• Famed Brooklyn club House of Yes shut down

    Famed Brooklyn club House of Yes shut down

    It’s the House of Not So Much. Famed Bushwick club House of Yes has temporarily closed after losing its liquor license for violating COVID regulations. In an email that went out Friday morning, the venue — which has been offering outdoor drinking while nightclubs are closed — said that it had fallen foul of the …
  • NY liquor authority taking shots at Cloister Café over lawsuit

    NY liquor authority taking shots at Cloister Café over lawsuit

    The state liquor authority is taking shots — at a restaurant that filed suit against it. On Monday Page Six reported that East Village hotspot Cloister Café is suing the SLA, claiming that it shut it down for COVID violations based on evidence it had cribbed from media reports — which they allege had been …
  • Cloister Café suing NY liquor authority over COVID-related shutdown

    Cloister Café suing NY liquor authority over COVID-related shutdown

    An East Village hotspot is fighting back after it was shut down for allegedly flouting COVID-19 regulations by hosting secret after-hours parties for teeming crowds. Page Six is told that Cloister Café is suing the state liquor authority, claiming that it didn’t properly investigate the alleged violations — and just cribbed the claims from a …
  • ‘Coyote Ugly’ turns 20: Secrets and scandals of the real-life bar and movie

    ‘Coyote Ugly’ turns 20: Secrets and scandals of the real-life bar and movie

    It gave haters a massive hangover — but to die-hard fans, “Coyote Ugly” has aged like a fine whiskey. Released 20 years ago Tuesday, the movie starred Piper Perabo as Violet, an aspiring songwriter from New Jersey who winds up bartending at the raunchy and rowdy NYC saloon owned by Lil (played by Maria Bello) …
  • NYC nightlife insiders predict ‘no more dance floors’ post-COVID

    NYC nightlife insiders predict ‘no more dance floors’ post-COVID

    As New York City eased into Phase 4 of reopening Monday, the life of the party remains in critical condition. Nightclubs were supposed to be among the businesses coming back in this wave. But with Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio announcing that indoor activities — including malls and museums — are still off the …
  • 1Oak founder’s #ZoomFest invites everyone behind the velvet rope — finally

    1Oak founder’s #ZoomFest invites everyone behind the velvet rope — finally

    If you’ve ever wanted a glimpse of what star-studded club culture is like, you probably won’t get it at #ZoomFest. In fact, you may not ever get it again, according to Ronnie Madra, co-founder of the illustrious 1Oak nightclub in New York City, where celebs such as Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Rihanna, the Kardashians, Leonardo DiCaprio, …
  • Copacabana is gone after 80 years

    Copacabana is gone after 80 years

    Kim Kardashian’s behind won’t stick out in people’s memory like the Copacabana. Yesterday the Copacabana said adios. Opened 1940 by types known to the NYPD, the Copa nightclub starred Martin and Lewis, Sammy Davis, the Supremes, Belafonte, Groucho Marx, Carmen Miranda, Danny Thomas, my husband Joey Adams. Barry Manilow sang about it. Oscar winners from …
  • Floating bar the Honorable William Wall set to reopen on June 6

    Floating bar the Honorable William Wall set to reopen on June 6

    Page Six recently reported on a new wave of speakeasies that have popped up across the city. And we suppose this is the new pirate cove of corona-era boozing. Just hours after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the lockdown has been extended until June 13, the Honorable William Wall — the bar atop …
  • Susanne Bartsch throws ‘small’ party at Hotel Chelsea apartment

    Susanne Bartsch throws ‘small’ party at Hotel Chelsea apartment

    Nightlife legend Susanne Bartsch has drawn the scowls of the club scene by throwing a sexy party at the Hotel Chelsea — in spite of the social-distancing drive. Bartsch’s regular Bartschland Follies night at the McKittrick Hotel has been put on hiatus because of the COVID-19 outbreak, so she decided to throw a small bash …