FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Loycent Gordon, Owner & CEO · info@neirstavern.com · (718) 296-0600 On Veterans Day, Historic Neir's Tavern names Ricardo Acuña to lead its "Road to 200 Years" WOODHAVEN, Queens, N.Y. (Nov. 11, 2026) – Historic Neir's Tavern, New York City's oldest continuously operating tavern, has hired retired U.S. Marine Ricardo Acuña as general manager. He will build the systems, profitability and leadership team the 197-year-old tavern needs to reach its 200th anniversary in 2029. Owner and CEO Loycent Gordon said the tavern, like the Marine Corps, needs "the best of the best." Neir's carries nearly two centuries of American history, and it now has to keep going through a hard stretch for the city's hospitality industry. New York City restaurants and bars have lost more than 15,000 jobs over the past year, according to the NYC Hospitality Alliance, as reported by PIX11. The same report described a survey of 275 ...