Jekyll & Hyde, Manhattan Eatery for Tourists, Files Bankruptcy

Jekyll & Hyde Club, a New York restaurant popular with tourists for its horror-themed food and shows, filed for bankruptcy.

The kitschy eatery located in Greenwich Village owes creditors less than $7.5 million, including $1.5 million in back rent, according to papers filed in bankruptcy court in Manhattan.

Jekyll & Hyde Club decorated for Halloween in the West Village of Manhattan.

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Actors put on shows during dinner and each floor of the restaurant focuses on a different aspect of a fictional, 1930s British explorers club, from science fiction to the Gothic horror of its namesake characters, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Club owner Deacon Brody Management Inc. will use Chapter ...