{"id":159933,"date":"2026-04-07T23:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/159933\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T23:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:17:19","slug":"bank-moves-to-foreclose-on-swiftys-in-bethlehem-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/159933\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank moves to foreclose on Swifty’s in Bethlehem"},"content":{"rendered":"

BETHLEHEM – Swifty’s Restaurant and Pub, the Four Corners mainstay that was briefly shut down by the state<\/a> in December over a multimillion-dollar unpaid tax bill, owes\u00a0NBT Bank over $100,000 and the lender is moving to foreclose on the property.<\/p>\n

A lawsuit filed Thursday in State Supreme Court in Albany alleges the owner, Dave Swift, stopped making payments on a $300,000 mortgage on the restaurant at 367 Delaware Ave.\u00a0on Nov. 18, days before state Department of Taxation and Finance seized the property and two other Swifty’s locations.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit says Swift and his estranged wife, Rebecca Swift, also failed to make payments on a $25,000 line of credit. In total they owe $108,768 with interest accruing\u00a0daily.<\/p>\n

It is unclear if the other Swifty’s locations in Colonie and Utica are also in foreclosure. The summons says the Swifts have 20 days to respond to the lawsuit or a default judgement will be entered against them and NBT Bank will take control of the property.<\/p>\n

The Albany Business Review first reported the news of the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

The foreclosure proceedings are the latest blow to the troubled Delmar watering hole. A Taxation and Finance spokesperson told the Times Union Swift owed the state $2.2 million in sales tax revenue.<\/p>\n

A database of state warrants named Swift “individually and as a responsible person of Swifty’s Restaurant and Pub Inc.” and\/or other people and business entities associated with the restaurant in 15 separate warrants dating to 2016 for unpaid sales and withholding taxes in Albany and Oneida counties.<\/p>\n

The Delmar location reopened after its seizure and has been serving customers through the winter and early spring with a limited menu.<\/p>\n

Swift did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

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