Boots & Saddle Club Closed By City Marshals, Notice Says

WEST VILLAGE, NY — The famous gay nightclub Boots & Saddle was seized by city marshals on Monday and closed down, according to a notice posted on the club's door.

The notice, posted at 100A Seventh Avenue S, states that the building's landlord "has legal possession of these premises."

The notice is dated Feb. 5. It's unclear if the club is permanently closed or could reopen in the future.

The blog Jeremiah's Vanishing New York first noticed the club's closure on Tuesday.

The building's landlord, Duell Management Systems, declined to comment to Patch.

The city marshal's office did not immediately have details about the reasons behind the bar's closure. Typically, city marshals are enlisted to enforce civil court orders.

Patch was unable to contact the managers or owners of Boots & Saddle on Wednesday.

The gay nightclub moved to Seventh Avenue S from its longtime home on Christopher Street in 2015. The bar had hosted regular drag shows for 40 years before a rent increase forced it to move, co-owner Rob Ziegler told DNAinfo in 2014.

The bar re-opened in the basement space on the Seventh Avenue S in 2015, taking over the property that was previously occupied by the Actors Playhouse.

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