1 of 4 | New York City’s iconic Absolute Bagels is now closed completely after receiving a mixed 67 violations by town’s well being division this week. Photo by Adam Schrader/UPI
Dec. 14 (UPI) — An iconic bagel store in New York City is now closed completely after receiving a mixed 67 violations by town’s well being division this week.
Staff at Absolute Bagels on Broadway at 107th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side left an indication on the door that reads, “Thank you to your patronage for 30 years however…we’ve got to go,” as witnessed by UPI.
By Saturday morning, fascinated New Yorkers may very well be seen crowding the closed restaurant to take footage of it.
The eatery has a following with New Yorkers loyally returning for its signature menu and usually appeared on lists of town’s high bagel locations.
The West Side Rag, which first reported the closure, quoted an Absolute Bagel worker as saying there may be “no probability” of the institution re-opening though violations on their very own don’t power a restaurant to shut completely.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene earlier within the week issued 67 violations which led to the closure.
The division’s data point out “proof of rats or stay rats in (the) institution’s meals or non-food areas” in addition to stay cockroaches in meals and non-food areas.
Witnesses watched as employees eliminated kitchen gear earlier within the week.
The bagel institution was additionally issued 26 well being violations this previous August and 29 in April. The April violations additionally included proof of rats.
The metropolis well being division additionally issued a collective 53 violations on two separate events in February 2023.
“Absolute Bagels was the type of place that made you’re feeling fortunate to stay on the West Side. This image, taken surreptitiously by a good friend behind me on line a number of weeks in the past, captures my sentiment completely. Its closure yesterday was a deeply disappointing shock to your entire neighborhood,” New York State Assemblymember-Elect, for the 69th District Micah Lasher wrote in an extended submit on X that additionally confirmed the everlasting nature of the closure.
“I’ve now spoken with Absolute workers, mates of the proprietor, and the dealer representing the owner. My sense is that the proprietor has firmly determined to retire and now not function the enterprise, and in consequence moved rapidly to shut and empty the shop yesterday.”
