Tracy Westmoreland, the boisterous actor and owner of recently-shuttered New York dive bar Siberia, just told us, exclusively, that he is going to reopen the beloved watering hole.

“Siberia has been the engine of all my good luck, so we’re going to restart the engine,” said Mr. Westmoreland today. He also told us that he thinks the club will remain in the same dank, subterranean space on 40th Street and Ninth Ave., but whatever happens, it will definitely be in Hell’s Kitchen. “We’re not straying from our roots. Siberia’s always been in Hell’s Kitchen and it works. There have been some shit holes in Hell’s Kitchen, and that’s basically what we’re looking for.”

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