Moe's was a bar in Fort Greene, Brooklyn that closed in 2011.
History Opened in a former tailor's shop in June 2001 by Ruby LawrenceZoe Schlanger, Moe's Bar in Fort Greene Closing, Nov. 5, 2010 and Chelsea Altman, 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, and socially. New York magazine found it so racially diverse they quipped "they should shoot an after-school special here." The Village Voice called it a "nightlife crucible for the colliding worlds of old-school Fort Greene, urban bohemianism, and yuppification."
The bar's bi-level space was decorated with thrift-store furnishings, a vibrating chair, and a dance floor in the back.Happy Hours: Editor's Pick, Village Voice The namesake character from The Simpsons, bar owneroperator Moe Szyslak, was honored with a drink special and a poster in the bathroom.
Closing
Moe's closed at the end of April 2011 due to rising rent, and hundreds packed its closing.Natalie O'Neill, "New Moe's Owner Promises a 'Neighborhood' bar", The Brooklyn Paper, May 2, 2011 The new renters controversially named the new bar that took its place Mo's.Garth Johnston, "Fort Greene Bar Moe's Is Dead, Long Live Fort Greene Bar Mo's?," The Gothamist, June 17, 2011 Lisha Arino, Moe's vs. Mo's, The Local, New York Times, June 23, 2011
References
External links Photo of Moe's at 2010 closing YouTube video of Moe's during night of 2008 Obama election victory