You are reading a single comment by @marcomarcos and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@marcomarcos
Regarding the Brick Lane bagel shops, this was in the trade press this morning
Britain’s oldest bagel shop closed in ‘row over money’:
A bitter financial dispute may be behind the dramatic closure of a bagel shop in London’s Brick Lane which claims to be the UK’s oldest.
The Beigel Shop at 155 Brick Lane suddenly closed this week, with a legal notice pasted up suggesting it was being repossessed. But the mystery later deepened when a new sign was pasted up instead suggesting that the closure was due to an electrical fault and promising that it would reopen soon, reports the Daily Mail.
But the sudden closure may be down to an escalation in a dispute between the family that runs the store and its landlords.
“This is all about a fallout between the owners of the freehold and the people who run it over money,” a source told the newspaper. “A new family took over running the place a few years back and there’s been increasing dispute between them and the landlords. I’m not sure of the precise details but it’s ultimately down to money.” Another source said: “The same thing happened 10 years ago – a falling out between the people who own the freehold and the people who run the shop, although there’s different people running it now. But I expect the same thing will happen and it’ll reopen soon because it’s so popular that it’s throwing away money to keep it closed for long.”
The registered owner of the bakery is Ellis Zelman. Until last September, Beigel Shop Brick Lane was co-owned by Ashley and Ellis Zelman, but in September Ashley’s shares were all transferred to Ellis, giving him sole control. According to Land Registry documents, the building appears to be separately owned by Derrick, Darren and Karen Lefcoe. No one from either party responded to attempts for comment.
The store’s last public accounts cover the year to September 2022 and show the company was £17,643 in the red. There are suggestions that the shop may have history stretching back to the 19th century, but other accounts say it has only been in the area for a few decades. Open 24/7, the Beigel Shop has existed in some form or another from its current site since at least 1987, when a pair of Israeli brothers bought the then-Evering Bakery business. Its sign claims it was founded in 1855.