"Being auctioned are some of THE LAST Absolute Bagels ever made," the seller wrote. "Unfortunately, Absolute Bagels closed on December 12, 2024, meaning a piece of Upper West Side and NYC history has been lost."
The store was shut down by the city's Department of Health following a failed inspection that uncovered rat droppings in the food preparation, storage, and service areas.
We ordered a closure because we found pest and food contamination conditions posing an imminent public health hazard," the Health Department said.
Absolute Bagels has been consistently rated as one of the best in the city over the last three decades and was especially famed for serving an assortment of offbeat-flavored bagels.
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