It's a sad Day in NY .... Mickey Mantle's bar closes

Mickey Mantle's sports bar closes


Mickey Mantle, shown in a 1960 photo, once was co-owner of the sports bar.

NEW YORK

Mickey Mantle's, the Central Park South eatery/sports bar popular with Yankees fans for a quarter of a century, closed Tuesday after 25 years due to a failure to pay rent for months.


Owner Chris Villano blamed it on disputes with landlord ATCO, rising food costs and "shifting city regulations."


The place was once co-owned by Mantle himself. Partners kept it going after the Yankees legend died in 1995, and Villano has been in control since 2002.


The New York Post first reported the eatery's lease woes in April. At the time, consultant Bill Liederman, who was among the original partners, launched an effort to bring in new investors, including former Yankees players.


They won a brief reprieve in bankruptcy court last month, but it was not enough to save it.


ATCO could not be reached for comment.

Will the name be changed to 'Horrible Horace Clarke's"?

Government regulation at its finest....

FairWarning said:

Will the name be changed to 'Horrible Horace Clarke's"?

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Hey I Liked Clarke.... I remember one game that i was at where he Fouled off 22 balls, then hit a HR. Which everyone knows a HR was rare for Horace.

shit!!! i loved visiting this place when I am in Upper East Side

i went there with a friend whose friend's son was running the place at the time.
this was probably 10 years ago. this place had a ton of memorabilia there.
should of been designated as a shrine by the city and yankees fans.
sad to hear it has fallen on desperate times.

sad, was there a few times

although the food never impressed me, I enjoyed the atmosphere