Breaking News: PM Lounge Shut Down!

Continuing our Super Scoop Thursday, a Little Birdy forwarded along a little afternoon shocker, saying "Thought you'd want to be the first to know that PM Lounge will be shut down by the State Liquor Authority during January 2008." Little Birdy speaks the truth, according to this notice issued by the overlords of night at the State Liquor Authority. A quick perusal lists underage drinking, building code violations, noise, fighting, and much much more. That's no good. Especially when your Community Board and landlord already have a collective hard on to see your operation dissapear.

May we suggest going to PM for New Years Eve, we think it could become a massive going out of business bash!

The rest of the complaint is below.

CB2 to PM: No Go

Some more bad news for Kiki and Uniq and their Meatpacking District haunt PM. After first learning about a run in with the local community board, our Little Birdy come in with an update, and it's not good.

I just heard that the full board of Community Board 2 voted to reject PM's application to renew their liquor license. Community members have sent a ton of letters to the State Liquor Authority demanding that they deny the renewal. They've got State Senator Tom Duane on board as well. The SLA should issue a decision within a week but it doesn't look good for PM.

I also heard that PM is being sued by their landlord for back rent of over $500k -- that's a lot of bottle service to make up!!!

That is a lot of bottle service Birdy. We don't know how CB's pick one place over another to make a point like this. Maybe we never will. At least you will be able to find K & U at their new place if PM goes to sleep.

Is PM Out of Time?

Just as they were poised to open their new space, have Kiki and Unik run into some community board trouble with PM? Just across the telex, a Little Birdy reports,

Thought you should know that PM's liquor license came up for renewal last night before Community Board 2 and it looks like they'll vote against renewal (if they haven't already). Many neighbors bitterly complained about the noise from PM and their lack of responsiveness to the concerns of the neighborhood. PM's manager, Gordon Adams, was there with his attorney. Adams tried to explain that the noise had improved since they put in insulation and sound limiters in March but that wasn't good enough for the Board because PM had apparently signed a memorandum of understanding 3 years ago which detailed all the steps that PM would take to limit the noise. PM was supposed to do a whole bunch of things to minimize the noise but they never did.

Interesting. They aren't the first club to hit CB 2 trouble, and certainly won't be the last. But you can bet your bottom dollar that if PM does go down, another club will not replace it. The rents are just too high and landlords are looking to maximize revenue through leases before the overall bottom falls out. Consider this developing . . .

Kiki and Unik Branch Out

Some nightlife news to begin the week. PM's superstar owners Kiki and Unik are moving to expand their empire. A little birdy filed a weekend report (sorry it waited until Monday. We were out.) saying "Kiki and Unik have picked up the lease at the old gay club XL and are opening a new club. Looks like a late 2007 opening." May we suggest naming it AM?


MONDAY AM BONUS: Another little birdy gave us a little tip. It seems that Scott Sartiano and Richie Akiva have taken on some partners for their expansion into the old Plaid Space. Says birdy, "Scott Sartiano and Richie Akiva's partners on the project are Jeffrey Jah (lotus, double seven) and Ronnie Madra (pink elephant)." What a foursome!