This is just bizarre.
A long-standing feud between Rice-area bar owners and their neighbors in a high-rise condo has escalated from egg throwing, water spraying, laser pointing and name calling to assault lawsuits.
Just off Kirby Drive on Quenby a small wooden one-story pub and adjacent beer garden named Hans’ Bier Haus cozies up to a three-story parking garage attached to the upscale 16-story 2520 Robinhood Condominiums where a two-bedroom unit is now available for an average $365,000.
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Bar co-owner Bill Cave was charged with misdemeanor assault for his behavior in trying to stop water spraying on his Christmas party. A few days later the condo association and homeowners became subject to a restraining order keeping them from tossing produce, water or anything off their garage onto the bar patrons and bocce ball court below.
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The unpleasantness peaked December 13. The bar laid out a Sunday night holiday buffet and had Ronnie Renfrow’s 15-piece big band set to play. But water cascading from the garage rained down on patrons, the band and its electrical equipment. Kellogg said a trumpet player slipped in the water and broke a finger.
Cave said in court papers that he went to the condo and was eventually successful in turning off the water at a faucet on a condo’s porch. In the process, [condo general manager Art] Frederick said an angry Cave took the concierge by his tie, broke his phone and forced his way up in the elevator. And they have videotape of it all, Frederick said.
The Press was on this just before Christmas. The bar-versus-neighborhood battle is an old, old, old story, though the egg-throwing is new. I’ll say it again, if the bar was there first, then you the condo/townhome/whatever residents are the interlopers. If you didn’t know about this before you bought in, you or your real estate agent did not do sufficient homework, and my sympathy for you is very limited. I look forward to seeing how this lawsuit plays out.