The liquidators said they were informed by the director that all trade creditors had been paid prior to the liquidation.<\/p>\n
Leuven Belgian Beer Cafe was opened in June 2000.<\/p>\n
Announcing its closure on Facebook, Scott said they were \u201cso grateful for the support, memories and community over the years\u201d.<\/p>\n
Wellington has been hit by the closure of some of its most iconic hospitality venues over the past couple of years.<\/p>\n
Last month, cocktail bar Crumpet<\/a> announced it was shutting its doors after a 14-year run.<\/p>\n The bar had a prime location on Manners St in central Wellington, attached to the historic Opera House theatre.<\/p>\n The owners cited \u201cthe situation with the building and our lease\u201d but the closure would give them \u201ccapacity to focus on new aspirations and career paths\u201d.<\/p>\n In January, cafe Spruce Goose<\/a> announced it was closing after more than a decade after being unable to secure a new lease.<\/p>\n Last year, popular inner-city pub Fortune Favours<\/a> went into liquidation after eight years in business.<\/p>\n Seen as one of the capital\u2019s most successful breweries, Fortune Favours brewed over 500 unique varieties, including New Zealand\u2019s strongest beer, the 31% ABV \u201cHyper Fuel\u201d.<\/p>\n It had claimed first place at the country\u2019s biggest beer festival just a day before the owners announced its closure, citing rising operation costs and the cost-of-living crisis.<\/p>\n The economic crunch also claimed other Wellington establishments, including wine bar Plonk<\/a> and games store and cafe Caffeinated Dragon Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The liquidators said they were informed by the director that all trade creditors had been paid prior to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17311,74,30084,137967,138,1882,6789,17163,129544,2082,19724,305,137966,12624,111,139,69,90,10903,16513,39157,1560,1529,52,15900,1530],"class_list":{"0":"post-370486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-17311","9":"tag-after","10":"tag-beer","11":"tag-belgian","12":"tag-business","13":"tag-cafe","14":"tag-closing","15":"tag-closure","16":"tag-establishment","17":"tag-for","18":"tag-given","19":"tag-have","20":"tag-leuven","21":"tag-liquidators","22":"tag-new-zealand","23":"tag-newzealand","24":"tag-nz","25":"tag-on","26":"tag-popular","27":"tag-reason","28":"tag-reasons","29":"tag-report","30":"tag-three","31":"tag-wellington","32":"tag-wellingtons","33":"tag-years"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}