Magnolia Bakery Denied Permit for Sidewalk Cafe - Community Board 7 voted last week against renewing Magnolia Bakery’s license to have an enclosed sidewalk cafe at its West 69th Street location. The board voted 20 to 13 against the application, ruling that “The sidewalk space is totally inadequate for pedestrian traffic with the cafe in place.”
Magnolia Bakery Owner Calls Community Board "Tone Deaf" - Steve Abrams, a partner in Magnolia Bakery lashed out at Community Board 7 this week, telling NBC.com’s Feast blog that the board “no longer represents the community.”