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The Brooklyn Dark Hemp Bar, a small East Village business specializing in hemp-based chocolates and pastries, has been forced to close, the owners announced earlier this month. After the Department of Health mandated the installation of two additional sinks — for which owner Lev Kelman insists there is not enough space — he shut down the store altogether. Opened just over two months ago on August 15, the shop sold a variety of hemp-based desserts and beverages including lemon blondies, cookies, fudge, coffee, mate, rice-milk lattes and hot chocolate.