We hope a bicentennial beer is in the cards.
, the agreement came together on Friday afternoon when De Blasio and Tom Grech, the president and CEO of Queens Chamber of Commerce, convinced the owners of the building, Ken and Henry Shi, to come in for a meeting. "We spent two hours at the chamber of commerce," Grech stated. "I locked the door and I said we're not going to leave until we have a deal."
That night, everyone, including the mayor, toasted their success—the "miracle" that Gordon had asked for in his closing announcement—the only sensible way: a beer at Neir's Tavern. "This wouldn't have happened without the mayor stepping in, without the landlord working with us," Gordon reportedly told the joyous crowd. "It wouldn't have happened without you really coming out and supporting. It's a community effort.
That said, a five-year lease only gets Gordon half way to his ultimate goal: celebrating Neir's 200th anniversary. Whether they'll make that bicentennial remains up in the air. But hopefully the positive takeaway from all of this is to remind New Yorkers not to take their historically old taverns for granted. Woodhaven might not be the city's trendiest neighborhood, but after 190 years, maybe it's time you made a stop.
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