Manhattans: Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow?
Brooklyn the Borough is reporting that Manhattans, the Washington Avenue bar opened by Tracy Westmoreland only a few months ago, is already in danger of closing. Westmorland, who was also behind the shuttered Hell’s Kitchen dive Siberia, says his main investor in the bar is threatening to turn the lights out. Westmoreland is seeking an…
Brooklyn the Borough is reporting that Manhattans, the Washington Avenue bar opened by Tracy Westmoreland only a few months ago, is already in danger of closing. Westmorland, who was also behind the shuttered Hell’s Kitchen dive Siberia, says his main investor in the bar is threatening to turn the lights out. Westmoreland is seeking an angel for the venture and some of the bar’s fans have set up a website site soliciting PayPal donations to help keep the business running. In a phone call yesterday Westmoreland said Manhattans is operating on a “week-to-week” basis and that it would, at the very least, be open through next weekend.
Under Threat of Closing, Manhattans Bar Seeks New Investor [BTB] GMAP
Save Manhattans [Official Site]
Manhattans in Brooklyn [Brownstoner]
Photo of Westmoreland from Brooklyn the Borough.
Something doesn’t seem right.
Why was the deal with the investor structured so that he / she can demand instant repayment?
I can’t see why the investor’s financial difficulties should have any bearing on the bar unless the bar needs more capital from the investor (i.e. if it is not generating cash).
If that is the case then it’s probably not a good investment for anyone else.
i knew somebody who actually taught an architecture seminar on how to “create” a dive bar. it was then i confirmed for all eternity that getting out of academia was a good move for me.
too cool for school. I actually tried to go there right after it opened, but couldn’t find.
you can’t make a dive bar. dive bars just happen.
paper in the windows, pitiful draft selection, filthy and dank. it’s a middle finger to the neighborhood.
i guess trying to ‘cultivate’ a dive bar has backfired.
I’m with Rob. If you want to support them try depleting their stock. Buy a brew. Donations for a bar? Weird.
“some of the bar’s fans have set up a website site soliciting PayPal donations to help keep the business running.”
Why don’t they just buy more drinks!!!!! Losers.
also it’s a BAR. not the Make a Wish Foundation.
*rob*
quote:
soliciting PayPal donations
:-/ x infinity.
*rob*