Friday Funny: The Onion Likens Gentrification to a Butterfly's Metamorphosis

"Six months after going out of business as Sherelle’s Salon, a closed storefront in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of Crown Heights was on the verge of emerging from its chrysalis as a beautiful gastropub, sources confirmed Tuesday."

That's the lede of a new satirical article from The Onion that also manages to get digs into a few more of the trappings of post-gentrification urban living, like open kitchens, flatbread pizza, and small-batch whiskey.