Brooklyn restaurant proprietor dies hours earlier than deliberate Trump go to – NBC New York
A Brooklyn neighborhood is in mourning Thursday studying the beloved proprietor of the favored Gottlieb’s Restaurant handed away, simply hours earlier than a scheduled go to by former President Donald Trump.
The dying of 75-year-old Sholem Yosef Gottlieb pressured the family-owned Kosher enterprise in South Williamsburg to cancel Trump’s go to.
With police barricades and posters nonetheless surrounding Gottlieb’s, the Hasidic neighborhood, the place Trump has robust assist, digest the last-minute change of plans.
“It is upsetting, neighborhood was wanting [forward] to seeing him over right here,” mentioned Moses Weiser, a pal of the Gottlieb household.
An indication on the restaurant introduced it is going to be closed till Sept. 25 because the household mourns.
“I simply noticed the signal within the retailer right here, I got here all the best way from the Higher West Facet of Manhattan,” Trump supporter Ariel Kohan mentioned.
Gottlieb’s is such an establishment. Whereas an NBC New York crew was on the restaurant talking with household and neighbors about Gottlieb’s passing, a meals tour walked up with vacationers from world wide, solely to study the unhappy information.
The restaurant opened in 1962, began by Gottlieb’s father after he survived the Holocaust.
Gottlieb’s was well-known locally for providing meals to individuals in want.
“That is one in all establishments of pastramis for us, among the best Kosher meals in New York. Sadly, acquired this information and really unhappy due to the neighborhood,” mentioned tour information David Quintero.
Gottlieb’s funeral was held Thursday afternoon. Household buddies mentioned he died after preventing an unspecified sickness.
Trump and his marketing campaign haven’t commented on Gottlieb’s passing or in the event that they plan to reschedule the go to.
