April 2020, I took these photos of Joe Tahanian, owner of The Wine Cave, a bar in Montrose. We did a story w/ him about how he planned to stay open during lockdowns. The day after it aired, authorities threatened him, & he complied.
He just called me. He lost his business today
He just called me. He lost his business today
Here’s the story we did with him back then. https://www.foxla.com/news/local-small-businesses-fed-up-with-covid-19-lockdown-reopening-in-defiance-of-stay-at-home-orders">https://www.foxla.com/news/loca...
UPDATE: @ChefGruel is stepping into help! GoFundMe in thread below! https://twitter.com/chefgruel/status/1380583916747157509">https://twitter.com/chefgruel...
BREAKING: After seeing Joe’s situation with the Wine Cave, @ChefGruel reached out to @stoolpresidente of @barstoolsports who called Joe to let him know he’s going to give him the $100,000 he needs to keep his business afloat on top of 10k Gruel raised! Here’s his reaction. @FOXLA https://twitter.com/ChefGruel/status/1380643465906647040">https://twitter.com/ChefGruel...