on Monday, May 18, states: “We are beyond excited to be able to welcome you all back come this Friday. Both Tin Room and Marty’s Live still plan to be open on Friday, according to their Facebook pages, but a post on the Tin Room page indicates that the bar has been getting “threats” from people over its plans to reopen.Ī post time-stamped 5:51 p.m. Greg Abbott’s announcement that bars could begin reopening, Zippers, Tin Room and Marty’s Live were set to reopen Friday, May 22, the first day they could legally do so. He purchased Zippers in March 2016 from Richard Curtain.Īccording to social media posts earlier this week following Gov. Zippers is owned by Lonzie Hershner, who also owns two other LGBTQ bars, The Tin Room and Marty’s Live. Thank you all so much for all the love you have shown us over the years. The statement on the bar’s Facebook page reads: “To all our amazing customers, we are beyond sorry to say that our landlord here at Zippers does not want to work with us on the rent for being forced to close. According to a a statement posted to Facebook shortly after noon today (Wednesday, May 20), Zippers, located on Fitzhugh Avenue at Travis Street, is closing permanently because of the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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