New York Jewish Week — Silver Moon Bakery only sells challahs on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. But the bakery — whose windows often fog up in the winter from all the warm pastries and bread inside — sells about 200 loaves in just the three days a week it’s open.

Soon, though, patrons might have to look elsewhere on the Upper West Side to get their challah fix. The popular Morningside Heights bakery — known for its variety of Jewish baked goods, along with other treats like chocolate chip cookies — could face eviction, after its lease ended and it stopped paying rent.

As Crain’s New York Business reported on Monday, the bakery “has allegedly overstayed its lease expiration and owes more than $200,000 in rent and other fees after allegedly refusing to vacate the storefront,” according to a lawsuit filed last week in Manhattan’s State Supreme Court. Landlord Broadside Realty, whose lease with Silver Moon ended in May, is seeking the bakery’s eviction.

For many Upper West Siders, the possible eviction and/or closure of Silver Moon is a particularly bitter double-whammy. Neighborhood denizens are still bemoaning the sudden loss of Absolute Bagels, a popular bagel bakery on 107th and Broadway, whose abrupt closure in mid-December following health violations prompted anguish and mourning.

“I felt the same emotional feeling as identifying the body of a loved one at a morgue,” one regular told the Forward at the time.

And now, with Silver Moon Bakery’s future uncertain, some local Jews are worried that, in addition to their favorite bagel spot — many New York City foodies considered Absolute’s among the best bagels in the city — the neighborhood might face a lack of fresh-baked challah, too.

On a chilly Wednesday morning, Morningside Heights resident Jeff Alexander popped in for a coffee. He said the potential loss of Silver Moon Bakery just weeks after the closure of Absolute Bagels would be a shame; he lives around the corner from Silver Moon and occasionally stops in to buy challah, muffins and........

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