Avalon: City Cuts Off Nose, Spites Face
According to Tricia Romano's column in today's Voice, the City shot itself in the foot by shutting down nightclub Avalon (formerly the Limelight) last week:
Apparently, the club forgot to pay a meager $280 for its food-handling permit, leading the Department of Health to shut the club down April 9. A female health inspector posted the notice on the door and was roundly booed by the 600 clubgoers waiting in line, says a spokesperson for the club. They opened the next day after Elliott Marcus, an assistant commissioner of the Health Department, gave the OK. Avalon says the city lost $8,000 in projected tax revenue over the mix-up.
Okay, eww? Avalon serves food? What, are the party drugs not appetite-suppressing enough anymore?
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