It’s a sad, sad day for New Yorkers — the original location of Moishe’s Bakery Shop in the East Village of New York City has closed, despite denying recent rumors that it would be shutting its doors. The iconic bakeshop has been in business since 1977. The other location of Moishe’s, located at 504 Grand Street, remains open.
Our staff has loved Moishe’s for many years. And since they had some of the best hamantaschen in the New York area — they were so big, they were pretty much a full meal — the closing comes at a particularly sad time, with Purim just a few weeks away.
“It was comforting, old school, but really good Jewish baked goods. The taste of everything was really nostalgic in the best way, just pure comfort and familiarity. It was the only place that really compared for me to a good kosher bakery back home in Israel and yes, their hamantaschen were amazing,” shared 70 Faces Media staffer Lior Zaltzman.
The closing was announced on Instagram by the photographers/authors of Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York. We reached out to Moishe’s to confirm the closing by phone, but the number is no longer in use.
Moishe’s is not the only old-school bakery to shut its doors in New York City. Glaser’s Bake Shop, a 116-year-old bakery famed to be the birthplace of the black and white cookies, closed last year.
Moishe’s, you and your hamantaschen will be missed.
