Sunday, May 4, 2025

Last day for Black Seed Bagels

If you were planning a last visit, Black Seed Bagels is closing today (4 p.m.) after 10-plus years at 176 First Ave. 

As co-owner Matt Kliegman told us a few weeks ago, the lease was up, and the company no longer needed such a large space here between 10th Street and 11th Street. When it opened in October 2015, the location served as Black Seed's commissary for five years, where they prepared their salads and spreads and operated the catering office. In 2020, they relocated that part of the business to a Bushwich address that better fit their needs. 

Black Seed was the first tenant at the address after DeRobertis Pasticceria and Caffè, which had been in operation for 110 years here, decided to close in December 2014

Black Seed kept as many of the former business's interior architectural elements as possible, including the tiled floors and ceiling.
Hopefully, the next tenant will do the same!

Kliegman, a one-time East Village resident, told us that they will likely be back here someday in a smaller storefront. 

Previously on EV Grieve

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