Coronavirus Landlord Dispute Closes One West Hollywood Gay Bar Forever - Eater LA

"Five-year-old West Hollywood bar Flaming Saddles has closed as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The country and western-themed gay bar is just the latest COVID-19 related business casualty around greater Los Angeles, but certainly won’t be the last. Owners Jacqui Squatriglia and Chris Barnes announced the closure over the weekend on social media, saying that they could not come to an agreement with their landlord to allow them to remain in the space. “As we were drawing close to opening Flaming Saddles” after months of being closed during the lockdowns, the statement reads, “it was revealed to us that we did not have a secure deal” with the landlord, despite believing otherwise. Renegotiation efforts failed, and thus Flaming Saddles is no more, though a New York City location remains." - Farley Elliott