Zucker Bakery Closing After Seven Years In The East Village

EAST VILLAGE, NY — The quaint East Village pastry and coffee house Zucker Bakery will close its doors on July 1 after seven years in the neighborhood, the owner told Patch.

"There's no sad story, for personal reasons, it was just time for us to move on to something new," said Zohar Zohar, the owner and head baker at Zucker's.

Small-batch pastries inspired by Israeli, North African and Argentinian recipes line the display cases at Zucker's including cookie sandwiches filled with dulce de leche and rolled in coconut flakes, clove-scented dates sprinkled with almonds and rolled in flaky pastry and sweet yeasted chocolate babka cake. The cozy shop also sells savory fare such as knishes and matzoh ball soup.

The bakery was featured in several articles and round ups including by The New York Times, which said the bake shop's cookies will "make you feel like you have left New York."

Foodies can sink their teeth into Zucker's unique eats at 433 East 9th Street until Sunday.

Photo courtesy of Caroline Spivack/Patch