An ongoing dispute with an upstairs neighbor continues to create more legal headaches for David Kaplan, proprietor of the popular yet embattled East Village cocktail lounge Death & Co.
Mr. Kaplan, who is also suing the State Liquor Authority over its decision to not renew his liquor license, has now filed for Read More
David Kaplan, owner of embattled East Village cocktail cathedral Death & Co., is suing the State Liquor Authority (S.L.A.) over its refusal to renew his liquor license.
Mr. Kaplan had formally requested a reconsideration of that potentially business-killing decision this past February—a request the S.L.A. has since denied.
In court papers, Read More
Death & Co. co-owner David Kaplan contacted me to express a few concerns about today’s Observer article on him and his ongoing liquor-license saga. (Read it here.)
One of his complaints involves my use of the term "bar" to describe his business.
He prefers the term "restaurant lounge," partly because it’s more accurate Read More
David Kaplan was delighted to open his “dream destination” on East Sixth Street. But never again!
“I’ll never open another bar, another restaurant, a deli, a fucking bodega—I’ll never open up anything ever again in New York,” he said. “It’s awful.”
Typically more of a “no worries” kind of guy, Mr. Kaplan has Read More
David A. Kaplan has a 110,000-word manuscript rife with wild tales of millionaires scheming, whining and stabbing each other in the back, all in the name of America’s greediest pastime. The behind-the-scenes stories come from baseball’s last commissioner, Francis T. (Fay) Vincent Jr., and therein lies the problem: Mr. Kaplan, a senior writer at Newsweek Read More
