Due to pressure from the liquor board and the fire marshal, Tribeca Bistro & Bar (1588 Granville) is scheduled to close its doors for good on January 1, 2012.
The capacity limitations put on the bar have made it difficult to stay afloat and the city will lose yet another venue in the new year.
When Tribeca first opened, the capacity was set at 192. That has since been reduced to 120. “There was a point in the summer the capacity was 60 people,” says Loukas Crowther (The Coast’s production manager), who DJs regularly at the bar. Having essentially cut a third of the bar’s business, Nova Scotia’s draconian liquor laws claim another great venue.
Goodbye, Tribeca. We will miss you.
This article appears in Dec 15-21, 2011.
nooooee!
Terrible news – sometimes I swear this town is it’s own worst enemy!
Best place by far to dance in Halifax. So so sad to see it go.
I’ve never actually been in, except when it was critics choice, but I’ve stood in line/milled about out front a few times. Damn, now I’ll never know.
Booooooooooooooo!!!!!
Aw, sad times. No more Rock Night.
I’ve never been, but that’s a pretty shitty way to go.
People have a voice and things can be appealed but fact of the matter is the reason Halifax has such strict liquor laws is because when something bad happens they believe that enforcing a new regiment is the best way to make a change. This is in fact not the case and will continue, bars must take responsibility for themselves , their staff and how much alcohol they allow the consumer to consume. when an incident usually does happen its because proper due diligence was not taken into consideration, we are responsible for our actions as bartenders, bouncers, managers, owners, patrons. The government doesn’t care who gets shut down they just wish to appease the ones who have the loudest voice and sorry but its not us, we are not the minority we are simply the lazy. organize be professional and make your voice known , power in numbers is how democracy works this is how change is done. Change happens day to day weather its for the good or bad is decided by our effort and choices.
Is it ever just the bar owner’s fault. I mean in this case, is it not conceivable that the owner is just a shitty owner who can’t run a business or manage a budget? Don’t get me wrong, the municipal government and policy makers of our fair city would be reaching new heights of accomplishment if they could get up to a functional level of just being inept.
But sometimes there isn’t a bigger story.
Sometimes, and as hard as this is to hear, it’s just a matter of poor business decisions and financial management.
well -safety first, good spot’s will come and go. charley