Monday, June 6, 2011

State seizes Luca Bar on St. Mark's Place for unpaid taxes: report

This past Thursday evening, EV Grieve reader Patrick was headed into the Luca Bar on St. Mark's Place near Avenue A for a drink... However, he was turned away by a marshal on the scene. He figured the owners would take care of what needed to be taken care of...

However, the Italian bistro remained closed over the weekend...


[Photos courtesy of Patrick]

According to The Local East Village, the owners of the bar owe state tax officials $31,385.49, not including interest and penalties; that the bar has six open warrants for unpaid taxes dating to November 2009.

4 comments:

Jeremy said...

Noooooooooo - Hofbrau Dunkel!!! Not happy they don't pay their taxes, but I do like this place.

Anonymous said...

Typical Euro in our city, all take and no give. We are the city of eden for con artists and users...they come in, take what they can and then split. Holds true for transplants US born, with no real roots they feel no remorse for screwing our city. I can only say go home, go the hell home. For those that come and actually give back, I Thank you.

Anonymous said...

These are buddies of mine, and they certainly haven't come to our city and taken what they can get and split. It's a great neighborhood spot. Wishing them luck

Anonymous said...

for 30g's the state takes your place . thats ruff housing in alphabet city if you ask me. something doesn't sound right . i bet they will be open again soon. god bless the luca family and all the years they have been serving the east village