A Brooklyn community is in mourning Thursday learning the beloved owner of the popular Gottlieb’s Restaurant passed away, just hours before a scheduled visit by former President Donald Trump.
The death of 75-year-old Sholem Yosef Gottlieb forced the family-owned Kosher business in South Williamsburg to cancel Trump’s visit.
With police barricades and posters still surrounding Gottlieb’s, the Hasidic community, where Trump has strong support, digest the last-minute change of plans.
“It’s upsetting, community was looking [forward] to seeing him over here,” said Moses Weiser, a friend of the Gottlieb family.
A sign on the restaurant announced it will be closed until Sept. 25 as the family mourns.
“I just saw the sign in the store here, I came all the way from the Upper West Side of Manhattan,” Trump supporter Ariel Kohan said.
Gottlieb’s is such an institution. While an NBC New York crew was at the restaurant speaking with …