From "The Intelligencer" Doylestown, PA

Just Sports will be Sold 

By: CHRISTINA KRISTOFIC

The controversial former topless bar in Warwick will become a family restaurant and pub.

Adult entertainment is giving way to kids' entertainment.

Just Sports, the controversial Warwick bar that inspired many area municipalities to take another look at their adult business ordinances, is about to become a family restaurant and pub. And one of its big features will be a game area for kids.

Joe and Janeen Wade of East Rockhill are buying the bar and plan to rename it The Jamison Pour House.

Herb Sudfeld, the attorney for Just Sports owners Bruce Young and Pat Reese, said the sale should be completed by the end of this week. The sale - and a settlement agreement approved by the supervisors Monday - put an end to the four-month-long legal battle between Young and the township.

"We are delighted that this happened," said Supervisor Chairwoman Judith Algeo. "We wish the new owners much luck. And we hope the community will support them."

Township Manager Gail Weniger said she believed the township would win the legal dispute, but at a great cost to taxpayers.

Young, Reese and the Wades have promised the township that they will not use the property for adult entertainment. And in exchange, the township has agreed to provide the Wades with a use and occupancy permit for their restaurant without the need for additional inspection, repairs or improvements. The township will also waive land development requirements if the Wades want to enclose a deck at the back of the building.

Sudfeld said it was always his clients' intent to sell the property at 2160 Old York Road, even before they started offering adult entertainment. But they had some trouble finding a buyer.
The sports bar started featuring topless dancers regularly at the beginning of November.

Warwick supervisors amended their zoning ordinance to prohibit adult entertainment in the commercial district in mid-November, and promptly cited the bar for several violations of the zoning ordinance. The township also sought an injunction against the bar in county court, and won. A judge ordered the bar in January to stop featuring topless dancers.

Residents protested the bar throughout November and December.

And while residents were protesting and Young was fighting the township in court, Young and Reese were still trying to find a buyer for the building.
Joe Wade said he had talked with Young in October and November about buying JustSports, but the "timing wasn't right" for him. He coaches football at LaSalle College High School and was busy with football and the holidays.

The Wades also run an insurance agency in Lansdale.
After New Year's, Wade contacted Young again and the two started negotiating.

He said he and his family drive through Warwick on their way to visit other family members, and they've always thought the township would be a good spot for a family restaurant.

"We're gonna focus on the food because the food is gonna drive this business," he said. "We're gonna have Tony Luke's kind of sandwiches. We say our green initiative is going to be to stop all the people in Bucks County from driving downtown. We're gonna bring back the prime rib that Reese's (Inn) was famous for."

Wade said he wants the restaurant to be a community gathering place. He wants to hire people from the community, and create opportunities for students from Middle Bucks Institute of Technology and Bucks County Community College to work. He wants it to be a place where families can come to eat, and church and community groups can meet and hold fundraisers.

Wade said he hopes to open the restaurant in mid-April.
Christina Kristofic can be reached at 215-345-3079