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UWS Chip City Permanently Closes as NYPD Officers Arrive to Collect Evidence
West Side Rag • • business
Key Points:
- The Upper West Side Chip City cookie shop at 370 Columbus Avenue permanently closed on Friday as part of the chain's nationwide shutdown due to economic challenges.
- Shortly after closing, the store was investigated by the NYPD Evidence Collection Team following a report of a burglary involving the theft of an unknown amount of cash around 2:30 a.m. that day.
- No arrests have been made, and authorities have not linked the burglary to the store’s permanent closure.
- Chip City’s co-founder and former CEO, Peter Phillips, filed a lawsuit against the company days before the closures, alleging disputes over compensation and loan matters, though this has not been connected to the shutdown.
- The company expressed gratitude to employees and customers after a decade in business but cited significant macro-economic headwinds as the reason for closing all locations.
