The Coach & Horses ......say it isn't so.

It's the last part of this that kills me .. Two savvy modern bar owners have interest? Please let it die with some respect.. There's nothing savvy or modern about the Coach & Horses.. That's why it rocks... Where else can you go drink thirty shots of J.D. in the dark and play Michael Jacksons "I'll Be There" on repeat for an hour and no one blinks an eye. Noone savvy or modern should be allowed in ..let alone buy it.

Ye Coach & Horses, the Sunset Boulevard juke joint near Curson Avenue that has been in business for more than 70 years, is being evicted by its landlord and neighbor, Samuel French bookstore. The eviction notice, which was delivered July 1 and requires that the tenant be out by Aug. 1, has sparked a passionate online campaign to save the little trapped-in-amber dive bar.

As with most stories in Hollywood, the tale of the bar's impending closure involves the cult of celebrity, the fickle winds of fate, the city's oft-lamented historical amnesia and a liberal dose of alcohol-fueled hedonism.

That and the classic plot line known as reinvention. If the bar's owner, 85-year-old Jane Grant, can't settle her differences with the landlords — no reason was given for the eviction, but Grant, who has a reputation for being irascible, says the conflict is personal in nature — then two savvy modern bar owners have a strong interest in taking the place over and keeping it exactly as it is.

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