Johnsons

[Phlmuscle]

Just saw on Facebook that Matt has resigned from Johnsons

[+ azdr0710]

https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/161278-johnsons-tampa/#findComment-2551353

[lerbut23]

That club has been on a downward spiral for the last 6 months or so.  They had a pretty outstanding roster of dancers at one point and they have all moved on.  The crowds have been pretty light the last few visits even on weekend nights.

[EZEtoGRU]

21 minutes ago, lerbut23 said:

That club has been on a downward spiral for the last 6 months or so.  They had a pretty outstanding roster of dancers at one point and they have all moved on.  The crowds have been pretty light the last few visits even on weekend nights.

Which location are you speaking about?

[lerbut23]

Tampa 

[Poppie]

I go to the Tampa club from time to time. Always fresh faces and a few semi regulars in the house. ALL types .... All sexy. Always fun. I don't think that anyone really cares about Matt resigning.

[Atlanta_Guy]

Johnson’s tampa has received an evictions notice.  It appears the new owners are extracting all of the cash flow to pay for the Parliament House reopening.  They aren’t paying their bills…:hence the eviction notice 

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

1 hour ago, Atlanta_Guy said:

Johnson’s tampa has received an evictions notice.  It appears the new owners are extracting all of the cash flow to pay for the Parliament House reopening.  They aren’t paying their bills…:hence the eviction notice 

Wow. It makes one wonder whether Johnsons in Wilton Manors will meet the same fate.

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[+ KD74]

What a sad outcome. I enjoy Johnsons and hate to see them close this way.

[Poppie]

Say it isn't so !! What is the source of that "rumor"

[Atlanta_Guy]

There are multiple sources.  I don’t do rumors.  I’m talking to people who know.  In Tampa and fort Lauderdale.  It’s worse than I thought. They can’t even buy liquor right now because they haven’t paid their liquor distributor. They haven’t paid their cleaning crews… I’m not sure if they have made payroll.  Here is what I’ve learned about the “Pride holdings group”  

everyone knows they have no money. They haven't been able to finish the build out on their new nightclub (Parliament House) since before Covid. And then they leased another building to open it first and the alcohol wet zoning had dried up and they couldn't get a liquor license for it and it is just sitting. So they have 2 unfinished properties. And the owners are known crooks. The only reason Parliament House went under was the owners took all the money and didn't pay any bills and filed for bankruptcy multiple times. But the last time they filed, the judge pulled the chair out from under them and said they were intentionally defrauding the State of Florida, The IRS, ETC. And declined to let them file and made them liquidate all their assets to pay off bills.

 

Edited Saturday at 04:58 PM by Atlanta_Guy

[Poppie]

I was in Tampa recently. Bartenders were cleaning because the cleaning crew did not show up. If you don't get paid, you don't show up. Often boxes of liquor are on the floor waiting to be put away. I've wondered if they have been shopping. Worked in a restaurant like that. Pretty shady and a very clear signal that something is wrong. I know first hand that if you don't pay your distributor you are in the kind of trouble that's tough to get out of. And as an employer, I know what can happen if you start missing payroll. What a shame. For a time both clubs seemed to have been thriving. Surely poor management by Matt and probably other investors is the root cause of this mess. He has failed in every attempt to open other clubs. Looks like we know why. I hope that someone is found that is stable enough and has a huge shovel can dig them out of this mess. LOVE these clubs.

[EZEtoGRU]

Is it only the Tampa club that is in trouble or is the Fort Lauderdale location at risk also??

[Poppie]

I'm in FLL this weekend. Doubtful that anyone will talk about it. The Tampa Club/Building is owned by:

GO INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LLC

Mailing Address

1802 N HOWARD AVE UNIT 4318 TAMPA, FL 33677-9014

Site Address (Club Address)
2606 N ARMENIA AVE, TAMPA

[Atlanta_Guy]

1 hour ago, Poppie said:

I was in Tampa recently. Bartenders were cleaning because the cleaning crew did not show up. If you don't get paid, you don't show up. Often boxes of liquor are on the floor waiting to be put away. I've wondered if they have been shopping. Worked in a restaurant like that. Pretty shady and a very clear signal that something is wrong. I know first hand that if you don't pay your distributor you are in the kind of trouble that's tough to get out of. And as an employer, I know what can happen if you start missing payroll. What a shame. For a time both clubs seemed to have been thriving. Surely poor management by Matt and probably other investors is the root cause of this mess. He has failed in every attempt to open other clubs. Looks like we know why. I hope that someone is found that is stable enough and has a huge shovel can dig them out of this mess. LOVE these clubs.

Matt is not responsible for this mess… except in the fact he didn’t do enough investigation on his buyers.  
 

Matt has had no control of the money since he sold the business.  The new owners are handling all accounting.  There has still been revenue coming in.  So, how the hell is Matt responsible for the blatant dishonestly of the new owners 

[Atlanta_Guy]

27 minutes ago, EZEtoGRU said:

Is it only the Tampa club that is in trouble or is the Fort Lauderdale location at risk also??

Both clubs are at risk.  

[EZEtoGRU]

I've been in contact with one of the FTL dancers.  He and other dancers seem to think the club in Lauderdale is safe...for now.  

[CHIberia]

I was just at Tampa Friday night. It was business as usual. No issues with liquor or maintenance or dancers or crowds.

But if these places tank, it's 100% on our community. They essentially wedged Matt out with all their woke nonsense (a fat nonbinary dancer bullied Matt out of his Chicago expansion) and made him a pariah.

[+ jeezopete]

19 hours ago, CHIberia said:

I was just at Tampa Friday night. It was business as usual. No issues with liquor or maintenance or dancers or crowds.

 

I was there Saturday & it was the same experience. Good crowd, everyone seemed to be having a good time. Most of my favorite dancers were there, so I enjoyed the evening.

[rojjodc]

21 hours ago, CHIberia said:

I was just at Tampa Friday night. It was business as usual. No issues with liquor or maintenance or dancers or crowds.

But if these places tank, it's 100% on our community. They essentially wedged Matt out with all their woke nonsense (a fat nonbinary dancer bullied Matt out of his Chicago expansion) and made him a pariah.

I doubt 'our' community is at fault for 'wokeness'.  If I am reading this correctly, he sold the business, and I am sure he made a profit on it or he would not have sold it.  So if he is unhappy with what the businesses are becoming, he can try to buy it back.  I would suspect that the Tampa business may be having issues perhaps because of location and the community that is more spread-out.  If the WM location is having issues, it's probably because the rents on Wilton Drive are quite high; quite a few businesses have closed or were pushed out because of the rent.  Chicago is another issue, but I believe Lucky Horseshoe is doing okay and I doubt a fat nonbinary dancer could have bullied him out of the expansion if he really saw the opportunity.  He should have known Chicago is a tough town.

[Atlanta_Guy]

1 hour ago, rojjodc said:

I doubt 'our' community is at fault for 'wokeness'.  If I am reading this correctly, he sold the business, and I am sure he made a profit on it or he would not have sold it.  So if he is unhappy with what the businesses are becoming, he can try to buy it back.  I would suspect that the Tampa business may be having issues perhaps because of location and the community that is more spread-out.  If the WM location is having issues, it's probably because the rents on Wilton Drive are quite high; quite a few businesses have closed or were pushed out because of the rent.  Chicago is another issue, but I believe Lucky Horseshoe is doing okay and I doubt a fat nonbinary dancer could have bullied him out of the expansion if he really saw the opportunity.  He should have known Chicago is a tough town.

I am providing information here.  Not speculation…. The sale involved stock/shares in the company and promises…..not cash.   He can’t “buy it back”. And even if the new owners were willing to exchange the stock for the bars… they’ve taken money and run up bills… which is why the Tampa  club has received an eviction notice, vendors haven’t been paid, liquor distributors haven’t been paid…  it’s fucked up!!!

If you really think I’m blowing smoke look at these financial statements…. Prior to “buying” Johnson’s they had no revenue for all of 2024.  
their website is just a bunch of bullshit.  They are crooks.  They are destroying Johnson’s… it has nothing to do with wokeness, it has nothing to do with being “pushed out” in Wilton manors or Tampa bay   It’s all about the majority owners of Pride Holdings.  

PRIDE Holdings Group | Leader in the LGBTQ+ Community

PRIDEHOLDINGSGROUP.COM

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[rojjodc]

Wow about Tampa!  I hope Wilton Manors survives.  But ICE did sweep the area a few months ago, and since the overwhelming majority of dancers are Latine from the Caribbean and South America, I am not sure if any were swept up by ICE.  I did notice that I have not seen one of my favs, Angel, the last two times I was there, but that could be because I did not stay long both times (but he was a regular)....

[CHIberia]

19 hours ago, rojjodc said:

I doubt 'our' community is at fault for 'wokeness'.  If I am reading this correctly, he sold the business, and I am sure he made a profit on it or he would not have sold it.  So if he is unhappy with what the businesses are becoming, he can try to buy it back.  I would suspect that the Tampa business may be having issues perhaps because of location and the community that is more spread-out.  If the WM location is having issues, it's probably because the rents on Wilton Drive are quite high; quite a few businesses have closed or were pushed out because of the rent.  Chicago is another issue, but I believe Lucky Horseshoe is doing okay and I doubt a fat nonbinary dancer could have bullied him out of the expansion if he really saw the opportunity.  He should have known Chicago is a tough town.

It ABSOLUTELY was our community's doing. Originally he was planning on expansions to Chicago, then a couple of other locations. When he rejected the dancer I mentioned, he went to an activist, who went to a local news org, who all then went to a neighborhood planning committee meeting to pressure the planners to reject the club with the owner/coinvestor present. He immediately walked back the plans with Matt and wedged him out of the entire city. They even brought in a former Florida community commerce activist to testify against his business practices and warn the committee against approving the club. They made all sorts of wild accusations and hyper-political claims. I know. I was there. And I was part of the private discussions where the committee agreed that his presence was political dynamite and it was an election year. So yes, this was our community being overly woke and killing a much needed institution. That's my firsthand experience, If you've got firsthand experience proving otherwise, please share.

He got boxed out and his reputation took a nosedive. He didn't like being under the microscope. He had no choice but to sell.

Edited 6 hours ago by CHIberia

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

43 minutes ago, CHIberia said:

It ABSOLUTELY was our community's doing. Originally he was planning on expansions to Chicago, then a couple of other locations. When he rejected the dancer I mentioned, he went to an activist, who went to a local news org, who all then went to a neighborhood planning committee meeting to pressure the planners to reject the club with the owner/coinvestor present. He immediately walked back the plans with Matt and wedged him out of the entire city. They even brought in a former Florida community commerce activist to testify against his business practices and warn the committee against approving the club. They made all sorts of wild accusations and hyper-political claims. I know. I was there. And I was part of the private discussions where the committee agreed that his presence was political dynamite and it was an election year. So yes, this was our community being overly woke and killing a much needed institution. That's my firsthand experience, If you've got firsthand experience proving otherwise, please share.

He got boxed out and his reputation took a nosedive. He didn't like being under the microscope. He had no choice but to sell.

You are correct about everything. 
Last year there was a thread on Matt's unsuccessful efforts to open up a Johnson's in the Berlin Club on W. Belmont.

https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/150548-johnsons-upcoming-locations/

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[rojjodc]

Well, this is an interesting topic.  But it's also interesting that many, if not most of dancers from the Johnsons Wilton Manors are from foreign countries (Argentina, Spain, Canada, Dominican Republic) and may not even have in the US legally, and many (and possibly most) are straight.  Yes, many have big muscles and big dicks (though I heard some stuff their g-strings), and they strut around expecting you to give them a dollar when they show you their dick.  There was one, who was gorgeous, that did not even want to show you his dick.   And one even needed an interpreter when my friend did a private dance.  So, I guess Matt is a real and wonderful asset to our community, if he only wants the 'best' and decided not to even give the applicant, who is clearly of the community, as shot at dancing...let's just give straight big, muscled guys all of our money and affection because we are ravenous for big muscles and dicks...