Playhouse Market Will Reopen, Spokeswoman Says

Playhouse Market in Nyack closed Aug. 1. The “European-style” eatery and market had opened in February and held a grand opening in May.

Workers who said they hadn’t been paid protested, On Aug. 7 co-owner Isaac Hershko pushed a Journal News photographer, according to lohud.com. But employees did get checks, the paper said.

According to its website, Playhouse Market is under new management.

“Playhouse Market vehemently denies any and all accusations by the employees,” spokeswoman Risa Hoag said in an email to Patch. “Each and every employee has been paid their wages in accordance with the law. In fact, Playhouse Market uses a payroll company to ensure that the employees are paid properly.

“The protesters and people that are commenting online and on Facebook are defaming and lying about everything. Playhouse Market has documentary proof in the form of canceled checks and other documents that they are lying and they will soon find themselves facing a defamation lawsuit. In fact, some of the commentators on Facebook have never worked for Playhouse Market nor do they know any details that can support what they’re claiming. Some of the protesters who conveniently claim that money was stolen from them are in the process of being evicted from the apartments above the Playhouse Market for not paying rent so their motive for lying is obvious.”

The closing is only temporary, Hoag said. “It will reopen in the near future.”