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Paradise Lounge Stays Afloat During the Pandemic (Literally)

After being forced to shut their doors, the bar hosted various pop-ups before landing upon a more lasting location: a ship called Clipper City. Now, the former staff is coming together with staff from other closed bars to host a “Bar Buds Reunion Royale.”

Paradise Lounge Stays Afloat During the Pandemic (Literally)

Paradise Lounge Stays Afloat During the Pandemic (Literally)

After being forced to shut their doors, the bar hosted various pop-ups before landing upon a more lasting location: a ship called Clipper City. Now, the former staff is coming together with staff from other closed bars to host a “Bar Buds Reunion Royale.”

Paradise Lounge Stays Afloat During the Pandemic (Literally)

Though Paradise Lounge will keep sailing through October, weather permitting, they do hope to find a brick-and-mortar location by the winter.

Their former bar was an oasis within the confines of city life. Reflective of its “tropical mental attitude,” a shark named Sully hung from the…

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