JANE BALLROOM
Nothing official as of yet, but who is surprised to hear that the Jane Ballroom is in deepest, darkest trouble? The plethora of people lining up to complain against the West Village hot spot has been longer even than the line outside the club itself. Bloggers united to revel in the Schadenfreude that is nightmare on Jane - where disgruntled residents attacked the new trendy trendy club with a frenzy usually reserved for crazed members of PETA. I'm not taking sides in this fight.
The question for Sean MacPherson, Richard Born, Eric Goode and Ira Drukier - the Jane Ballroom's owners, is not so much a 'should I stay or should I go' scenario, as it is a 'do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry?' one. Following a raid on the ballroom back in early October, there have been rumors and misconceptions as to what is actually going on. All we can say for sure is that Guest of a Guest got their hands on the official citations that the Jane received, and contrary to statements released by management, they're not soon going to go away. The citations range from the trivial - not displaying proper Certificate of Occupancy, to more serious; not having a suitable sprinkler system installed. The big one is there too - there is a bold claim that the Jane is operating beyond the provisions of the alcohol licence they were granted. If these stick, the location between Washington Street and the West Side Highway will have done possibly the quickest 5-month turn-around from quiet cobblestoned cul-de-sac, to late night mecca and back again.
Keep your eyes pealed and your ears to the ground. Who knows what could happen next.
It looks like the sun is actually making an appearance, so we can all start pretending it’s summer for five minutes and enjoy these places to beat the heat…or in our case, stay out of the rain.
West Village
Jane Ballroom
Jane Hotel
113 Jane Street, at West Street
(212) 924-6700
www.thejanenyc.com
The Jane Ballroom is impressively adorned with antique area rugs, old fashioned wing chairs, a grand fireplace, and enormous velvet-draped windows. Décor aside, the drinks menu has some pretty fun concoctions, specialty cocktails like the Hedwig and the Punjab are among a few of them.
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