{"id":62495,"date":"2025-12-16T17:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/62495\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T17:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:22:09","slug":"n-j-tax-authorities-close-pburg-area-pizzeria-thats-been-in-business-for-nearly-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/62495\/","title":{"rendered":"N.J. tax authorities close P\u2019burg-area pizzeria that\u2019s been in business for nearly 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gara\u2019s Pizza <\/a>is closed, the future of the Lopatcong Township pizzeria is uncertain . <\/p>\n

The New Jersey Division of Taxation<\/a> enforced a notice of seizure at the business on Nov. 19<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in the process of figuring something out,\u201d said owner Christopher Gara , \u201cand we 100% intend on reopening.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pizzeria at 200 Strykers Road announced on its Facebook account Nov. 19 that it would temporarily close for an unspecified period due to \u201cunforeseen circumstances.\u201d The closure came on the same date the notice was issued to CAG Restaurant LLC.<\/p>\n

As of Monday, the seizure notice remained posted on the restaurant\u2019s front doors, but the owners said they have every intention of reopening. <\/p>\n

The restaurant, which offered pizza, sandwiches and sides such as garlic knots, addressed the closure again in a Nov. 30 Facebook post.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past 5 years, many of you have felt the impact of inflation through rising food prices and the cost of living. Family businesses, like us, have felt the impact as well,\u201d the post stated. \u201cWe have experienced some minor setbacks recently, and we are doing everything in our power to reopen as soon as possible. \u201d<\/p>\n

In the post, the owners thanked their customer base for supporting the business over nearly two decades and insisted the setback was only temporary.<\/p>\n

The restaurants owner told a reporter for lehighvalleylive.com that they believe they have complied with auditors and officials to the best of their ability. \u201cWe don\u2019t think that we owe anywhere near as much as is proposed by the Division,\u201d said owner Christopher Gara. <\/p>\n

A representative from the Division of Taxation hadn\u2019t responded to questions from a lehighvalleylive.com reporter as of Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gara\u2019s Pizza is closed, the future of the Lopatcong Township pizzeria is uncertain . The New Jersey Division…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-62495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}