Bill’s Gay Neti Rtrant and Piano Bar is set to close at s lotn on East 54th Street after spendg nearly 90 years there.
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- BELOVED BILL'S GAY NETI IS GONE, BILL'S FOOD & DRK OPENS IN ITS PLACE
- NEW RTRANT BILL'S GAY NETI SPACE OPENS TOMORROW
BELOVED BILL'S GAY NETI IS GONE, BILL'S FOOD & DRK OPENS IN ITS PLACE
Bill’s Gay Neti, the beloved former speakeasy that opened 1924 and enjoyed a long, celebrated life as a rtrant and piano bar, closed March wh much sadns all around. "The former Bill’s Gay Neti piano n be found the bar downstairs while origal moldgs appear the ma dg room, " says -owner Sean Largotta.
Michael Appleton for The New York TimMarch 1, 2012Wednday night was like any other at Bill’s Gay Neti Rtrant and Piano Bar on the East Si of Manhattan.
NEW RTRANT BILL'S GAY NETI SPACE OPENS TOMORROW
Bill’s Gay Neti, at 57 East 54th Street, which opened durg Prohibn and never shut sce, has started a fal untdown and will be closg on March 24. Bill’s Gay Neti piano bar is loted a 19th century townhoe, at 57 East 54th Street. “The Gay Neti” is an Amerin nostalgic term that refers to the of the 1890s.
The send floor had a high-ceilged dg room wh walls vered wh posters and photos datg om the mid 1800’s to the famo Gay Neti. Bill's Gay Neti enjoyed a long, celebrated life as a rtrant and piano bar for more than 80 years. Bill's Gay Neti clos on Saturday, March 24, possibly forever.
Elsewhere the room are var old signs, cludg this large one for Bill's Gay 90's Revue. The space of the former 90-year-old bar Bill's Gay Neti now has another new face. The origal Bill Gay's Neti closed 2012 after the owners uldn't renegotiate a lease and filed for bankptcy.