A downtown Riverhead bar set a Sept. 20 closing date after the town successfully seized the building using eminent domain.

State Supreme Court Justice John Leo signed an order Wednesday granting the town’s petition to acquire the lease held by SNR Bar 25 Corp., which has run Craft'D at 127 E. Main St. since 2019.

Completing the eminent domain proceeding means plans for Riverhead’s new town square can proceed. In August, Riverhead inked a deal with developer Joe Petrocelli to build the square, which will feature a hotel and condos, public gathering space, a playground and an amphitheater on the Peconic River.

Sean Kenna, who co-owns the bar, pleaded with the town to reconsider at public hearings earlier this year. "Unfortunately, it was inevitable," he said in a text message Saturday

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