Now & Later

12/04/2025

Who wants to open a bar?? Feel free to share.

300 E Washington St, Syracuse, NY 13202. This Retail space is available for lease.

11/05/2025

🚨 UPDATE- ALL FURNITURE HAS BEEN SOLD. EQUIPMENT IS STILL AVAILABLE. 🚨

Long time, no post! We have started the process of selling off some of the furniture and equipment from Now & Later lounge. Just about everything that was in the space is for sale. Tables, stools, patio furniture, lounge area furniture, kitchen equipment, etc. Much of it is listed on Marketplace and there are some pictures below. If you are interested in anything, take a look on marketplace, or send an email to [email protected].

We are also looking for someone to take over the lease on the space. Depending on what sells, it can be rented with what's there, or taken over empty. For questions about terms of the lease, please email [email protected].

Feel free to share!

08/30/2025

Where all my canned cocktail lovers at? Plenty of stock left for our last day.

Congress Street is on tap today!!

50% off all to-go cans and bottles
All drafts (except Trillium) are $5
All bottles of wine are $12 (here or to-go)

Spend more than $20 and get a free logo 16oz tulip glass!

SU game will be on. Open till 11.

Come say hi to Gary and Nick on their last day.

08/29/2025

It's Penultimate Friday. Just today and tomorrow left. We've got a little surprise for you today. We are tapping a keg of The Riverway when we open. It's just a sixtel, so it won't last long. But we wanted to tap something special for our last Friday open. The Trillium will be $8 for a 16oz pour but all other drafts remain at $5.

We are also bumping up the to-go discount to 50% off!!

All bottles of wine are $12.

Come say hi to Nick & Emma.

Open 3-11pm today.

08/28/2025

Three days left. 😢

Kitchen is closed tonight, feel free to bring food in.

We are continuing our specials until we close on Saturday-

40% off all to-go cans and bottles
All drafts are $5
All bottles of wine are $12

Come say hi to on his last shift with us!

08/27/2025

Today, in addition to $5 drafts, and 40% off all to-go cans and bottles, ALL BOTTLES OF WINE are just $12.

😢 It's also Mo's last shift so stop down and say hello to her. She's been with us since damn near the beginning and we wouldn't have made it this far without her!

We love you Mo!! Thank you for sticking by our side all these years!

08/26/2025

So, not only will all drafts be $5 today, they will be $5 all week!

We are also continuing our 40% off all to-go cans and bottles through this week.

08/25/2025

Last night for tonight at 7PM.

Also, this week, come on in and grab whatever you want from the cooler to bring home. We are offering 40% off all to-go cans and bottles!

Spread the word!

08/23/2025

Molly has a few things she wants to tell you-

First, our kitchen is closed today and tomorrow. It will reopen on Monday. You are welcome to bring food in over the weekend.

Second- Bud, Bud Light & Miller Lite 16oz cans are $3 until we close or run out.

Third- All Sun Cruisers, Surfsides, Long Drinks & Absolut canned coxktails are $5 until we close or run out.

Lastly- thank you!

08/21/2025

Well, this is a post I hoped I wouldn't have to make again. Twice in one year is two too many. I am sad to report that Now & Later Lounge will be closing its doors for good on Saturday August 30th. We had a much shorter run this time around, that's for sure. There are a lot of factors that contributed to our lack of success, but at the top of that list is definitely industry fatigue and burnout, my own. Needless to say, the alcohol industry in general, and the bar industry more specifically, has changed immensely in the four and a half years since I started this project. Between the time delays getting open and the financial burden that comes along with that, I feel like we started behind the 8 ball. Not an excuse, just a fact. A better operator, or maybe at least one with more financial resources, could have probably pulled out of the tailspin and weathered the storm, but unfortunately, I don't have that in me.

With a hard industry turn towards food, our alcohol leaning concept just couldn't keep up. Admittedly, I am not a great food operator. When I left Shifty's in 2014 I said I never wanted to own a place that was focused on food. I know we had to offer something to patrons, but simpler was better in my mind. The cost of adding a hood and fire suppression system (required for any type of open flame cooking, frying, grilling, etc.) was too far out of my budget to consider, both when we were building out, and even more so as time went on and the writing was already on the wall. We've had two great people run our kitchen (Victor Perez and Zachary Diller ) in the short time we've been open that have worked wonders with what they had to work with. But in the end, my reluctance to go all in on food is definitely a strong contributing factor to our demise. Of course, there are plenty of other components that played a role in our demise but these are the biggest few.

I want to say a HUGE thank you to my staff that has stuck by my side through this slow time. I know you all could have jumped ship at any point and found a more financially beneficial place to work. I recognize that, and I appreciate it more than you know. You all have had my back for a long time and that means a lot to me. I would also like to thank all of our customers that have supported us at the new location. Both the new ones, and especially the ones that followed us down from Tipp Hill. Your support means the world to me. Now & Later, in any form, wouldn't have made it this far without you. Thank you.

I still have time left on a very good lease so I am putting feelers out to see if there is anyone who would like to discuss taking over the reins. I do believe this location can be successful. It would take someone with drive and vision, but all of the upfront, expensive, frustrating work that no one can see is done. Opening a place takes years these days. Years. It could be turnkey if you wanted, or you could make a few small changes to make it align more with your vision. In addition to focusing more on food, I have a few other ideas that may work in the space that I'd be open to discuss with any potential suitors. Changes that if I were to stay open, I'd be making.

Thank you,

Jason

08/13/2025

Hey fans- All High Noons are only $5 every Wednesday. Open to close

08/01/2025

Psst....spread the word.