Seth Hemmelgarn files a post on the eBAR (Bay Area Reporter) that the owner of the Eagle bar in Dallas is eager to buy and run the original Eagle Tavern in SF. The sale to Skylark got the kybosh when the community went collectively apeshit over the idea.
And, it seems, the only wrench in the becoming a done deal is the elusive, unresponsive, and at this point irresponsible property owner John Nikitopoulos.
Why is there not more news or background on this one guy who is alienating and frustrating a significant SF community, and evoking the ire and disdain of so many citizens, neighbors, politicians and reporters? Who is this guy, what's his game, and is he really such an egregious jerk? Maybe he's just an absentee landlord. Sure, one that's completely uncaring about the property or tenants (as so many absentee landlords are in this town), but maybe he's just an old guy who wants to retire and sell his property for as much as he can, which is well within his rights. However, in his silence, we only have his actions to judge him by—which at this point seem to point to the conclusion that yes, he is in fact an complete asshole.
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