Friday, March 19, 1999
Judge orders Elder Cafe to remain padlocked
BY LISA DONOVAN and PERRY BROTHERS
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The embattled Elder Cafe, scene of a January murder and several drug busts, suffered blows on two fronts this week that will keep the Over-the-Rhine bar shuttered — at least temporarily.
Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Thomas Crush Thursday extended an order to keep the bar at 128 W. Elder St., closed six more weeks. The bar has been closed since late February, after city prosecutors and the Ohio attorney general's office declared it a public nuisance.
During a civil hearing on the matter Thursday, the judge rejected a plan by the bar's owner to beef up security and reopen the business.
“I'm not convinced the plan presented by the owner will abate the nuisance,” Judge Crush said, adding that he wants owner Jerome J. Grogan to have a more hands-on approach to operations.
Meantime, the bar's owner lost another bid to renew the bar's liquor license. Last year, Ohio Liquor Control Superintendent William Vasil de nied the renewal request and Mr. Grogan appealed the case to the commission. The three-member commission unanimously upheld Mr. Vasil's decision Wednesday.
The business has 21 days to make a final appeal in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, and the option of appealing in the Hamilton County Courts through March.
As it is the bar will likely remain closed until April 26, when the owner heads back to common pleas court where Judge Crush will have to decide whether to issue a permanent injunction.
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