Daytonian Manhattan: Bill's (Gay Neti) -- No. 57 East 54th Street

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John DeLucie and his Crown Group Hospaly have signed a lease for the former Bill’s Gay Neti, which first opened 1924.

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BELOVED BILL'S GAY NETI IS GONE, BILL'S FOOD & DRK OPENS IN ITS PLACE

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. * bills gay nineties *

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. 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.

NEW RTRANT BILL'S GAY NETI SPACE OPENS TOMORROW

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.

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.

BILL’S GAY NETI PIANO MAN IS BACK THE SWG

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. 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. And as one of the rint piano men at Bill’s Food and Drk, he’s rryg on the tradn of the legendary piano bar Bill’s Gay Neti, which occupied this East 54th Street townhoe for 88 years.

Often this was at Bill’s Gay Neti, and “when closed, I was vastated, ” she says.

While he’s kept workg sce Bill’s Gay Neti closed — playg private events as well as bars — he felt a void, and is “lighted” to be back each Wednday and Friday at a spot where munal song is a fol pot. " Until Michael of Go's opens up, someone suggted Bill's Gay 90s, not too far away on 54th between Park and 's a good suggtn.

BILL'S GAY NETI - NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Bill's Gay Neti clos on Saturday, March 24, possibly forever.

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AFTER BILL’S GAY NETI CLOS, A FIGHT OVER ITS ANTIQU

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Bill’s Gay Neti, a Prohibn-era piano bar and rtrant Midtown Manhattan, closed last week. Opened as a speakeasy, Bill’s Gay Neti om the start felt like a relic om a more lorful past. Metropolan Diary: Rememberg Bill's Gay Neti - The New York Tim.

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Bill’s Gay Neti Febary. The news that Bill’s Gay Neti was relotg om East 54th Street remd me of.

BILL’S GAY NETI TO BE REBORN AS BILL’S

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Yorker magaze remarked “Well, Bill’s Gay Neti, 57 East Fifty-fourth. Bill’s Gay Neti night club, ” reported The Tim.

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