[BREAKING] More Drama with Casa Ventura

Photo via Park Slope PatchIf you've been following the saga of the old Barrio space, you know that the following events have happened:

1. Barrio closed, promising to open back up under the name Barrio Plates.

2. Barrio Plates was dunzo before it opened.  They promised they would reopen under the name MIX.

3. MIX went bye-bye and new owners came in, promising a new space called Casa Ventura.

Park Slope Patch posted a behind-the-scenes look at the space last week, interviewing new owner Jose Ventura (pictured above) and mentioning his business partnership with local propreitors Avi Kravitz and Courtney Ebner.  Set to open on April 21, Ventura boasted, “This is going to be like no other restaurant in the neighborhood.”

Well, want further proof that this space is doomed? Ventura, Kravitz, and Ebner have officially parted ways. 

In an email to FIPS, Kravitz stated the following:

"In a very unfortunate turn of events, Jose and I are no longer partners. We weren't seeing eye to eye and the right thing to do was to part ways.  Because it was his dream to have a Latin restaurant, we have parted amicably and he and his wife will continue that dream.  I hope that they are successful."

Who knows what effect (if any), this will have on Casa Ventura's opening.  Anyone else have a headache? 

UPDATE: To clarify, Kravitz gave this quote as part of an on-going conversation with FIPS.  While he did not reach out intentionally to stir the pot, he did not give us any indication that he and Ventura were still working together.  We did let Kravitz know that we would be printing this and, as asked, are keeping the rest of our conversation off the record.