This past Saturday, the news began circulating about the Saint Vitus Bar receiving a visit by the New York Police Department while a show was in progress and subsequently being closed on the spot for an indeterminable length of time. Details were spotty but other media sources were citing a complaint from the NYC Department of Buildings which I searched and have embedded as a graphic down below. As this resized for the web you might have to make it a little larger on your device to see it more clearly. While I’m by no means an expert on NYC laws, I will admit that some of this makes no sense to me.
Today the venue took to their Official Instagram and posted some updates and also answered some of the inquiries that they have been receiving.
“On Friday February 16th in the middle of a scheduled show, the DOB shut down all operations at Saint Vitus,”
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