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| Bull Pub closed Wed. evening. (Pic Esteban Vargas) |
It's the second bad encounter for the bar with Sergakis, as the Bull Pub management was also run out of its previous premises by the very same landlord.
The Bull Pub was run by the owners of the Cock'n'Bull Pub, which first opened in 1898 on Ste. Catherine.
Management was forced to move from the original premises of the Cock'n'Bull Pub after those premises were taken over by the very same Peter Sergakis.
Sergakis told Coolopolis that he shut the bar because they owe him over $20,000 in back rent. "The sign is up, someone else can run a bar there if they want," he said late Thursday afternoon.
Sergakis told Coolopolis that he shut the bar because they owe him over $20,000 in back rent. "The sign is up, someone else can run a bar there if they want," he said late Thursday afternoon.
Sergakis has kept the original premises of the Cock'n'Bull running but under a different spirit and identity.
Sergakis started as a dishwasher and now owns dozens of local establishments, can't remember the figure he told me when we spoke about it a decade ago. They include the nearby Sports Station megacomplex on the north side of St. Catherine just west of Fort.
His numbered company also owns the building where the new Cock'n'Bull was located.
Bull Pub was owned by Ellen McCann and a statement was put online by Sloane Montgomery.
As a Montreal native I have watched Sergakis take over Ste. Catherine Street West from Atwater to Guy, all within the past 10 years; evicting dozens of stores, restaurants and bars along the way. Unfortunately the Sergakis monopoly has had it’s way yet again, and after today, the McCann family is devastated to announce that there will no longer be a Le Bull Pub.
More discussion here.
I never liked that grumbling, snarling curmudgeon.
ReplyDeleteRemember how he bitched and ranted when the anti-smoking bans for commercial establishments were originally proposed years ago?
He represents the typical, hated landlord who runs roughshod over anyone and anything that gets in his way; the type I, my family, my friends, and countless others have learned to despise.
One wonders if he and others like him transformed into such miserable characters after they became wealthy or were odious to begin with. Probably both.
It seems to be a given rule of human nature that once someone has accumulated considerable residential and commercial property, they invariably abuse their power with their greed and antagonistic attitude which alienates everyone around them.
People like this have few real friends and invariably become estranged by their families.
How do they sleep at night?
Dishwasher to riches.
ReplyDeleteThe "more discussion" link is broken. Presumably there would be more information there about "$20,000 in back rent"?
ReplyDeletePerhaps this will shed some light on such characters:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160831-the-complicated-ways-that-money-messes-with-your-morals
I am looking to contact Ellen McCann. Her husbands sister passed away from Covid, She was 90.She lived in the United States. This is her son Tom.
ReplyDeleteDid you get in touch with the McCann family? I have contact with them.
DeleteMitch B
Bankruptcy not too far away for Sergakis due to Covid.
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