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Evan Martin No Longer at Ba Bar

Hanna Raskin chronicles another round of drama at the Vietnamese restaurant’s beautiful back bar.

Posted by: Allecia Vermillion on Feb 27, 2012 at 10:05AM0 Comments

Owner Eric Banh is bringing in a consultant to direct proceedings at the bar. Photo: Geoffry Smith via Ba Bar.

Seattle Weekly critic Hanna Raskin jolted us all back into the workweek with a drama-fied tale of a public altercation over the weekend between Ba Bar owner Eric Banh and now-former bar manager Evan Martin. You can read the full account on Voracious, but the upshot: Martin is no longer behind the bar at the popular 12th Avenue restaurant and Banh is planning to bring in a consultant to work with the remaining bar staff.

This isn’t the first time a bar manager at Ba Bar has departed under dramatic circumstances. Just weeks after the restaurant opened last summer, Banh ushered original bartender Daniel Jeffers out the door after his resume didn’t check out, replacing him with Martin.

Per Raskin, Chef Kevin Burzell has also submitted his resignation, but he’s gearing up to open a Malaysian food truck.

Tags: Shift Change, Ba Bar