To our dear guests and neighbors.
We are writing to let you know of a few changes to our businesses in the coming weeks. Murray’s Cheese shops on Bleecker Street and in Grand Central Market remain open with revised hours at our Bleecker Street from 10am-7pm. As questions of food scarcity arise, we are committed to keeping our food shops open to serve you; and limiting our hours will allow for enhanced daily cleaning, and more time for our staff to care for themselves and their families. Our shop’s full service kitchen will begin to deliver Cheese Bar menu through Grub Hub and Murray’s Mac & Cheese menu through Grub Hub, Seamless, Postmates and Caviar starting tomorrow, 3/17.
We have made the decision to close Murray’s Cheese Bar, Murray’s Mac & Cheese, and our classrooms and event spaces for at least the next two weeks. Serving our guests and sharing food together inspires us each day, however, as we learn more about the importance of social distancing, we believe that it is our responsibility to our community to do what we can to limit non-essential interactions.
Our teams are the backbone of all of our businesses and it is our priority to take care of them. We are giving an additional two weeks paid leave for employees whose work is impacted by these business closures, and will continue to re-evaluate what we can do for compensation, and other types of support as we learn more. Additionally, we will continue to support health insurance which includes access to mental health support.
We face a challenging new reality, but our decision to close these businesses for now is a longer-term investment in our family: our teams and our customers. We are sad to not see you for a while, but ours in an act of hope, bolstered by a stubborn belief in the resiliency of New York, of our communities, and of Murray’s history on this block. We make this decision with hope and the certainty that we will see you again soon.
As Rene Redzepi so wisely put it, “we are not shifting into panic mode, we are shifting into family mode.” You are part of our family, and we are eager to sit with you again on the other side of this.
Sincerely,
The Murray’s Cheese Team
There are still ways to get your favorites from Murray’s:
- We ship cheese nationwide at murrayscheese.com
- Bleecker Street Flagship store will remain open with revised hours from 10AM-7PM daily
- Grand Central Market store will remain open, following operating hours of Grand Central Market
- Mac and Cheese can be delivered through Seamless, Grub Hub, Caviar & Postmates (starting 3.17)
- Murray’s Cheese Bar can be delivered through Grub Hub (starting 3/17) Murray’s Melts can be delivered through Seamless
