Local Politicians, Community Members Stand With Holtermann’s Bakery On Staten Island After Comments By Whoopi Goldberg They Refused To Serve Her For Political Reasons
BP Fossella Visits Holtermann’s Bakery To Stand Up for Beloved Small Business Serving Staten Island for 145 Years
Fossella and Owner Jill Bowers Holtermann Will Treat Customers to a Close-up Look at an Honest Business
Editor’s note: This press conference is in response to Whoopi Goldberg’s comments during her birthday celebration on The View, where she said the following: “…I should tell you that Charlotte Russe has no political leanings, and the place that made these refused to make them for me…. they said that their ovens had gone down and all kinds of stuff,… but folks went and got them anyway which is why I’m not telling you who made them… it can’t be because I’m a woman but perhaps they did not like my politics but that’s OK…”
Standing strong with Holtermann’s Bakery!
Today, BP Vito Fossella and fellow Staten Island elected officials stood united with the beloved Holtermann’s Bakery in the face of unwarranted controversy. https://t.co/6eP00GRcnY— Staten Island Borough President Vito J. Fossella (@SIBPVito) November 16, 2024
Staten Island, NY – Borough President Vito Fossella joined members of the Holtermann family to stand up for the beloved bakery in the face of unwarranted controversy, at a press conference by the Borough President held on Friday, November 15th at 12:30 PM.
Borough President Fossella was joined by Jill Bowers Holtermann representing the bakery and Holtermann family, as well as loyal customers and several other politicians including Senator Scarcella-Spanton and Assemblymember Pirozzolo.
The Borough President and guests had an open look at an honest business, and rallied support for Holtermann’s Bakery to put the recent controversy to rest.
Holtermann’s Bakery is an iconic, longstanding Staten Island institution. As the oldest continuously operating bakery in New York State, Holtermann’s has been serving baked goods to Staten Islanders and customers from around the city for over 145 years.
An ongoing issue with the establishment’s boilers prevented the bakery from initially being able to fulfill an order by Whoopi Goldberg, a misunderstanding which led to the current media attention
Banner Image: Staten Island elected officials and Jill Holtermann at the family’s bakery. Image Credit – BP Fossella
BP Vito Fossella
The Office of the Borough President has a responsibility to advocate for the entire Borough of Staten Island and all its residents, and represents the Borough's interests within City government. The Borough President communicates directly with the Mayor and the City Council to emphasize Staten Island’s budget priorities. In addition, the Borough President is responsible for reviewing major land use decisions and proposing sites for city facilities within the Borough. As the chair of the Borough Board, the Borough President leads Staten Island’s City Council delegation and Community Board chairs in the process of reviewing and approving the transfer of public properties to private use. The Borough President’s Office houses the Borough's Topographical Bureau, which maintains the borough’s official maps and assigns street addresses. The Borough President monitors the delivery of city services on Staten Island, and acts as a liaison between residents and city agencies when problems arise to devise solutions. The Borough President is also responsible for appointing one member to the Panel for Educational Policy and one member to the City Planning Commission, as well as some 150 members to Staten Island’s three community boards.
I like that everyone stood together on this. We need more of that. Otherwise we get what we had. We can’t have the left and right fighting like that twd each other . We need to come together behind real values that make sense in the world. To me, there’s no greater value than taking the time out to eat amazing food.
You may think this Wabbit eats grass and carrots, but believe you me, I know good eats.
Radishes. And, ofc the onions. (Speaking of onions, did anyone else read AJ got his web site back? Was that all just an Onion troll job? If so, that tops Elon! hahah)
I’ve never had this dessert, and probably won’t. Dah Beet Us.
“For my grandmother’s generation, the Charlotte Russe symbolized something within their reach that tasted really special,” said Stanley Ginsberg, co-author of Inside the Jewish Bakery: Recipes and Memories from the Golden Age of Jewish Baking.
Suffice it to say, New Yorkers were enamored with what they came to call their “Brooklyn ambrosia”—enough so that the dish received swooning mention in Betty Smith’s iconic 1943 novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2012/02/lost-foods-of-new-york-city-charlotte-russe-069627
“Suffice it to say, New Yorkers were enamored with what they came to call their “Brooklyn ambrosia”—enough so that the dish received swooning mention in Betty Smith’s iconic 1943 novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. ”
Weird. There was another reference to “A Tree Grows In Brooklyn,” and I was sitting here and I think walking the dog helped.
It was the article on the Tree of Hell, wasn’t it?! Anyone
https://statenislander.org/2019/07/17/what-is-that-tree-helpful-resources-for-tree-identification-and-my-adventures-in-identification/
Also, how have you never had one of these? You must be from the North Shore. I’ve probably had every confection in their showcase.
And, I weigh in at 135 and I’m 5’11”.
I’ve never had, either.
By me, we have Renato’s and Alfonso’s. Cookie Jar, too, on Forest.
Of course, being from BK, I stand by Villabate Alba as best.
Holtermans I’ve seen driving on Authur Kill. Never stopped in, bc we have too many good pastries in my own area!