A public notice appeared on the front door this week stating that Matt Webber — a nightlife impresario behind several Brooklyn and Manhattan concepts — has plans for a bar in this sizable storefront. (H/T to the EVG reader for the tip!)
The notice shows that Webber will appear before Community Board 3's SLA committee on Dec. 8. The public questionnaires have not yet been posted, so it's unclear exactly what he’s proposing.
Webber is a co-owner of Clown Car, LLC, "a full-service bar/restaurant production and consulting company involved in developing and operating new and existing nightlife ventures."
His Brooklyn credits include Twins Lounge, Lou's Athletic Club, Birdy's, Carmelo's, The Narrows, Coyote Club and Soft Spot. He most recently opened The Ripple Room, a multi-floor venue at 183 Bowery.
This storefront has been vacant since January 2018, when Petco Unleashed shuttered after operating for just over 2 years.
Before developer Ben Shaoul gutted and expanded the building into a generic residential complex in 2013-14, the ground floor was home to The Urge, a popular gay bar/club.
5 comments:
No thank you.
Great that is all we need another bar on that street.
It's sad when people would rather have a vacant storefront that creates a dead zone than a business that brings life to the street. Do we need another bar? Not really. Is having a bar better than a long-dead storefront? You betcha! If you don't want a bar, I suggest that you help to create the viable business you would like to see there
Back in the 1990s, YES THE 90S. The East Village was considered a liquor license oversaturation area by the NY State Liquor Authority (SLA). It is so much worse now. So yes, I would prefer a vacant store front compared to as many as the nine bar restaurants on my block. I am elated when one of those store fronts are empty Add all the truck deliveries, garbage trucks, grease pump trucks, weekend crowds and it is unlivable for residents. We need good governmental policy that protects residents and promotes reasonable rents that help small business thrive, like the ones we had back when NYC was not completely overrun with predatory capitalist real estate developers and a mom and pop (sans trust fund) store could survive.
I would much rather see another pet store than a bar that will be rowdy past 10pm. If the store front has been empty for that many years, it's because the rent asked for that space is too high. Baar Baar, around the corner closed last month. Kobano also around the block closed after the original restaurant there shuttered. That location was vacant for years as well. They can go take over those spots instead
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