{"id":363076,"date":"2026-10-02T18:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363076\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T18:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:54:08","slug":"uws-chip-city-permanently-closes-as-nypd-officers-arrive-to-collect-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363076\/","title":{"rendered":"UWS Chip City Permanently Closes as NYPD Officers Arrive to Collect Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Officers outside of the now-shuttered Upper West Side Chip City. Photo by Gus Saltonstall.<\/p>\n

By Gus Saltonstall<\/p>\n

The Upper West Side Chip City cookie shop permanently closed on Friday morning, an employee who picked up the phone around 9 a.m. confirmed to West Side Rag.<\/p>\n

Two hours later, the store was surrounded by officers of the NYPD Evidence Collection Team.<\/p>\n

The closure of the cookie outpost at 370 Columbus Avenue, between West 77th and 78th streets, appears to be part of the chain\u2019s decision to potentially shutter all of its stores nationwide.<\/p>\n

While Chip City has made no official announcement about store closures, and locations still appear as \u201copen\u201d online, multiple publications have reported on sudden closures of the business\u2019s stores in different parts of the country in the past couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

The New York Post reported this morning<\/a> that Chip City looks to have closed all of its locations on Friday in New York City and other major markets.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur industry and business have faced a challenging environment. Consumers are spending less and their preferences are evolving and that has negatively impacted our sales,\u201d read an email to Chip City employees on Thursday, as reported by The Hoboken Girl.<\/a> \u201cWe made extensive efforts to address these challenges over the course of this year in partnership with our Board and investors. Unfortunately, we no longer have the funding required to operate this business.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the Rag visited the Upper West Side Chip City around 9:30 a.m. on Friday, there was nobody at the store. When we returned around 11:30 a.m., the police officers had arrived.<\/p>\n

Specifically, there were multiple officers from the NYPD Evidence Collection Team. An officer was in the midst of photographing the front of the store, and inside the business. There was no sign of any break-in.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>An NYPD officer photographing the business. Photo by Gus Saltonstall.<\/p>\n

A man with a bike was talking to the officers and filling out a document or form.<\/p>\n

When the Rag approached one of the officers to ask for more information about what was happening, the man with the bike said, \u201cPlease, please don\u2019t talk to the media.\u201d<\/p>\n

In customary fashion, the officers then told the Rag they couldn\u2019t talk and to please reach out to the NYPD\u2019s press department.<\/p>\n

The man with the bike then went into the backseat of one of the police cars, before exiting the vehicle around 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n

WSR reached out to the NYPD\u2019s press team, but a spokesperson said they had no information as of Friday midday about any police-related matter connected to 370 Columbus Avenue.<\/p>\n

On September 28, days before the New York City Chip City closures, Chip City\u2019s co-founder and former CEO Peter Phillips filed a lawsuit<\/a> against the business alleging a dispute over the handling of his compensation and matters related to small business loans after he says he stepped down from the CEO role in March 2026.<\/p>\n

There is nothing in the lawsuit that connects to Chip City\u2019s decision to close stores, but the timing is notable.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story.<\/p>\n

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