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Crobar: closed before it ever opened!
Remember
all the hype around mega-dance-club Crobar opening an L.A. outpost in early 2008? It seems
DJ-driven venues Vanguard and Avalon no longer have to worry about the
competition. I have it on good authority that it’s "never going to open" and
that the Crobar owners have been shopping it around on the DL for $4 million. According
to my source, no one’s biting because it's harder to pack a large venue in Hollywood, where there
are so many venues. Repeated calls and emails to owner Robert Vinokur were not
returned, but Brad Altman in marketing and promotions at Crobar in Chicago was kind enough
to email back: "I'm hearing that Crobar L.A. is officially not happening." The
pending status of its liquor license is also a pretty good indication.
Here's a shot from Crobar in Chicago, which is celebrating 16 years of keeping the party hottt—and not very dressed.
On the same note, the Edison's Marc Smith has put his next project, Mercury Liquors, on ice because he lost the space he wanted to have it in. But fear not. I’ve been assured that the bar’s still in the works.]
UPDATE: I just got word from Robert Vinokur. Click here for the update.
—Alexandra Le Tellier
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