban the carts.
My first summer as an intern in NYC, I would buy a Train Beer home almost every night. It was the first time in my life I felt like a real adult. Now I'm older, Train Beers make me feel like a kid. Losing them has meant the loss of innocence for me.
Please address the problem and bring back the commissary carts to GCT. I have commuted 110 miles a day for 26 years - this is a small thing, but sometimes it's the small things that make some of life's burdens a little more bareable. Thank you.
I fully support bringing the carts back! I would also ask the MTA to investigate the significant price gouging that all existing restaurants and vendors at GCT since the beer carts were removed. Another example of unscrupulous business owners profiting on a very unfortunate situation.
If organizations were closed every time money goes missing - there wouldn't be many still open for business. This looks like overreach directed at a different agenda - like some people don't like other people drinking.
Bring 'me back! Punishing the good guys who weren't stealing right before the holidays is shameful. Some of those guys have been there as long as I have been commuting. Also, we miss our train beers.
Not enough we pay a high cost to stand on the over-crowded trains each night. Now add one more crappy twist in a commuter's life all because some may overdrink before getting into cars. What about the overwhelming majority that do not? Thank you metro north for making thing just a bit more lousy. You're good at that.
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There was a special human element to the bar carts. A long day of tough work ending with a nice beverage from a friendly face. It is dehumanizing to ban the carts.