Photos by C M Matias-Cortés
Ink wrapped up 30-plus years in business at 66 Avenue A between Fourth Street and Fifth Street this past Tuesday night.
As we first reported here and here, owner Ben "Benny" Dahud has been in a legal tussle with the private equity firm that bought the block-long building last fall for $64 million.
So Benny decided to step away, noting that his "kids are grown up and have completed their education, and this is the perfect time to retire."
On Tuesday evening, longtime patrons and various bargain hunters (items were going from between $1 and $3 — except for cigarettes) stopped by for a last visit to pick up some magazines or something from the food-household supplies section that grew during the pandemic.
Benny was there, of course...
5 comments:
this closing really hurts, best wishes on your retirement Ben
What's going to happen to Mohammed?
Gonna really miss this place.
i loved mohammed. hope to see his face around the neighborhood and wishing both him and benny good luck and godspeed!
Never had the pleasure of meeting the Mohammed pictured here, but knew a Mohammed, who had the same face and expression, when I lived in the EV more than 30 years ago. Any chance they could be related?
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