Construction next door almost had Death Ave Brewing Co. going beer-belly up, a lawsuit claims.
The Chelsea brewpub has been forced to turn away business, “close substantial portions of its dining room,” and delay its on-site brewery opening because work on an adjacent high-rise building shook the place apart, according to court papers filed by attorney Erik Bashian.
The development of the tower has “rendered portions of the Tenth Avenue restaurant, including its newly minted brewery, to be wholly unusable,” Death Ave charges in Manhattan Supreme Court papers.
Excavation work in 2014 left the eatery with “dangerously unlevel and uneven” floors, and ruined custom built seating and tables, the brewery says.
By September, Death Ave Brewing will finally be making its own beer “but in the last few years he hasn’t been able to do anything as a result of the damage,” Bashian said of Death Ave’s owner.
Defendents Maestro West LLC and Kadima Tenth Avenue LLC declined to comment.