Treehouse shut down a few months ago becuase of a rent issue/liqour license issue (dont quote me on that). Yankee Doodles bought Treehouse and are patching things up. It's closed at the moment, but I think they re-open Dec.1st as Yankee Doodles.
Tree House was owned by retired LAPD officer "Big John".
Super popular, teriffic atmosphere, great food and big portions.
His problems began when he did the expansion.
Food quality fell big time, portions became skimpy, the expansion brought in a very bad crowd, two customers killed in the parking lot,, fights all the time,,
John was having a hard time making ends meet, he was way, way overstaffed,, stricter DUI enforcement, the big superbowl party: The $20.000 pool they decided to hit with a 25% VIG that pissed everyone off,, and cater it rather with a very bad caterer than the excellent food Lazz used to prepair,, the drinks were no longer comp'd,,, that was it,,
No fun to go to the tree house anymore.
So,,,
Big John sold out about 3 years ago and held the note.
The buyer was a total idiot, had no clue how to run the place, the Tree House went from bad to horrible, customers quit the place entirely, and Big John foreclosed and re-sold to the Yankee Doodle chain.
At one time, the Tree House was teriffic.
Tree House was owned by retired LAPD officer "Big John"..
I know. I went to school and played baseball with his kid Josh.
Big John sold out about 3 years ago and held the note.
Hmmmm. Didn't know that.
I wish I could say that I wasn't involved in a handfull of fights there throughout the years. Unfortunately.......I can't. It's call "the fight club" for a reason.
I know. I went to school and played baseball with his kid Josh.
Hmmmm. Didn't know that.
I wish I could say that I wasn't involved in a handfull of fights there throughout the years. Unfortunately.......I can't. It's call "the fight club" for a reason.
Bars today make a big decision to either cater to the under 30 crowd, or the over 30 crowd.
Big John switch'd from over to under, + quadrupled his size and then his troubles began.
What cop wouldn't pull over a vehicle full of kinds that is being driven by a big dude wearing a chefs hat.
Didn't Big John get sued by and employee?
Didn't Big John get sued by and employee?
Oh yea, and in addition to that:
Also, they did the Bootleg sat box/Tyson fight scam, got caught and got a big $$ judgement against them.
Fights worked their way out back all the time. Near the end, they kicked out two guys fighting and one then proceeded to kill the other.
Second fatal fight there that I know of.
The legal woes go on and on with the Tree House.
When it was the small little bar and grill with big John calling all the shots & watching all the action from the horn of the bar it was great.
Then with expansion came the trouble. Big John messes up a good thing.
wow i went to simi about 6 months ago and all i got was harrrased by this one cop...freaking butthole pulls me over for registraton problem...someone had stolen our stickers and he pulled us over to check us out........i had my kids in the truck and he was rude as hell :yuk: in the end this a-hole ask "are you a boater" (cause he read the eliminator stickers in the window) i told him "naw i bought the truck like this"
You call him a butt-hole for doing his job. Did you ever think that maybe if you toke care of your registration you might of not been pulled over. Then you lie to him and say your not a "Hot boater". And please explain to me how he was rude? Let me guess "He didn't say "Please" first.
wow i went to simi about 6 months ago and all i got was harrrased by this one cop...freaking butthole pulls me over for registraton problem...someone had stolen our stickers and he pulled us over to check us out........i had my kids in the truck and he was rude as hell :yuk: in the end this a-hole ask "are you a boater" (cause he read the eliminator stickers in the window) i told him "naw i bought the truck like this"
That is because you did not fit the ethnic make up of the community
Didn't Big John get sued by and employee?
I'm sure. What business owner doesn't go through that from a "disgruntled" employee?
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