A mere five days after USA Today rated Absolute Bagels the 8th best bagel shop in New York City, “The Man” decided to wage a schmear campaign against our favorite Morningside institution.
Slapped across the face with a 73-point health violation, Absolute was forced to close its doors… for a week.
Yet even now that it’s reopened (and with a mere seven point deduction, I might add), the weak of heart may be less than enthusiastic about heading down to 108th — especially with scare words like “mice,” “live roaches,” and “house flies” still so fresh on our minds.
But consider, for a moment, the other questionable places Columbians frequent: for starters, your kitchen. How many of us can say our cutting boards have no grooves that might collect bacteria? Or that we keep our hair covered as we pour powdered cheese over our Trader Joe’s box macaroni?
