"Historic North Bay dive bar the Dirty announced plans to close this week, as beloved wine country watering hole Pancha’s shared details about an upcoming reopening. The bar’s closure comes after a string of legal disputes between owner Cody Brown and landlord Sam Young, who sold Brown the bar and leased him the building in 2019. The two were also partners in San Francisco’s porn-themed bar Kozy Kar — a bar that has made headlines several times in recent years largely due to Young’s antics, which have included making jokes about date rape and quitting his job to become an erotic dancer. In any case, Brown and Young exchanged a flurry of legal blows since 2022 culminating in the bar’s closing at the end of next week on March 1." - Lauren Saria
