Restaurants & Bars
Houlihan's In Hudson County Abruptly Closes (Here’s Why)
A popular Houlihan's bar and restaurant in Weehawken suddenly shut its doors, leaving employees and patrons in a daze.
WEEHAWKEN, NJ — A popular Houlihan's bar and restaurant in Hudson County abruptly shut its doors this week, leaving its employees out of work and many of its patrons wondering what happened.
On Tuesday, Weehawken Township officials announced the Houlihan’s at 1200 Harbor Boulevard has closed. The cause? An “ongoing lawsuit with Hartz Mountain,” a Secaucus-based real estate company, officials said.
Houlihan's – responding to a tweet on Oct. 8 – said the closure was the result of an “ongoing dispute with the landlord.”
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Unfortunately, as a result of an ongoing dispute with the landlord, we had to close the Weekhawken location, @ohMYitsjiax We hope that you will continue to visit us at one of our nearby locations.
— Houlihan's (@Houlihans) October 8, 2019
The original poster’s response was less-than-overwhelmed: “I’m mad upset.”
According to the Houlihan's website, there are nearby locations in Bayonne and Secaucus.
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“My own personal opinion would be, you could give the employees a little more time,” Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner told Jersey Digs. “Why weren’t people given a dignified period of time to look for another job?”
Many internet commenters railed against the closure, sharing good memories of the often-busy establishment.
they closed houlihan’s in weehawken and i’m so sad now :( so many memories there
— Jennifer Machin (@jennmx3) October 8, 2019
If anyone is hiring, lmk I have a few friends that could really use a job due to the sudden closing of Houlihans in Weehawken
— Nessa (@ms_mulata) October 9, 2019
Wow they closed down @Houlihans in Weehawken we was just there Saturday
— #ARIWorld. (@NeekaaB_) October 8, 2019
.@Houlihans do you intend on giving the employees at Weehawken some sort of severance or are they just left high and dry ? Some of them have been bartending for over 5 years !
— (@greg_____) October 8, 2019
Just read that a @Houlihans in Weehawken closed without any notice, which okay that happens, but they knew they were closing and didn't tell any of the staff, who are now presumably unemployed, until the last day of operation. What a garbage thing to do.
— GSG tweet (@jph_GSG) October 8, 2019
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