What the hell is going on at Garage Bar?

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What the hell is going on at Garage Bar?

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I heard that the musician guy Clay was forced out by the elderly Australian landlord.


Who actually owned the business?

I just saw this post in "Introduce Yourself" and now I don't know what's going on.
Lin@Garage Bar wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 6:44 pm Hello everyone, I would like to introduce myself and my younger sister Kea as the new owners of the Garage Bar at # 9 Street 110 in Phnom Penh. You may have already met me before as I have worked in the bar for 4 years but stopped
working in the bar last year. My 20 year old sister has only worked there for one night as she still studies, so you will not see her around much. The Garage Bar will be shut for a few days while we sort out a few problems but do not worry we have had a bar operating from our premises for 15 years, 13 years under our brand name of Garage Bar so we will not be going away. I hope to see you and some of my oldtime customers once again soon.
Is the bar Khmer owned and run now? That's never a good sign.
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Very sad.
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Lin was fired a year ago for being totally incompetent. I don't think any of the regulars will be back.
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John Bingham wrote: Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:58 am Lin was fired a year ago for being totally incompetent. I don't think any of the regulars will be back.
No I was not fired. Myself and one another staff member working in the bar walked out in discuss at the way Clay treated us .
Clay never owned the business he was just a manager . The businesses and the building is totally owned by myself and my sister .
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So Clay didnt pay rent and the landlord payed him a salary? I dont think so.
People are under the assumption these places run themselves but they dont.
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13 years under our brand name of Garage Bar so we will not be going away
That's bullshit, Garage Bar was set up by Jeff & Brunt. I doubt very much that Lin even knows what Garage means. She probably thinks it's a place to store/ fix cars :lol:
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Shame - another good bar gone

It was on the slide for me since some years in any case - I don't think I've been in under Clay's ownership because the atmosphere was gone and the staff quite slovenly on my last visits in 2018
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Those were great years when JM and Brunt ran their baby. Was there a LOT. Probably started sliding after JM sold the place in late 2014 for family reasons and a return to the States. Photos below from 10th anniversary party 2019.

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CEO thread from 5th anniversary party.

general-chatter/garage-parties-boats-an ... nniversary
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Opposite Larry’s. It looked like it had been shut for years.
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Liked the burgers and the staff were sweet at least from 2018 onwards.
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