Longtime NYC staple Barzinis to be evicted after falling over $1M behind on rent: Im in tears

They’re nearing their expiration date.An Upper West Side grocery store that defied orders to shut down over stomach-turning health violations last year is being evicted after falling more than $1 million behind on rent, records show.Barzini’s — plastered with liquidation signs for weeks — will be booted from its Broadway space next week after owners ignored an initial June deadline to vacate the premises, Joseph Cervini, an attorney representing the landlord, told The Post.“This is not a situation where the landlord wanted this tenant to leave,” Cervini said.“As a matter of fact, the landlord waived a million dollars in back rent for this tenant and did everything in its power to try to work through this.

It’s just the tenant wasn’t able to pay.And that’s a significant amount of money.”The shop is already listed as “available immediately” with the option to split the 3,600-square-foot “prime” space between up to three tenants.The closure comes after a year of legal back-and-forth between the tenant and landlord — but it came as a shock to customers who had been patronizing the market since it opened in 1983.“My mother sent me here for olive oil and imported pasta and the San Marzano tomatoes when I was a kid.

I still come here for mozzarella, the pecorino,” said Anthony Carbone, 54.“I’m really going to miss this place.You can’t replace this kind of history with any supermarket.

It just disappears, and a part of your life is gone.”Miriam Rosen, 68, said the shutdown was “heartbreaking.”“I only just heard today and I’m in tears,” Rosen added.“Just like that, a neighborhood institution down the drain.

I know it happens all the time, but this one really hurts.It’s part of the character of the city, the soul of the city, know what I mean?”But the market has struggled through financial woes for more than a year, according to court documents.The owners behind Barzini’s started defaulting on their $56,000 mo...