I live near this (what I thought) was great Yemeni coffee shop that has tons of great traditional coffees. Heavily spiced with cardamom, cinnamon, saffron etc. all super good stuff. I went there this morning to get a coffee and saw that it has been shut down for health violations, including SLAUGHTERING ANIMALS??? Anyone happen to have any additional detail? See the link below for details:
https://a816-health.nyc.gov/ABCEatsRestaurants/#!/Search/50155115
by nahson124
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Assume it’s frozen salmon for bagels or something. But would be wild if they butchering cows in the back. Tough times. Side hustles required.
This is the NYC content I come here for lol
I’d guess it’s probably the first criteria about food from unapproved sources, not the one about animals.
What doesn’t make sense here is that it is a chain with like 15+ locations so I’m surprised they would run into this sort of issue. I guess I shouldn’t be naive haha
Out of curiosity, how was the service there? A Yemini place opened near my home recently. It’s great, but so slow. Five or six guys working and it still takes 10 minutes to get a coffee when it’s slow.
It looks like that could apply to slaughtering, butchering or dressing, and is more than likely one of the last two, to fish. Did they have a ghost kitchen where they sold fried fish and chips on the delivery apps? I feel like I’ve seen a menu from them before that was all fried fish, no coffee
one of my favorite doner kebab spots would carry in sides of lamb through the front door and break them down in the back. It was across from mamoun’s on macdougal, they made the best meat wad sandwiches.
Just from your title, I was like “ oh, this must be some Yemen coffee shop” because yeah, they definitely would do that
Given the current political environment encouraged by team red: Crack an egg = slaughter an animal.
It’s been more than once that I’ve walked into a random Bronx bodega only to see them butchering up a goat, so meh. As long as I can get my nutcracker!
Man don’t over think it , it a scripted response , it either of things listed as it states “or”
Rat kolaches?
They make fresh beef sausage sandwiches. We butcher our own cow.
These guys are stepping it up in the culinary world of NYC. More places need to go this route
Yemeni cafe, probably Muslim doing halal
They weren’t slaughtering animals my goodness. It’s a coffee shop.
I’ve been there before. Don’t think it opened that long ago. Pretty sure they only sold coffee and dessert? Inside was clean and modern. This is crazy if it has something to do with meat. Also I’m pretty sure there are multiple stores with different names but the same owner, or at least connected somehow with the exact same business model/offerings.
Goats.
Everyone says they want fresh ingredients, and then this is how people react when they get them.
I nearly had a heart attack when I clicked that link because I thought it was my local Moka & Co. Which I love.