Gary Taylor, one of the owners of Tropix Bar and Lounge, located at 95-32 Queens Blvd., across the street from the Rego Center shopping mall, said security is a high priority. The board voted against Tropix’s liquor license renewal last month, after Norman Leibowitz, chairman of the CB6 consumer affairs committee, complained that since the bar opened in 2004, it had amassed 43 different incidents that had required police involvement, including assaults and robberies. “With alcohol, people are who they are, that’s why you have security.”
“I’ve seen arguments but the bouncers would escort them out,” he said. He said he had never encountered a serious incident at the bar. "I’ve met a lot of friends here, and at any given time I can run into somebody that I know.
“I come here all the time, I bring my mother here,” said Florin Lungu, 33, who grew up in the neighborhood and works at a commercial real estate management company. QUEENS - After Community Board 6 - citing numerous assaults and robberies - voted in April not to recommend renewal of a liquor license for Tropix Bar and Lounge in Rego Park, the venue’s longtime patrons are coming to the popular bar’s defense.Īs of Friday, more than 150 patrons had written letters of support that the bar plans to present to the State Liquor Authority, the owners said.
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