Was that really what Fortnight was? And why’d they close? Just generally unsustainable to have a hipster wine bar?

Rancho was such a great spot

This place is going to be dope! I know the owners and they are super chill, awesome people. They will put a lot of love into this place.

A bar themed after my dad?

We already have a dive-themed bar, and Scurvy is perfect just as it is.

Oh lord

So damn true 😔 West end and everywhere

Not assuming, just asking, because that seems to be the norm with Westend businesses lately

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Whoa a lot of assumptions lol Lived in the west end for years, hard workers, and nice people opening a neighborhood bar. Let's show some support 😀

I have to imagine that retrofitting these buildings would cost way more than just tearing it down and building something else.

“From the neighborhood” or transplants form another city who’ve no connections to the west side of PVD whatsoever?

From day 1 you hire an actor to play a local drunk “Sammy” who has been coming there for years, hates all these kids that have started coming there. Every so often you might get lucky and see the bartender kick Sammy out “That’s it Sammy! Get the fuck out! I don’t want to see you in here again!” He’s a fixture in the corner talking shit and being generally creepy towards any women that come in.

Sorry I should have /s because I was being facetious

The “I live in providence and there is smell. Do you smell it?” Genre of posts in this sub are my favorite thing right now.

Yeahhhh but the peeps who took this over aren't trust fund kids. They're from the neighborhood

Right!? Thought it was gonna just be knocked down at this point Nice to finally see something there!

I've never been and don't even know anything about the owners . I was more questioning how the commenter thinks the owners are anything like engels

Did he hurt you? You seem to have a grudge. Or more likely, you just saw some people you didn't like the look of, and had fun building characters to hate in your head.

I never went, but I know some queers who liked it. As far as helping the cause, co-ops are a form of business ownership that mitigates the harms of capitalism, since it places ownership/control with the workers. Richard Wolf is probably the most vocal proponent of co-ops, so look him up if you want more info. (I'm not really here to debate economics, but you asked)

Finalllllly, landlord sat on that spot long enough

How is opening a wine bar and pretending to not be rich "helping the cause".

Engels was a trust fund baby. If trust fund kids want to use their wealth to help the cause, more power to them the proletariat.

There's a privately managed one near the church, are you talking about that one? I bet you'd get fined or towed. I wouldn't fuck with a private lot.

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Thanks!

Damn, I was just up the street at Nueva Era yesterday looking for it.