Restaurants & Bars

Popular Bridgeport Bar Temporarily Closes

The bar and gril is temporarily closing due to "recent unfortunate situations."

BRIDGEPORT, CT — Tiago's Bar and Grill is temporarily closing as the owner decides its future.

Owner Jose Tiago said the location at the very least needs to be rebranded.

A fight broke out Saturday night at an event, according to the Connecticut Post. The bar's name has come up in a number of shooting events downtown starting with a 2017 shooting that left a Stamford man dead after he left the bar.

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Tiago said the bar became a punching bag for incidents that happened on the Mclevy Green.

Read the full Post report here.

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