Jimmy’s Corner, the beloved Times Square boxing dive open since 1971 by the late trainer Jimmy Glenn, is fighting to stay open after its landlord, the Durst Organization, moved to evict the business this week. Add to the drama of the eviction that Jimmy Glenn and Seymour Durst, a one-time head of the real estate firm, were very good friends.
The landlord argues Glenn’s 2020 death voided the lease at 140 West 44th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues — a claim Glenn’s son, Adam, is challenging in court, accusing Durst of exploiting his elderly father in negotiations and trying to push out a bar long known for its extremely cheap beers, boxing nostalgia, and neighborhood roots. The filing also accuses the landlord of racism toward the bar’s Black customers, Crain’s reports.
Jimmy’s son claims that for him to leave the building, the landlord needs to buy him out for the remainder of the lease through 2029; Glenn is paying about $5,000 a month in rent for the 1,000-square-foot space, Crain’s reports.
Cocktail bar Attaboy from Sam Ross and Michael McIlroy at 134 Eldridge Street, at Delancey Street, is taking over Good Guys, Food & Wine reports, which will double the size of the original cocktail bar. The revamp will tweak what’s now a speakeasy-style entrance. “Instead of walking up to an unmarked door, you’ll now likely see a host waiting outside between the original entrance to Attaboy and the other door ….” at which point they’ll lead customers to one room or the other. Eater has reached out for more information.
A Momofuku x Taqueria Ramirez pop-up
Momofuku’s Bāng Bar (remember the spot that opened in 2016?) at the Shops at Columbus Circle is teaming up with Greenpoint’s Taqueria Ramirez (which debuted in 2021) on Wednesday, December 10, from 4 to 8 p.m., for a limited-run menu of Korean Mexican mashups — including a lamb barbacoa bowl, fried fish bowl, and Bāng Bar’s flatbread wrap. The lamb barbacoa bowl will stick around as a special through December 21.