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Tavern workers’ jobs extended through the holiday season

With Tavern on the Green's current lease set to expire on December 31, 2009, it was feared that the restaurant would have to close before the busy holiday season in order to have enough time to secure and resell its expensive paintings, furnishings and other fixtures.

Tavern talks resume

Can Tavern on the Green be resurrected in our lifetime? Tuesday, for the second day, the designated new operator of the landmark restaurant in Central Park, Dean J. Poll, conducted negotiations with the Hotel and Motel Trades Council, which represents some 400 employees who have been looking for work since the restaurant shuttered early on Jan. 1.

Tavern:  A last New Year’s Eve under LeRoy family’s operation

This coming New Year's eve, New Yorkers and others will have one last opportunity for a special evening of dining, dancing, and fireworks at Tavern on the Green, the restaurant which became world-famous under restaurateur Warner LeRoy and his family.

Dean Poll and the unions

When the Parks Department last August chose Central Park Boathouse proprietor Dean Poll to take over Tavern on the Green, the city presented Mr. Poll with a diplomatic challenge: He would have to negotiate with a large, unionized workforce to craft a labor agreement that would allow the business to move forward.

Decor from famed New York eatery up for auction

NEW YORK - Fans of New York's Tavern on the Green, a lavish eatery popular with tourists that closed its doors deep in debt, can buy bits of its glitz and glitter as keepsakes next week at public auction.

City can’t trademark name “Tavern in the Park”

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied trademark status to the name "Tavern in the Park."

“Tavern” fixtures to hit the auction block

A piece of New York City history will soon be on the auction block.

Tavern staff hold out hope for jobs

For six months, the restaurant's 400 former employees - and their wages and pensions, among other issues - were the subject of negotiations between their union and the restaurateur who won the license to operate Tavern. Last week, those talks broke down, casting into doubt not only the Central Park institution's future as a restaurant but also an employer.

Boathouse employees are signing up to join our union

The courageous, hard-working employees at the Boathouse restaurant want to be members of our Union. A large majority of the employees have signed union authorization cards and a petition has been filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a vote by the workers to join the Hotel Trades Council. An election and subsequent certification of the Union could occur in the near future.