Hipster bars in Brooklyn are organizing a revolt over “Santa Con” coming to town.
Bar owners and staffers in hard-partying, fast-gentrifying Bushwick — which has been tapped to host this year’s drunken-Santa pub crawl — refuse to serve anyone dressed like Kris Kringle, they said.
“Look, we own a bar. We do crazy stuff. We like to get drunk — but we’re not looking for people who are going to be the worst guests at the party,” said Jesse Levitt, co-owner of Kings County bar, which is boycotting the annual event after it drew complaints about revelers vomiting and urinating on the street in the East Village.
“It’s debauchery tourism…And there’s a culture clash. I’d call Santa Con bro culture,” he told The Post.
At least five business said they won’t serve fake-bearded bar-goers, according to the neighborhood internet radio show Roberta’s Radio.
“[Santa Con] is played out. This is over,” one bartender blasted.
Others were afraid their quirky-cool customers would be hassled by the suburban frat boy-types that sometimes attend.
“All of my regulars are like, ‘I’m not leaving my house because I’m going to get heckled’,” said Aimee Arciuolo, who co-owns the Kings County bar.
The neighborhood may be home to all-night warehouse parties, wild burlesque shows and even a yoga studio that serves booze — but Bushwick residents usually start drinking later in the day, well past Santa Con’s 10 a.m. start time, business owners said.
“Nobody wants to eat brunch next to a bunch of drunken Santas. It’s like they don’t have any familiarity with where they’re even coming to,” Levitt added.
Earlier this week, organizers sent a letter to businesses in Bushwick asking them to participate and offering to fill their establishments with paying customers.
But not everybody was jingling celebratory sleigh bells.
“We won’t be allowing anyone dressed as Santa Clause into our bar…I know what a total s–t show it is,” said Betsy Maher, owner of Pearl’s Social & Billy Club.
Roberta’s pizza, Pearl’s Social & Billy Club, Three Diamond Door, Roberta’s, King’s County, and Montana’s Trailhouse are refusing to open their doors to participants.
