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They have had a new security team for the last year or so. The current operation that Ted is involved with at Rise has had very little conflict.
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Burt Lazarin co-chair of the Community Board’s licensing committee said: “I think that track record from those first two places was horrible. However, Rise has become a success with customers and neighbors. Their venture, Rise on 10th Avenue, had a rocky start (some, like landlord renovations, not under their control). They’d run into problems with residents and the Community Board on both. The first was that Ted and John had run bar and club spaces in Hell’s Kitchen before at Bartini (on 10th Avenue) and XL (on 42nd Street at the OUT Hotel). The Spot faced several layers of opposition. “If they just had that history, I would not have voted in favor, but they have a different history with their current bar.” The old Lansdowne Road site would not stay vacant, and the Rise owners would be able to create their new bar, The Spot. This seemed like the perfect opportunity. Their application was rejected because of the change of use from retail and were advised by the Community Board to find a location to takeover that was currently zoned as a bar.
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Meanwhile, Ted Arenas and his partner John Blair from Rise Bar on 9th Avenue had made a license application next door (Lansdowne is 599 10th Avenue, the place they applied for was an empty retail unit at 601). But then the deal fell through - the space was vacant again. Their application went through the license committee with a 4am close with no issue, and was approved by the Community Board in May with no dissent. Their new place would be “a warm and inviting bar and tavern offering, with a robust and sophisticated food menu” as well as jazz brunches on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and late night bites. Michael and Patrick McNamee, brothers who run bars like the Mean Fiddler and Dutch Fred’s, saw it as an opportunity and applied to the Community Board for a new license. Lansdowne Road was a busy sports bar (until COVID closed it down permanently in March).
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We’ve spent the last few days investigating the claim, through the public records of Community Board 4 and conversations with many of those involved. On Sunday, W42ST was tagged in a social media post alleging homophobia had blocked the license application of a gay bar in Hell’s Kitchen.