"This is still pretty fresh, and this one hurts a lot. This bar was built exactly to what we wanted. My dad would have been happy. My mom is really happy with how the place looks. But it's not sustainable."
"Manhattan is not the place to be. Manhattan has so many obstacles you have to go through, as opposed to Queens or Brooklyn. Nobody hangs out in Manhattan anymore."
"There is a system in place for the city to help small business owners, and when you follow the rules, it seems to us that the people who follow the rules are getting picked on the most."
"We had done everything that the city required us to do, but then we had to go through this eight-month wait. For eight months I was unemployed. For eight months workers were struggling to find jobs."
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