After financial struggles and court battles, Alleva Dairy has less than a month to leave the only location it has known in its 130-year history, at the corner of Mulberry Street and Grand Street in Manhattan's Little Italy
"My husband was born and raised in Little Italy, his name was Cha Cha and he was the unofficial mayor of Little Italy," said King.
"There was literally like no one on the streets but we decided that we had to do something," she said. Alleva Dairy, the oldest cheese store in the U.S. located in NYC's Little Italy, has been used by its landlord for allegedly owing rent. NBC New York's Rana Novini reports. "I’m heartbroken. My heart is broken but I’m a fighter," King said — adding that she's still holding out hope that something could help save the store. Not only for the customers, but for her late husband, who loved Alleva as much as she does.
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