Alleva Mozzarella in New York City is closing its doors after 130 years.
The oldest cheese shop in the United States is set to close after more than a century in business, following what the owner described as disagreements with the landlord coupled with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in New York City. "We have to close because I couldn't come to an and it was very tough — and also, the pandemic hurt us terribly," owner Karen King told "Fox & Friends" this week."I tried to pay her," she said, meaning the landlord. "And we tried to make a few deals. She wasn't accepting anything, and then it was outrageous, what she did."Facing this, Alleva Dairy then filed for
Karen King, owner of Alleva Dairy, appeared on"Fox and Friends" on Friday, Feb. 10, to explain how the COVID-19 pandemic crushed her business. "I only filed Chapter 11 to maybe come to an agreement with her — that is why I filed it, to maybe push her to do something," King said. "We tried, and we couldn't."
$24000 monthly rent - selling cheese in NYC? Time for a new model.
Happens when POTUS try to fight inflation
Gee hard to believe the landlord wanted her $600.000 in back rent!
Old people get old.
Sad
Why?
I don't want to sound cold but they should have owned the building by now if they've been in business for a hundred years
I am sorry to hear of their closing.
Never know what you have until it’s gone. Far too often do we ignore the small entrepreneurship business as we look to increase every dollar of profits, we can do better 🇺🇸
We’ll live