Black Market Moto Saloon
| Black Market Moto Saloon | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Genre | Restaurant |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Matteus Frankovich |
| Dissolved | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Charlottesville |
| Employees | |
The Black Market Moto Saloon is a Charlottesville restaurant that opened in 2012. Later that year, owner Matteus Frankovich lost a campaign to be able to play live music in early October 2012. [1] Some residents of the Woolen Mills neighborhood had argued that live music was incompatible with their quality of life. City Council agreed and voted 4-1 to deny a special use permit to allow that use. [2]
Two months after the permit was denied, Frankovich began holding acoustic music events, which he argued was permissible by-right. The city zoning administrator argued it was only legal if the music were incidental to the operation of the business.[3]
The business later changed its name to Woolly Mammoth.
In February 2014, Frankovich put the space on the market, and in July 2014 it turned over to become Firefly.[4]
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38°01′32″N 78°28′02″W / 38.02558°N 78.467156°W
References
- ↑ Web. City Council’s Moto Saloon vote overturns compromise, Graelyn Brashear, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, October 3, 2012, retrieved October 8, 2012. Print. October 3, 2012 .
- ↑ Web. Blackballed Moto: Did 'biker bar' hunches doom Saloon?, David McNair, The Hook, Better Publications LLC, October 9, 2012, retrieved October 9, 2012.
- ↑ Web. Matteus Frankovich reinstates live music at Moto Saloon, Graelyn Brashear, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, December 11, 2012, retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ↑ Web. Game on: Woolly Mammoth space changes hands, new owner battles illness and focuses on fun, Laura Ingles, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, August 7, 2014, retrieved 2023-11-07.