Posted on 03/02/2023 3:01:37 PM PST by lowbridge
A 130-year-old cheese shop closed its doors in Manhattan on Wednesday, but the business will live on in New Jersey, the store owner said.
Alleva Dairy, a cheese shop billed as America’s oldest, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September of 2022; the Grand Street store had been hit hard by the pandemic.
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Alleva Dairy is now set to open a 3,700-square-foot store on Lyndhurst’s Polito Avenue, King said. She worked with businessman and developer Jack Morris to make the deal happen.
“One thing is certain, Alleva Dairy will continue and will be bigger and better than before,” she said.
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How horrifying must conditions be there for New Jersey to be attractive?
It wasn’t much of a cheese shop, was it?
Only took 130 years to realize that nothing good was going to come.
You know NYC is bad when moving to NJ is an improvement.
A cheese shop just isn’t a cheese shop without a bouzouki player.
Heaven forbid. I am one who delights in all manifestations of the terpsichorean muse.
People, Puh-leese! ;)
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Wisconsin AGAIN wins more awards than any other state or country during the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest. Wisconsin cheesemakers secure almost half of the 20 finalist honors, including first and second runner-up.
Ain’t braggin’ if you can DO IT! :)
The Escape From New York grows and grows.
As many have already commented, just how bad must it be that New Jersey appears to be a better place to do....well...anything, everything. I can just see President Trump, in 10 or 15 years. He will be asked to wall off NY and fix everything. He will come in on time and under budget.
New Jersey has many nice place to live.
NYC store rents were typically very high.
Lyndhurst is east of Nutley and south of Passic.
It’s about five miles west of the Lincoln Tunnel.
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