Less than three months after opening, Busby's Tango Grille at 8808 Kingston Pike is closed. The "one-of-a-kind venue promising casual fine dining paired with a large dance floor" succumbed to economic pressure, say insiders, but owner Mark Busby has not been reached for comment.
This is the second blow to Knoxville's Get Dance Now--the first was the closing of Regas Restaurant and its Gathering Place, where the group was hosting swing dances. (Read Jack Neely's take on Regas here.) "Nobody's going to put the kind of dollars into a place the way [Busby] did, though I'll never understand why they chose the name Tango when it's such a small segment of local dance," says Get Dance Now organizer and DJ David Valentine. "Unfortunately I think the dance community is going to be relegated to the occasional dance studio."
Valentine's very interested in establishing another "place for social dancing with some atmosphere" and urges those with serious ideas to contact him at getdancenow@hotmail.com
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