Auctioned Off CT Restaurant Remains Open As Unpaid Taxes Pile Up
WATERBURY, CT — Owing a staggering $330,000 in back taxes and city sewer fees has not stopped Waterbury's Brass House Restaurant from staying in business.
And the recent auction of the property, won by the brother of one of the city's most infamous former mayors, isn't stopping it either.
During a call to the restaurant this morning, Jan. 15, an unnamed staffer told Patch that for the time being the nearly 5,800-square-foot Brass House remains open.
"We heard someone bought it, but they haven't told us anything," said the staffer.
That someone is Jeffrey Santopietro, brother of disgraced former Waterbury Mayor Joseph Santopietro, who won the auction for the South Main Street property with a bid of $201,000, writes the Republican-American. Joseph Santopietro served jail time in the 1990s following a corruption conviction.
The property, which is 1.2 acres, is owned by KNB Properties LLC, with a managing member from Stamford named Nicholas Bakes. The restaurant, which is a tenant, is run by Taverna Group LLC, which Bakes is also the managing member, according to the publication.
KNB has until June to pay off the arrears or lose the property to Santopietro, city officials stated.
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Photo of the Brass House Restaurant via Google Maps
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