Rodeo Dallas owner says bar is being scapegoated as source of Deep Ellum crime
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Our Everton Bailey Jr. writes:
An owner of Rodeo Dallas, a Deep Ellum bar that a judge ordered last week to be shut down indefinitely over public safety concerns, posted a video Wednesday stating the business is being unfairly blamed for crime in the area.
In the four-minute video posted Wednesday to the bar’s Instagram page, Joseph “JD” Ybanez calls the lawsuit that led to the closure a targeted effort by a nearby property owner to gentrify the neighborhood by driving out Black and Latino customers and boosting property values.
“They’ve created this narrative that we are the cause of the crime when the streets are the issue,” Ybanez said.
No-Interview2271@reddit
Literally a bar down the street called traq ass. Wasn’t the neighbors shutting them down it was their landlord. Take it up with West Dale.
djphooka@reddit
I'm at my wits end on this
dfwfoodcritic@reddit
pun thread left in ruins
johnthedrunk@reddit
Don't get angry, dog.
last_strip_of_bacon@reddit
I’ll see my way out the door
caamt13@reddit
Missing the forest for the Trees.
tooheavybroo@reddit
I see what you did there 😂😂
SadatayAllDamnDay@reddit
For those who don't know, they got shut down for not paying rent and violating their lease, and now they're being shut down for among other things, serving minors.
Sounds like a clown show.
xanju@reddit
Deep Ellum is such a historic neighborhood that calling a place like Rodeo being closed down “gentrification” really irritates me.
arlenroy@reddit
Right? That's a little bit of backward thinking, I can't think of a more generic name for a bar. Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't this entire situation stem from the bar owner not paying his lease on time? The owner of the building locked him out because of past due bills? It's unfortunate but reasonable. Now, back to the gentrification nonsense, I am not in tune with the current land owners in Deep Ellum, but I find it hard to believe anyone of them would want to gentrify that area, since the history and characteristics are part of what makes a business profitable in Deep Ellum. I've lived in Dallas for 25 years now, and my experience has been Deep Ellum has a cyntrical economic system. It always swings up or down. Sometimes, the swings are slow, and the concern comes when the swings stop. Good or bad.
zekesaltspider@reddit
No, that’s false. I know the management and rent was always paid on time.
YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit
when all else fails, play the race card!
Fun_Departure_3013@reddit
It is. I read an article on it
Strange-Parfait-8801@reddit
Is this one of those "Dallas will do literally anything except hire more cops and pay them enough to not be dumb thugs" situation or is Deep Ellum just sitting on hellmouth?
willed11@reddit
Man, so conflicted on Deep Ellum. I love it, but I do get out before midnight.
UnknownQTY@reddit
Multiple things can be true.
liberal_texan@reddit
Yeah, got the fuck out of there after being robbed at gunpoint. No one bar owner is the problem, but they’re all the problem. But they’re also not the problem, because they’re just adapting to whoever comes through. It’s a clusterfuck with no good answer.
just_having_giggles@reddit
RIP tb the best place to buy and consume cocaine in deep ellum.
Thank God trak-ass just opened up a block away
Vinylforvampires@reddit
Just gotta keep it real. If you get shot, that’s just part of the culture, consider it an honor. You’ll probably be mentioned in a rap song or something