Gertel's Bake Shop

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Gertel's Bakery was a kosher bake shop on New York's Lower East Side. Located at 53 Hester Street, Gertel's Bakery operated from 1914 [1] until the retail store closed on June 21, 2007. [2] It merged with Delancey Bakery and its successor operates as Gertel's Uptown, 101 Steuben Street, Brooklyn, NY, providing wholesale business only. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Joseph Berger (2 July 2007). "No More Babka? There Goes the Neighborhood". The New York Times .
  2. BIRKNER, GABRIELLE (June 21, 2007). "After Nearly a Century, Gertel's Bake Shoppe To Close". New York Sun. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  3. "Gertel's". Eating in Translation. 16 July 2010.
  4. http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.GERTELS_UPTOWN_INC.d0996a8b39a232e2.html
  5. Price, Leslie (15 January 2008). "Happyish Endings: Gertel's Lives on in Brooklyn". Racked NY.

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