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SoHo restaurant Lola, located on Watts Street and forever plagued with problems, has shuttered. The Observer reports that owners Tom and Gayle Patrick-Odeen have lost after a "longstanding struggle, which took on racial overtones, spurred multiple lawsuits and mounting legal bills [and] ultimately resulting in the business filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy." SoHo Alliance director Sean Sweeney was on the opposing side of the establishment, and represented the part of the community that, according to Lola's owners, feared it would be "a tipping point to turn Soho into another Harlem," and mislabeled it "a black, hip-hop club." This all came out in a sprawling piece on the restaurant in December's Black Enterprise magazine. Meanwhile, while talking to the Observer, Sweeney "liked to joke that he was secretly prejudiced against Swedes," saying, "They're so blond and beautiful."

No more Drown the Clown? No more zeppoles, chased down by some gelato? Or walks through Little Italy in a crushing sea of humanity? The Daily News reports that Community Board 2's street events committee is recommending that the board reject permits for San Gennaro.

In the crossroads of the "Can't Beat 'Em, So Join 'Em" chronicles and the "____ Diner, R.I.P." annals, there's is the Moondance Diner. The NY Sun reports the SoHo fixture will be razed for - you guessed it - luxury condos. But that's not all: Moondance owner Sunil "Sunny" Sharma was originally going to sell the property, but decided to develop it himself with Extell's Gary Barnett and others.

It looks like Donald Trump will get to build his 45-story Trump SoHo Hotel Condominium at 246 Spring Street. Though the city hasn't officially issued construction permits, the Greenwich Village Society of Historic Preservation heard from city officials that the hotel would be allowed, and made its grievances known.

- "Mardi Gras lasts 12 days. Down here, it lasts 365 days a year. It's become party central for the entire metropolitan area. These clubs and bars are ruining people's lives, and they've got to be stopped." - Sean Sweeney of SoHo Alliance, which has tried to block liquor licenses, and a SoHo resident Remember when the problem in NYC was more rampant crime?