Hallo Berlin Cart Owner Rolf Babiel Has Passed Away
Some very sad news to report… Rolf Babiel, one of the owners of Hallo Berlin, has passed away. His unique sense of humor was a huge part of what made the Hallo Berlin cart on 54th and 5th so great, and he will be missed. According to a worker at the 9th Ave. Express Location, the cart’s future is up in the air for now. (Got an update from his brother this afternoon… Rolf died of Cancer.)
The funeral is this weekend in Hell’s Kitchen. Our thoughts go out to all of his family and friends.
Posted: 11:04 am, October 23rd, 2009 under Hallo Berlin.
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wow!
very sad. and i almost went there yesterday.
any idea what happened? he WAS young.
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Sad that.
Always made hallo berlin a must whenever in the Newtonian law confirming fruit.
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Sad. I remember making excuses to take long lunchs at my first job out of college in the late 80’s just to go to his cart – he was terrific. Love that place-still do.
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He made a lot of people happy. More than most of us can say.
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Oh no. :-(
I feel privileged to have known Rolf as a customer. I always tried to have exact change.
He will be missed.
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A good man, a huge loss.
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Oh, oh… oh. :-( My thoughts and prayers are with his family. He will be extremely missed!
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I went there only once. He said, “free sausages at 6pm, but I’m leaving at 5″ lol!
RIP
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This is the second death I’ve been notified of in the past half hour…(who’s it going to be next?!?!)
This is sad news. What a personality and great great potatoes. Will definitely miss his cart as the weather gets colder.
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oh, Rolf. thank you for all the sausages over the years.
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Greatest street cart in history- period. Rolf worked very hard, sold a fantastic product, made a lot of people happy, and always seemed to have a good time doing it. THAT’S how to run a business. Very sad news.
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Zach, any chance Midtown Lunch could send flowers and/or make a donation to the Street Vendor Project in memoriam? I’d gladly PayPal a few bucks towards the cause.
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That’s terribly sad news. Zach, it would be nice if you could send flowers.
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[...] Lunch reports that Rolf Babiel, an owner of Hallo Berlin sausage cart and restaurant in Midtown has [...]
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Very sad news. I’ve only been to that cart a few times but he seemed like a nice guy. RIP.
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:-( this is so incredibly sad.
that sucks.
pretty young.
guess too many sausages are indeed bad for you.