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Bushwick’s House of Kava Shutters Its Doors, Management Blamed for Abusive Behavior

Popular non-alcoholic hub unexpectedly closed its doors.

Bushwick’s House of Kava Shutters Its Doors, Management Blamed for Abusive Behavior

Bushwick’s House of Kava Shutters Its Doors, Management Blamed for Abusive Behavior

Popular non-alcoholic hub unexpectedly closed its doors.

Bushwick’s House of Kava Shutters Its Doors, Management Blamed for Abusive Behavior

Bars are a dime a dozen, but Kava bars are rare like little flowers sprouting up over the past decade in North Brooklyn. Kava is a beverage with a history that dates back over 3000 years. It comes from Polynesia, where it’s traditionally consumed in social and ceremonial settings because of its relaxing effects. The sudden closing of one, Bushwick’s House of Kava, has been a source of loud outrage among its employees and steadfast regulars, who consider the location a fulcrum of their local community, screwed by an owner whose conduct they admonish.  

“Had it been owned by anybody else, it would have been different,” bartender William Mayne tells Bushwick Daily. He described a disintegrating state of affairs due to their manager. Vanesa…

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