Beloved Bill's Gay Neti Is Gone, Bill's Food & Drk Opens In Its Place - Gothamist

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• BELOVED BILL'S GAY NETI IS GONE, BILL'S FOOD & DRK OPENS IN ITS PLACE
• BILL'S GAY NETI - NEW YORK, NEW YORK
• BILL’S GAY NETI PIANO MAN IS BACK THE SWG
• AFTER BILL’S GAY NETI CLOS, A FIGHT OVER ITS ANTIQU
• REMEMBERG BILL’S GAY NETI
• NEW RTRANT BILL'S GAY NETI SPACE OPENS TOMORROW
• BILL'S GAY 90S, 57TH EAST 54TH STREET
• BCE SMH SAYS 90S BILLS HAD GAY PLAYER ON TEAM

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

BILL'S GAY NETI - NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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BILL’S GAY NETI PIANO MAN IS BACK THE SWG

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

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REMEMBERG BILL’S GAY NETI

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NEW RTRANT BILL'S GAY NETI SPACE OPENS TOMORROW

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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 90S, 57TH EAST 54TH STREET

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BCE SMH SAYS 90S BILLS HAD GAY PLAYER ON TEAM

“We had a gay player our locker room, ” Smh told TMZ. I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay.