During the hiatus we received a several emails about the bizarre developments at El Gavilan through July and August.
Mark writes:
Fresh scoop for you... About to enter El Gavilan restaurant on E5th and Church to take out food at about 8pm tonight. Police car pulls up. Officers go to kitchen door and front entrance. Three or four more officers crossing Church and enter restaurant, and then even more follow. I tell the cop waiting outside that I was about to go in and order dinner. He says to me "Not tonight." They finally were going in to shut them down after numerous complaints regarding music. He said they play loud music at four and five in the morning and they certainly don't have a cabaret license either.
Wow, I'm sorry for everyone who is affected by this, but that sounds
awesome, Mark. Did you ask if you could mess with their taser?
Jessica writes:
It would be worth writing a post about El Gavilan. At one time it was a nice neighborhood restaurant. In the past couple of months, it has become a problematic nightclub complete with a knife fight out front, alleged prostitution vans coming and going all night, defecation on a local's front lawn and general loud, unruly behavior which winds down around 6am. Needless to say, it has the east 5th street block all worked up. It is currently closed due to 'unlicensed bouncers' until 9/11 when the owners will have their next court date.
The first two times I read this email I sort of glossed over "defecation on a local's front lawn", but this time it's sticking out a bit. Did some poor homeowner watch this actually taking place? Truly terrible.
Multiple news sources confirm that they are closed for at least 30 days and are under probe from the NYPD and Liquor board. According to the signage on the restaurant itself, a judge heard the case on August 28th, but we haven't heard anything further.
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There will be another hearing on Friday, September 11 at 9:30 AM, at the Supreme Court, 360 Adams St. According to the flyer printed by Larry Jayson, the hearing will probably be in room 461.
Jessica's comment is accurate, but it leaves out the drunks passing out in people's yards, the trash and broken glass on the street, someone defecating on a neighbor's car, and other problems.
Anyone who does not want a late night drunks and hookers festival in their neighborhood should come to the hearing.
Local cable news channel 12 will be in the neighborhood tomorrow covering the story for the 2nd time.
There will be another hearing on Friday, September 11 at 9:30 AM, at the Supreme Court, 360 Adams St. According to the flyer printed by Larry Jayson, the hearing will probably be in room 461.
Jessica's comment is accurate, but it leaves out the drunks passing out in people's yards, the trash and broken glass on the street, someone defecating on a neighbor's car, and other problems.
Anyone who does not want a late night drunks and hookers festival in their neighborhood should come to the hearing.
Local cable news channel 12 will be in the neighborhood tomorrow covering the story for the 2nd time.
What a shame, especially for homeowners near this dump. You have to fight back. Flood the city with complaints about the filthy conditions of this restaurant. The NYC Dept of Health lives to inspect these guys to death. You can do it online (anonymously if you choose) at these links:
Rats in restaurant-
http://tr.im/restrats
Unsanitary restaurant-
http://tr.im/dirtyrest
Or search here for other kinds of
health-related complaints-
http://www.nyc.gov/311
You have to fight back! Pass the links along to everyone in the neighborhood.
Should people in favor of a local ethnic restaurant also attend? or,
is this hearing simply for the poorly disguised bigoted with deeper intentions?
As a local & patron, albeit time since my last visit, I will gladly attend.
Too many of these cowards bombard the fields with diatribe. It'd be good to put a face to these handles.
Glossed over the defecation!
Drunks and Hookers Festival!
What is this, that unholy Amsterdam place? (rimshot) Damn Europeans, why don't they go back to where they came from?
I am on East 3rd and the drunks have passed out on our stoop too. They look dead, we call the cops, they rouse them and on their way they go.
I was thinking that next time I should just let the dogs out to rouse the drunks....
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