{"id":1844596,"date":"2023-02-13T06:05:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T11:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1844596"},"modified":"2023-02-13T06:07:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T11:07:44","slug":"oldest-cheese-shop-in-america-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oldest-cheese-shop-in-america-to-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldest Cheese Shop in America to Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foldest-cheese-shop-in-america-to-close%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1844596&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Alleva Mozzarella, New York City, is closing after 130 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After over a century of business, the oldest cheese shop is closing. This was due to disagreements between the landlord and the COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions in New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alleva Dairy, located at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/fox-news-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Little Italy in New York City<\/a> Neighborhood was established in 1892.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to close because I couldn&#8217;t come to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/commercial-real-estate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agreement with the landlord <\/a>and it was very tough \u2014 and also, the pandemic hurt us terribly,&#8221; Karen King, owner of the property, told &#8220;Fox &#038; Friends&#8221; This week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a struggle for the first two years,&#8221; King said this, referring to the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/connecticut-family-business-shutting-doors-11-years-blames-inflation-cost-labor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CONNECTICUT FAMILY-BUSINESS SHUTS ITS DOORS 11 YEARS, BLAMES INCLATION, COST OF LAW<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I tried to pay her,&#8221; She meant the landlord, she said. &#8220;And we tried to make a few deals. She wasn&#8217;t accepting anything, and then it was outrageous, what she did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>King pointed out that the landlord stated that the store owed back rental more than $600,000.<\/p>\n<p>Alleva Dairy filed for bankruptcy after this. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/bankruptcy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 11 bankruptcy\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/931\/523\/Alleva-Mozzarella-NYC-Owner.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"alleva mozzarella new york city pandemic\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Karen King, the owner of Alleva Dairy appeared on &#8220;Fox and Friends&#8221; Friday, February 10, 2010, to explain how the COVID-19 epidemic decimated her business.\u00a0<\/span><span> (Fox News\/ Fox News).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I only filed Chapter 11 to maybe come to an agreement with her \u2014 that is why I filed it, to maybe push her to do something,&#8221; King said. &#8220;We tried, and we couldn&#8217;t.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pandemic of COVID<\/a> This was &#8220;the worst experience of my life, and my people who work for me, and the tenants,&#8221; &#8220;King&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/small-business-owners-inflation-crushing-business-out-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SAY INFLATION CRUSHES THEIR BUSINESS \u2018OUT OF CONTROL\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was nobody in the streets. There was literally no one out,&#8221; She said that, and added that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/food-drinks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It&#8217;s her shop and many others like it<\/a> Little Italy is dependent on tourism to keep them alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I only closed maybe two months during the pandemic,&#8221; said King \u2014 who then pivoted her focus to feeding the community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, she hired a chef who would &#8220;make gourmet Italian food [for] reasonable prices,&#8221; She said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/931\/523\/Alleva-Mozzarella-NYC-3.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"alleva mozzarella new york city pandemic\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>New York City&#8217;s Alleva Dairy, the oldest cheese shop in the United States, is located in New York City.\u00a0<\/span><span> (Fox News\/Fox News).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;They could order from us, and we&#8217;d send everything out,&#8221; &#8220;King&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>King and her husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/small-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alleva Dairy purchased<\/a> Original owners, 2014. King claimed that her husband was called the &#8220;unofficial mayor of Little Italy.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/small-business\/lady-gagas-dad-reveals-life-changing-moment-made-him-luckiest-guy-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LADY GAGA&#8217;S DAD SHOWES THE LIFE-CHANGING MOMENT WHICH MADE HIM THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was born and raised there; he loved that community. He was a real guy for the Italian culture and heritage,&#8221; She said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/931\/523\/Alleva-Mozzarella-NYC.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"alleva mozzarella new york city pandemic\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>An old photo of Alleva Dairy in New York City\u2019s Little Italy.<\/span><span> (Fox News\/ Fox News).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>King stated that plans are in place to reopen Alleva Dairy in a new location.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been looking around, I&#8217;ve been searching \u2026 and trying to find the right spot,&#8221; She said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alleva is the heart of Little Italy. It&#8217;s like an institution there. And the location is very important, only because we&#8217;re there 130 years,&#8221; &#8220;King&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foxbusiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FOX BUSINESS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But the quality of what we have to offer \u2014 we&#8217;re taking that with us,&#8221; She continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alleva Mozzarella, New York City, is closing after 130 years. After over a century of business, the oldest cheese shop is closing. This was due to disagreements between the landlord and the COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions in New York City.\u00a0 Alleva Dairy, located at Little Italy in New York City Neighborhood was established in 1892.\u00a0 &#8220;We &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1844599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5374,18456,5437,8863],"class_list":["post-1844596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-america","tag-cheese","tag-close","tag-shop"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1844596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1844599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1844596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1844596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1844596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}