The beloved 124-year-old Brooklyn bakery that suddenly shuttered last month, saying its owner wanted to spend more time with family, actually had its state license yanked over stomach-churning violations.
James Caputo, proprietor of Caputo’s Bake Shop in Carroll Gardens, told local news outlets in April that he decided to suddenly close up shop to spend more time with family.
He noted that he couldn’t shell out the dough needed to fix his Italian-made Logiudice commercial bread oven, either – and didn’t want to pass the business on to someone outside the family to keep it alive.
It turns out the bakery also had been plagued with state health-code violations ranging from mold to mouse droppings for more than a year, according to a Post analysis of records — with the historic bread shop’s license revoked in January…