Court Street Grocers is a restaurant-grocery-market hybrid in Carroll Garndens, Brooklyn. From sandwiches to esoteric grocery items to special dinners, the guys at Court Street Grocers do a little bit of everything. Tune in to a special recording as we chat with Matthew Ross, Eric Finkelstein and Josh Sobel - the Presidents and Chef of the establishment. They explain how their past life in the arts helped ease their transition into building their own shop/restaurant. Find out how they scrapped by and strung together a bunch of trips to Lowe's to make a beautiful and unique space. Learn about how they source products, balance budget, and help bring some of the best food items to Brooklyn. This program was sponsored by Fairway Market.

"Nobody really talks about how to start these things - there's no book on how to start a business in New York. It's a nightmare - these things end up being trade secrets or the successful people end up being too busy to share. We just cobbled it together [somehow]." [4:30]

--Eric Finkelstein of Court Street Grocers on HeritageRadioNetwork.org

"The only intentional thing we did is not try to make things intentional." [10:00]

--Matthew Ross of Court Street Grocers on HeritageRadioNetwork.org

On a very special episode of Hot Grease, Nicole Taylor speaks with Amy Hamburger who reports live from the "Occupy Wall Street" protests in Downtown NYC. Amy explains how protestors have been fed as they have remained strong in their numbers on the street amidst arrests and cold weather. Learn about the people self catering these protests and find out what's next for those occupying the financial district. Later on the show, "food relationship coach" Shelley Chapman talks about her philosophy of intuitive eating. This episode was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.

This week Flash Talks Cash takes the pulse of the Occupy Wall Street movement because it's not dead yet! Hosts JoAnn and Andrew talk with Occupier Pete Dutro who recounts his time at Zucotti Park from the very beginning till the bitter end of the physical occupation and how the movement and the group he was a part of, the finance committee, has grown and changed. Tune in to find out where #OWS is most likely headed come springtime and what has happened with all the donated money. This episode is sponsored by Cain Vineyard and Winery.

"I think what you're gonna see in the spring is a lot of litigation coming from this stuff, and a lot of organizing online."

--Pete Dutro on Flash Talks Cash

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