Idle Hands looks to be changing ownership.
The bar at 25 Avenue B near East Second Street is on this month's CB3/SLA committee docket.
According to the paperwork (PDF!) on file at the CB3 website, Idle Hands is scheduled for a corporate change… as you can see, seven partners (essentially everyone) are leaving the corporation, and three new ones are joining…
The new venture will be Matty's, whose owners ran a gay bar in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., called Matty's on the Drive.
Here's how the New Times Broward-Palm Beach described Matty's on the Drive:
Gather on the far end of the room and take on formidable opponents at Wii Sports, or just kick back and wait for the man of your choice to approach you with his best pickup line. Wild Wednesdays score you 75-cent drafts and well drinks at Matty's on the Drive. And don't forget to try the signature grape martinis.
Matty's closed in late 2012 following a year-long legal case.
There's no word yet on what kind of bar Matty's will be on Avenue B.
In October, Allan Mannarelli, an owner of The Cock, decided to withdraw his application for moving his bar from Second Avenue to the Idle Hands space when it became clear that the CB3/SLA committee was going to issue a denial.
The CB3/SLA committee meeting is Monday night at 6:30 in the CB3 offices, 59 E. Fourth St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.
However, according to the docket, this item will NOT be heard during the meeting. Strange, given that the space will be under new ownership, yet the corporate name remains the same.
So let's see -it will be a gay bar, with 100% new owners who aren't in the community now and have no track record in nyc to speak of- and it isn't heard by CB3.
ReplyDeleteYet The Cock was denied.
CB3 - you can never tell
WTF ???
ReplyDeleteISNT THIS SUPPOSED TO BE A FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT ?????
this is checked a bar from the 30 Day Notice :
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mancb3/downloads/sla/2014/12/applications/24-%2025%20Avenue%20B_Application.pdf
The stip agreed to by Idle Hands calls for
""1) it will operate as a FULL-SERVICE American Cajun restaurant and bar, serving food to within 1(one) hour of closing"
"...and have no live music, disc jockeys, promoted events or events at which a cover fee would be charged"
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mancb3/downloads/minutes/minutes2010-03.pdf
so we get yet another bar WITHOUT IT BEING HEARD BEFORE THE COMMUNITY ????????
If they set it up here in any way to mimic that Florida nightmare, I am sure it will be yet another screaming horrorshow attracting the lowest common denominator who now call New York home. Christ, when will it end?!?
ReplyDeleteIt's ironic that an owner of another gay bar wants to take over this space. Could it be that both applicants know each other, because you know, a bar can open with one partner and then add partners once they own that license. Sounds like a set up to me.
ReplyDeletewill the pride parade be re-routed through the east village?
ReplyDeletedoes the east village's most recent gay bar edition, Stairs, still exist? that place had 0 idea what was going on.
@anon 10:43
ReplyDeleteFound this online. I think you're right. Mannarelli goes by trade name 29 Red Rooster LLC or Red Rooster 29 LLC. Must have some connection to Florida and new applicants, as he is registered in Florida.
ALLAN J MANNARELL MANAGING MEMBER)
NYC ROOSTER LLC
FLORIDA DOMESTIC LIMITED-LIABILITY COMPANY
Address: 637 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Registered Agent: Mannarelli Allan J
Filing Date: July 18, 2013
ALLAN MANNARELLI (CHAIRMAN/CEO)
BELGIUM NYC CORP.
NEW YORK DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION
Address: 29 Second Ave 2nd Flr
New York, New York 10003
Registered Agent: None Listed
Filing Date: June 16, 2004