Jack Evans Saves the Black Rooster
As DCist has already noted, the Black Rooster has been revived, Lazarus-like, from the dead.
Playing Jesus in this scenario, says owner Jody Taylor, would be Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans.
"The Black Rooster will crow again," Taylor says. Asked what happened to prompt the reversal of fortune for what had been slated to become a General Services Administration conference room, "I don't really know to be honest with you. Jack Evans had a lot to do with it....Once I talked to the landlord, he was extremely gracious. Everybody came to terms. It's good all around."
And the reprieve came just in the nick of time. Taylor had put up the bar's assets in an online auction, and today was the last day he could have canceled it. "They had people flying in from Chicago and Atlanta that were interested," Taylor says. "Just came down to the last minute practically."
The final papers aren't signed just set, but Taylor says landlord Richard Cohen gave him the go-ahead to re-open, something that could happen in two or three weeks.
"I am very grateful at this point to a lot of people," Taylor says.
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