{"id":92952,"date":"2025-12-22T21:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/92952\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T21:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:40:11","slug":"downtown-music-mainstay-opened-in-1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/92952\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown music mainstay opened in 1989"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opening in 1989, Tanqueray\u2019s Bar &amp; Grille, a bastion of downtown Orlando\u2019s downtown scene, will close on New Year\u2019s Eve due to city regulations and a lease non-renewal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city has not been kind to the local bars in the downtown entertainment district since 2023,\u201d the nightclub posted over the weekend on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Tanqueraysbar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>. This, as well as the building owner\u2019s decision not to renew the lease, contributed to the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Club owner Dan Charles noted that he will be 70 on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd after 49 years in the hospitality industry, I feel the stars are aligning for retirement \u2026 I am humbled at the patronage our \u2018regulars\u2019 have participated in over the years, along with all the magnificent local musicians that have performed at our venue. Your continued support has made Tanq\u2019s an exceptional live music destination for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This marks the latest in a stream of closures in the downtown entertainment district, many of which came, they said, due to regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Charles extended an open invitation for guests to join them to count down both the year\u2019s end and the club\u2019s long, successful run with a final New Year\u2019s Eve event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2025\/12\/17\/orlando-coffee-pros-discuss-trends-qreate-lineage-hahn-stemma\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amid the specialty drink explosion, does anyone just drink coffee anymore?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will miss all of you and wish everyone a future of happiness, success and good times,\u201d Charles wrote in his message on Facebook. \u201cTo my employees, there are no words to express my appreciation for the work you have done, the support you have provided and the continual service to our patrons. You are the best staff any owner could have ever asked for. I wish you all much success in your future endeavors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>amthompson@orlandosentinel.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opening in 1989, Tanqueray\u2019s Bar &amp; Grille, a bastion of downtown Orlando\u2019s downtown scene, will close on New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[104,28,4451,114,1335,139,141,140,687,5961,109,106],"class_list":{"0":"post-92952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-food-drink","11":"tag-latest-headlines","12":"tag-orange-county","13":"tag-orlando","14":"tag-orlando-headlines","15":"tag-orlando-news","16":"tag-restaurants","17":"tag-sentinel-restaurants","18":"tag-social","19":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}