A North Williamsburg mainstay of 17 years, independently-owned Bedford Cheese Shop (265 Bedford Ave.) is now closed following the final day of business last Sunday.
The cheese shops’ Manhattan location, which opened in 2012 at 67 Irving Place remains open, leaving behind a storefront on the local avenue for which the business is named.
Relocating in 2016 from the original location…
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N4th and Bedford was not their first location! Inside the mini mall on Bedford was. It’s rather upsetting that another one of the staples of this neighborhood has bit the dust. I know that there is a pandemic on affecting every business in such a truly devastating way but to remain “open” in Manhattan is a slap in the face. I don’t believe the ‘heavy heart’. Money wins over the fight to stay with community yet again. I am saddened even more than I thought I already was. Now you must earn your name or change it! A great great shame.