The Court Street location of Margaret Palca Bakes closed up shop today for good at 2 p.m. Those seeking rugelach HQ will have to trek over to Columbia Street, home of the original, much-loved Margaret Palca store.
The closure is viewed by some in completely unsentimental terms, especially after it was first announced in the Brooklyn Paper a month ago. “I had such a wrong impression [about Court Street],” Palca reportedly told the paper. “It’s just such a ‘has-been’ kind of street.” The comment was seized-upon by some Cobble Hill residents, who formed an ad hoc angry blogmob on the Cobble Hill Blog. “I’ve lived directly across from it since it opened and have gone in exactly one time,” one commentor wrote. “Uninviting with an identity complex. What the hell is it?! Good riddance.”
A walk down Court Street nonetheless reveals many empty storefronts, and a lot of shuttered restaurants. Last month, the corner building’s landlord told the Brooklyn Paper, “I have gotten a few [inquiries], but I want to make sure I get a tenant who will be successful.”
