Surprise as Grodzinski shuts up shop in Golders Green

The original Grodzinski’s bakery in the East End of London was founded more than a century ago by Harris and Judith Grodzinski, who came over from Lithuania in 1888.

The JC understands that the only Grodzinski shop in the UK currently in the family’s hands is the Edgware bakery, which is owned by a great-grandson of the founders, Johnny Grodzinski, and which was renamed Grodz earlier this year. A relative owns Grodzinski’s bakery in Toronto.

Earlier this year, Barnet Council approved applications for a first-floor side extension to the Golders Green premises and for a new shopfront and signage.

The application for the side extension listed as the client a company called Psalm127, whose sole director is Benjamin Gabay.