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Is Ace Cafe Really closing?

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So Im such a fan of the place and hang out there pretty much every week, that I am dazzled by this...

I subscribed to the FB page and got this this morning....

The Ace Cafe San Francisco
RIP Ace. Peter from Kink has raised our rent to $20,000 a month. Efectually making our lease void. So our last day is Wednesday the 27th. Thanks for all your support. We will miss you all!

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Is this for real?

Come on KINK....
 
WOAH!! they freakin' better not close down Ace like that! That's my favorite place to come to in the city!
 
Yeah, Im trying to see the relationship between the 2 establishments...dont get it..
 
the owner of kink.com probably owns the building. IIRC kink.com is actually based just across the street in the old army building.
 
Yes, he owns the building Ace Cafe is in, and it's right kitty corner to Kink. City ordinance does not allow him to have a bar there, so he wants the Ace. I think he has been wanting to make that move since Ace opened, and now that their lease is up he can. Too bad - I like that bar.
 
Well, I hope the owners of the ACE take their liq license and move elsewhere. Commercial rents have come down and moving the liq license is possible - though tough in this city. Its a tactic I've seen by a more than a few bldg owners in their attempts to get control of the liq lic at their properties. Hopefully we see another ACE at a new location. Best of luck to them.

So where is everyone going to watch MotoGP now?
 
Yes, he owns the building Ace Cafe is in, and it's right kitty corner to Kink. City ordinance does not allow him to have a bar there, so he wants the Ace. I think he has been wanting to make that move since Ace opened, and now that their lease is up he can. Too bad - I like that bar.

Man that sucks, this guy can just do whatever the hell he wants eh? :thumbdown
 
Well, I hope the owners of the ACE take their liq license and move elsewhere. Commercial rents have come down and moving the liq license is possible - though tough in this city. Its a tactic I've seen by a more than a few bldg owners in their attempts to get control of the liq lic at their properties. Hopefully we see another ACE at a new location. Best of luck to them.

So where is everyone going to watch MotoGP now?

You might post that on the FB thing. Or I can do it for you. :thumbup I would rather see Rob keep his license even if its somewhere else and give a big finger to Peter.
 
That's a douchey thing to do. And it totally ruins my plans to meet up with some folks for the Portugal race.
 
You might post that on the FB thing. Or I can do it for you. :thumbup I would rather see Rob keep his license even if its somewhere else and give a big finger to Peter.

Go for it. I'm pretty familiar with the bar business in the city. I dont buy that city ordinances dont allow a bar in that location and the that the owner is doing the city a favor and shutting down the ACE. ABC wouldnt have issued a lic for the location in the first place if it wasnt legal to so (I know from first hand experience). Now, they do have a 41 lic which legally is supposed to generate at least 50% of their business from food..... but that is rarely enforced unless there have been problems at the bar.

Edit - just for the record. I have no inside info on what is happening. Just my opinion.
 
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done. :thumbup Offered to help with a move too. :) I know my way around beer taps! hehe
 
Bars closing are like gun shops closing.

I never like to see it, even if I've never been there.
 
WHAT! FUCK THIS!
:thumbdown:thumbdown:thumbdown

Ace better move, and somewhere equally as off the radar. It's one of the only bars in my neighborhood I can tolerate on weekend nights.
 
Bars closing are like gun shops closing.

I never like to see it, even if I've never been there.

Dude, you've totally missed out if you haven't been there! You have to go before they close! Maybe go watch one of the races on the big screen and have a beer and some food. The place is awesome!

I'm definitely going tomorrow for grub at least one last time and hopefully find out they are looking for a new location. :Port
 
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