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Moe's (bar and lounge)Moe's was a bar in Fort Greene, Brooklyn that closed in 2011. HistoryOpened in a former tailor's shop[1] in June 2001 by Ruby Lawrence[2] and Chelsea Altman,[3] the bar was popular and unusual in aggressively gentrifying post-Giuliani New York City in that it attracted an extremely mixed crowd, racially, gender-wise,[1] and socially. New York magazine found it so racially diverse they quipped "they should shoot an after-school special here."[4] The Village Voice called it a "nightlife crucible for the colliding worlds of old-school Fort Greene, urban bohemianism, and yuppification."[5] The bar's bi-level space was decorated with thrift-store furnishings,[4] a vibrating chair,[1] and a dance floor in the back.[5] The namesake character from The Simpsons, bar owner / operator Moe Szyslak, was honored with a drink special and a poster in the bathroom.[1] Closing Moe's closed at the end of April 2011 due to rising rent, and hundreds packed its closing.[6] The new renters controversially named the new bar that took its place Mo's.[7][8] References
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