Saddest story I have seen today #rip #livebaitrestaurant #livebait —————— Posted @withregram • @jamesandkarla Live Bait, a restaurant and bar located across from Madison Square Park was founded in 1987. When we interviewed the co-owner Carolyn Benitez for our book “New York Nights”, she told us that they”took over the space from an old Irish pub. The wood bar and neon signage that says “Bar Restaurant” was installed in 1941 and we decided to keep it because it was very recognizable”. Sadly Live Bait closed after 31 years in business in 2018 and although the neon signage remained, it was reinvented as a taco and tequila bar called Flat Fix but that too closed during the pandemic and we are extremely sad to report that the storefront stripped of its neon is now home to a Popeyes franchise, which we could not even bear to photograph. • • • • • #storefront #jamesandkarla #neon #disappearingfaceofnewyork #divebar #divebars #neonsigns #neonsignage #bar https://www.instagram.com/p/CdQyGqULpa0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=