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Stupid Litigation Alert: The Tavern on Camac vs. Camac lawsuit
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That second bit sounds a little dicey, sure, but — while it's rare that I would take a stand against a gay piano bar — I'm going to point out the obvious here: Camac is a street name! (OK, OK, Camac is only a half street — in the company of other absolutely-no-parking alleys like Smedley and Waverly — but still.)
Imagine the chaos that could ensue if business owners who happened to use a street name first could sue the pants off of every Johnny-come-lately with the gall to name their new spot based on its location.
Some hypothetical lawsuits that are really no more absurd than this one:
- Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church v. Pine Street Pizza
- Walnut Street Theater v. The Walnut Room
- Savory on Spruce v. Spruce Street Espresso
- 12th Street Gym v. 12th Street Cantina
- SEPTA v. 8th Street Music, The Broad Street Review, Girard Avenue Cleaners, etc. (SEPTA could be rich, imagine!)
- City of Baltimore v. City of Philadelphia, for daring to name an avenue after their fine city
Let's hope that the Camac folks start playing nice, and that the Tavern on Camac people realize that Follies are great around a piano — but not so great cluttering a courtroom docket.
I don’t understand why it’s called Camac to begin with. It’s not even on Camac Street…
I don’t understand why it’s called Camac to begin with. It’s not even on Camac Street…
hence the lawsuit’s potential worthiness
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I agree with Timothy. Camac is 2 half blocks away from Camac Street. I thought it was going to cause problems when i first heard about it but now that I hear about their underhanded promotion I’m disgusted. TOC is a great bar with great staff, leave them alone
Really, it’s stupid on Camac’s part. I read about the restaurant but all you see when you Google camac restaurant Philadelphia is Tavern on Camac. Way to pick a hard to search for name, and then locate it away from its namesake. Probably will never actually find this place.