Lee Daugherty (Photo by Shane Meaney) Alexandre’s on Cedar Springs Road will reopen on May 1 at noon. “And it’s under the same management.
Sorry,” said bar owner Lee Daugherty. The bar will have been closed 410 days due to the coronavirus pandemic. “It has been a hard time for the entire hospitality industry, and with much financial, mental, and physical stress on its workers,” Daugherty said. “Alexandre’s was fortunate very early to prepare, successfully fundraise, and navigate government programs allowing rent and minimal overhead to be paid throughout, but more importantly basic income and health insurance for workers.” Daugherty was outspoken throughout the pandemic about the need to protect workers of the industry — to maintain higher