Bread Stuy Seized By Feds
Bad news Bed Stuy. Neighborhood fave Bread Stuy has run into trouble: According to the tipster who sent in this photo, the cafe was shuttered today and slapped with a large “Seized” sticker. The reason, according to what was posted in the window, has something to do with taxes. Very sad. GMAP
Bad news Bed Stuy. Neighborhood fave Bread Stuy has run into trouble: According to the tipster who sent in this photo, the cafe was shuttered today and slapped with a large “Seized” sticker. The reason, according to what was posted in the window, has something to do with taxes. Very sad. GMAP
Sorry tybur, but you too are making assumptions on facts not in evidence. Everything you said is conjecture and/or a likely scenario. NO ONE KNOWS. That is all I’m saying, in the hopes that people give them the benefit of the doubt, which is all any of us would want in a similar situation.
Boerumresident- because some people love to make judgments and assumptions before they have all the facts. They love looking down their noses at everyone else.
I’m glad tyburg provided a more factual analysis of what might have happened, but again- none of us have inside information as to how or why. But certainly a little patience and understanding for a popular neighborhood business and its owner wouldn’t kill anyone.
Dave, I’d love to learn more about your grocery store concept. I’ve just sent you an email to discuss further.
As for Breadstuy’s pickle, we should not worry about a gaping hole in our Stuy Heights community, because if they can’t get it reopened, a new coffee shop will most surely rise from it’s ashes.
Benson — why do you think it was the “Fed’s” (which I think you are using in the sense of the FBI or criminal law enforcement)?
I assume that ‘Stoner was using the term colloquially to mean either an IRS levy or (more likely) whatever the equivalent is for the state and city tax authorities. Nothing in the tip describes it otherwise. If it was criminal or other asset forfeiture issues, I am pretty sure the owners would not be blogging about re-opening any time soon.
benson & tybur6 are right about the most likely tax issue that has occurred. And it wasnt anything sudden but had to be ongoing to be “Seized.”
But I think everyone can agree that it’s a sad outcome for the neighborhood.
The landlord of this building will be very proactive in trying to get them back on their feet or, if that’s an impossibility, getting a new business in there. if ever there were a location that should succeed, it’s this one.
Can someone tune up my violin please???
Have a good weekend all!
So what, Benson, fact remains that neither you, or anyone other commenter on this thread, including me, know what the details are, and none of us are qualified to call anyone a “tax cheat”. I think boerumresident laid it out the best, there are many reasons why they would owe tax money that have nothing to do with “cheating”. And plenty of reasons why a small business would not be able to pay a large retroactive (if that’s what it is) tax bill in the time allotted, something else no one here knows. As wasder said, this is a great loss to the community, as there are few alternatives. Bread Stuy had community support, and I hope they will continue to get it.
(and don’t ask for donations and create “shareholder” schemes when shit hits the fan… How about looking for community investors like this AT THE BEGINNING!)
“support Common Grounds Coffee Shop – Marcy (Jefferson & Putnam)”
Common Grounds is on Tompkins…