A dough-licious delight!
The “final” bagels from a beloved New York Metropolis store that unexpectedly shuttered this week following an alarming well being inspection are actually up for public sale on eBay – permitting heartbroken clients one final probability to munch on the well-known breakfast staple.
The itemizing presents followers of Absolute Bagels yet one more probability to scoop up plain, cinnamon raisin and pumpernickel bagels from the Higher West Facet staple that opened within the Nineteen Nineties.
However taking a chew out of a chunk of “NYC historical past” will come at a steep value, because the bidding begins at a whopping $14.99 per bagel.
Bidders also can buy the trio of bagels for $49.99, in accordance with the net market.
“Being auctioned are a few of THE LAST Absolute Bagels ever made,” the vendor wrote.
“Sadly, Absolute Bagels closed on December 12, 2024, which means a chunk of Higher West Facet and NYC historical past has been misplaced. Fortunately, these bagels, bought earlier than the well being inspection, have been saved frozen, and might be yours!”
The shop, situated on Broadway between West 107th and 108th streets, was shut down by the town’s Division of Well being following a failed inspection that uncovered rat droppings within the meals preparation, storage and repair areas.
Inspectors, who slapped the eatery with a 67-violation sheet Wednesday, stated sugar packets beneath the bagel counter have been clearly gnawed on by the pesky critters and rodent’s lifeless our bodies have been left to rot in glue traps on prime of the walk-in unit.
“We ordered a closure as a result of we discovered pest and meals contamination circumstances posing an imminent public well being hazard,” the Well being Division stated.
Absolute Bagels has been persistently rated as among the best within the metropolis during the last three many years and was particularly famed for serving an assortment of offbeat-flavored bagels and schmears resembling walnut cream cheese.
The sudden closure shocked loyal clients and foodies — a few of whom have made the breakfast joint a part of their morning routine all through its 30-year run.
“I’m truthfully going to go house and cry,” Kathryn Swaine, 53, advised The Submit, noting that she had gotten an every little thing bagel with plain cream cheese and tomato from the store each day.
“It’s the middle of this neighborhood…Everybody inside — they really feel like household. They’ve actually adopted me as their household. That’s what makes it particular. It’s not an enormous enterprise. They know everybody who is available in there.”
There isn’t a phrase if the eatery — which quickly closed in 2013 and 2017 for related circumstances — will reopen. Rafe Evans, who first rented the house to proprietor Samek Thongkrieng in 1992, was advised by the proprietor to let it go.
As of Saturday night time, no bids had been positioned on any of the 4 auctions. The vendor is providing free delivery with an estimated supply date between Dec. 27 and Jan. 3.
The public sale is about to run out on Dec. 23.
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