Village Pizzeria Saga Continues – Larchmont Buzz

Village Pizzeria Saga Continues  Larchmont Buzz

This week, a sheaf of papers was posted on the roll-down grate covering Village Pizzeria, which has been closed since September 25th. This week, a sheaf of papers was posted on the roll-down grate covering Village Pizzeria, which has been closed since September 25th. Photos of the papers were widely circulated on social media. “The notice on the door was a demand [from the landlord] to reopen, as the lease calls for the business to be continuously open,” Jeffrey Bowler, one of the owners, told the Buzz in an email. Bowler told the Buzz that they were forced to close the restaurant because they started losing staff. According to Bowler, the staff had heard rumors that the landlord was not going to renew the restaurant’s lease, which knowledgeable sources told the Buzz was set to expire in mid-2027.

“We decided we couldn’t run the restaurant on a reduced staff and with the cloud of the landlord’s position,” wrote Bowler. “We have offered the landlord a prepayment of 6 months’ rent if they’ll drop their opposition to us renewing. We expect to either incentivize the landlord to renew, or force them through litigation, and to reopen Village Pizzeria as soon as possible. The landlord’s management company, ACE Malibu, told the Buzz that Mr. Bowler’s description of the situation is not accurate