Beatrice Redux: Does Olivier Zahm Know Something We Don’t?

I came across this photo yesterday on the Purple Diary and didn't much consider the caption: "[Graffiti artist] Andre in front of the soon to be reopened Beatrice Inn, New York." Fans of the shuttered speakeasy have been eagerly awaiting a revival since it was first padlocked back in April.

But no matter how many times Chloë Sevigny supported her brother Paul by wearing that Save the Beatrice T-shirt, the recent problems over at the Jane Hotel & Ballroom suggest things aren’t looking good for these West Village dens of debauchery. As Purple commenter The Nike Nabokov says, the Beatrice “was looking pretty dilapidated a week ago.” But then, Andre and Purple editor Olivier Zahm are close with Sevigny and so probably have some inside information about the resurrection of the bar that wouldn’t go down without a fight.