While most bars along Franklin Ave are regularly packed, 95 South is frequently empty until very late at night.
Over the passed few weeks, the place has undergone renovations and rumors are that it may re-open place that is equally a restaurant and a bar, whereas it has been mainly a bar.
Thoughts?
Still gangster owned and operated?
Lipstick on a pig.
The issue is the crowd it attracts. Period. They also charge a cover some nights. Other bars in the neighborhood have cheaper drinks, better food, no cover, and attract very diverse crowds, which is important in this neighborhood. Not all "gentrifiers" with disposable income are white and nor do we want to rub shoulders with the crowd it attracts. It's the only bar in the neighborhood that regularly has police outside on weekends. So unappealing.
It is a shame how much money they are not making on beer and food.
I wonder how much $ and effort they would need to invest in order to benefit from the area's increasing disposable income.
Do they care? If it is what people say it is, its primary function is probably not to make money but to launder it.
I've yet to hear the money laundering accusation from anyone I trust to actually know about such things.
So, I'll confine my critique to their failure to sell lots of liquor and food, despite being located on a busy commercial strip.
To build on Ishtar's point, there are several bars in the area that seem to attract to a mostly black clientele, yet seem to have a better revenue stream. Sugarcane on Flatbush comes immediately to mind.
Well, I went there for drinks and apps one night and there was a very unusual (and open) exchange of cash at a table in the back. Guys would walk up, hand money to the guy sitting there, talk for a few minutes and then walk out.
Now, it could have been people buying into the football pool, or paying for their kid's little league fees, or buying a ticket to the bus trip to AC, but it didn't quite feel like any of those. So I paid my check and never went back.
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