Another bar on Pittsburgh’s South Side has been ordered closed by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office Nuisance Bar Task Force.
Stephen Zappala’s office says Linx bar on the 1700 block of East Carson Street closed voluntarily last Thursday and will stay closed with a hearing scheduled for December 11.
“Obviously, there are a number of issues continuing to affect the safety of our citizens living and/or visiting the South Side,” DA Zappala’s said in a release. “It is the District Attorney’s intention, if possible and assuming they are willing, to meet with the owners of several of the licensed establishments in the South Side commercial areas to better understand their perspective(s), and possibly a better, less reactionary approach to addressing misconduct other than by sanctioning or closing businesses.”
According to reports, there have been nearly 30 incidents from December 2024 through last week.
Linx began operating in October 2023 and there have been complains of “fights, aggravated assaults, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and narcotics usage.”
“The owners of the business, their employees, and their patrons are responsible for violence, often involving fighting and other boisterous conduct inside and outside the business and in the immediate vicinity surrounding the business,” the complaint reads.
There have also been accusations of bar patrons being served after hours.