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Plans and back-up plans for auctioning of Tavern’s assets
While litigation over the ownership of the Tavern on the Green name continues, plans and back-up plans for the auction of its assets, tangible and intangible, are made. At the close to 2009, the LeRoy family, who have run the restaurant since 1976, will begin vacating the space for Central Park Boathouse operator Dean Poll to take over operations.
Federal judge will decide who owns Tavern’s name
In the increasingly messy bankruptcy of Tavern on the Green, a federal judge on Tuesday handed New York City its first victory in a legal battle over who owns the name of the landmark restaurant in Central Park.
Noted commentator supports Tavern workers’ fight
Jim Hightower, a well-known commentator, public speaker, author, and political activist, voiced support for the Tavern on the Green workers' fight to protect their union contract in his newspaper column "The Hightower Report."
LeRoys lost Tavern deal, despite highest bid
According to Annie Karni in the New York Post, financial documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Law show that the LeRoy family, who had operated Tavern on the Green since 1974, submitted the highest proposed fee payment to the city as part of its bid to operate the famed restaurant for the next 20-year contractual term.
Tavern in the red: famed eatery forced to sell the silver
Lacking a license and loaded with debt, Tavern on the Green, the glittery New York City eatery, went dark after a final champagne-drenched fete on New Year's Eve.
Curtains for New York’s crucible of kitsch
If the Land of Oz were to have a restaurant, it used to be said, the Tavern on the Green would be it.
High turnout at Tavern auction
The first day of the three-day auction of Tavern on the Green's artwork, statues, chandeliers, and numerous other items was marked by high turnout, as evidenced by long lines at the bidders' sign-up tables.
Tavern’s last day busy like any other
NEW YORK - Boasting elaborate interior decor such as ornate chandeliers, halls of mirrors, stained glass, and deer statues, the Tavern on the Green has served millions of people in its tenure, located on the west side of Central Park in Manhattan.
Poll’s “proposals” re Tavern contract flatly unacceptable to HTC
Peter Ward, president of the Hotel Trades Council, has called Central Park Boathouse restaurant operator Dean Poll's initial Tavern on the Green proposal "an insult, an atrocity and a slap in the face of not only this union but every New Yorker."
Tavern on the brink
Central Park's once-lavish Tavern on the Green restaurant will become a visitors center and snack bar -- possibly permanently -- because the new operator selected by the city couldn't come to terms with the food workers union, Mayor Bloomberg said last night.
