Marlowe brewing in Nyack closed

Below is posted on Facebook:

“We didn’t want it to end this way. Due to circumstances out of our control, the pub in Nyack is permanently closed as of yesterday. To everyone who came to visit us – our Nyack neighbors, beer friends from far and wide, our family – we can’t possibly begin to express the gratitude we have for your support. We brought the beer and food, but it was YOU who brought the joy, laughter, and good vibes into that room. It truly was a pleasure curating a comfortable space that welcomed everyone.

The story of Marlowe is far from over. We will still brew and distribute out of the Twelve Percent Beer Project, as we have been, and begin our next chapter. In the meantime, we are going to take some time for much needed rest, relaxation, and reflection.

We were proud to call the Village of Nyack our home, and want to thank the community for your acceptance and making us feel welcome.

Love,

The Marlowe Family”

My understanding is that the brewpub opened in November/December 2022. So, the place was only open for less than 6 months.

Maybe at some point we will learn what the circumstances were that resulted in this business location closing?

Cheers!

 

Wow. That's a real bummer. I visited shortly after they opened and was really impressed with the beers. My understanding is they had just got their food program up and running too.

 

Really floored by this news. We made our first visit last month and had an amazing experience. Felt like a really special space and we were eager to get back there. Both food and beer were great. The sudden and "permanent" nature of the announcement is concerning, but hoping the core team is all ok.

 

Twitter thread from an employee: https://twitter.com/marklafaro/status/1644863127010304002?s=46&t=CEGlh4s1hw4xvhmepQGzHQ

“the landlords told us to leave. we cleared the bar in 54 minutes. i made my drop, clocked out and was suddenly unemployed”

“this full story is up there with the undercover shutdown at Lagunitas.”

I really would love to know what happened… sounds wild

 

Mark is a good guy. He made our one visit to Marlowe really nice.

I have to wonder how is this legal? Doesn't having a lease protect the tenant from an eviction like this?

 

Yeah you would think. But if that is just a bartender, perhaps doesnt know the financial details and there is more to the story?

When I see a place close so quickly the simplest explanation could be that they were under capitalized (or went over budget) to get the brewery and kitchen up and running and then just got squeezed and couldn't make payments on loans and/or rent before they could build up a steady cash flow? Maybe they were late on rent and instead of working with their tenant, the landlord went nuclear?

Pictures in that thread, the place looked nice.

 

I'm definitely biased because both the beers and location were good. I don't really go into bottle shops anymore, but Marlowe is something that I would pick up if I saw it on a shelf. They were also located on the main street of a bustling downtown area that gets a lot of foot traffic especially on weekends. I find it hard to believe that they weren't doing well especially now that they are serving food.

You're absolutely right though that we don't know what their bottom line is actually like.

 

Hit this place up for the first time ever when they had the chili cook off between the two chefs. Really enjoyed both the beers and the food and was looking forward to going back. Bummer. Hope they land on their feet somewhere.

 

Bummer. I never made it a priority to stop by and missed out.

 

The fact that they packed up and left leads me to believe that that the legal process was going on in the background and the landlord was following the proper protocol. They didn't want the equipment to be locked up in the building and stuck during the process so they got it out of there ASAP.

 

*************. I just stopped there a couple weeks ago, the beers were incredible (because of course) and the space had the same great vibes as when Two Villains were there.

Fuck landlords. Parasitic *****.

 

We asked for a partnership agreement and a lease for 6 months. They refused to give us a lease agreement and raised rent without notice, we were paying off their previous debts with our profits, and when we finally got an agreement it was such an insulting trademark takeover where the branding of Marlowe would no longer be owned by me that it was time to move on. There were also a bunch of personal allegations against the proposed partners that we didn’t learn about until much later. In order to maintain control and integrity of the brand, we 100% had to remove our connections from these people immediately. I’d rather lose my money than my integrity.

 

@MarloweAles, I am sorry to read about your closure (and the reasons behind it).

I did enjoy drinking Goodnight Ghost this past weekend at the Logjammin' lager beer event. Best wishes for future endeavors.

Cheers!

 

Well it looks like when I called the landlords “parasitic *****” I was being far too nice and far too on the nose.