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| Bull Pub closed Wed. evening. (Pic Esteban Vargas) |
It's the second bad encounter for the bar with Sergakis, as the Bull Pub management was also run out of its previous premises by the very same landlord. The Bull Pub was run by the owners of the Cock'n'Bull Pub, which first opened in 1898 on Ste. Catherine.
Management was forced to move from the original premises of the Cock'n'Bull Pub after those premises were taken over by the very same Peter Sergakis.
Sergakis told Coolopolis that he shut the bar because they owe him over $20,000 in back rent. "The sign is up, someone else can run a bar there if they want," he said late Thursday afternoon.
Sergakis told Coolopolis that he shut the bar because they owe him over $20,000 in back rent. "The sign is up, someone else can run a bar there if they want," he said late Thursday afternoon.
Sergakis has kept the original premises of the Cock'n'Bull running but under a different spirit and identity.
Sergakis started as a dishwasher and now owns dozens of local establishments, can't remember the figure he told me when we spoke about it a decade ago. They include the nearby Sports Station megacomplex on the north side of St. Catherine just west of Fort.
His numbered company also owns the building where the new Cock'n'Bull was located. Bull Pub was owned by Ellen McCann and a statement was put online by Sloane Montgomery.
As a Montreal native I have watched Sergakis take over Ste. Catherine Street West from Atwater to Guy, all within the past 10 years; evicting dozens of stores, restaurants and bars along the way. Unfortunately the Sergakis monopoly has had it’s way yet again, and after today, the McCann family is devastated to announce that there will no longer be a Le Bull Pub.
More discussion here.