Schadenfreude watch.

I want to make note of this story, even though it has been covered elsewhere, for reasons I will get to in a moment:

Three Austin restaurants are allegedly thousands of dollars behind on their taxes, according to lawsuits filed by the Travis County Attorney’s office.

Those restaurants are:

• Paggi House, which supposedly owes $10,741.09, and which closed in May.
• The Loop Restaurant and Bar, which supposedly owes $21,890.77, and which closed at some point last year.
• And SDC log “Die In a Fire” favorite, The Goodnight, which supposedly owes $14,717.71. “A manager referred questions to the restaurant’s owners, who didn’t respond to telephone and email messages seeking comment.” Wow. There’s a shock.

The lawsuits seek to place liens on property belonging to each restaurant and, if necessary, sell off furniture and fixtures to pay down the debt and to cover the cost of attorney’s fees.

Any readers out there in the tax office who’d be willing to give me a “heads-up” when they start seizing property from The Goodnight? I want to be there when the taxman starts taking tables and chairs, so I can point and laugh.

Edited to add: Eater Austin now has a comment from someone claiming to be “The Goodnight Management”, and asserting that they have paid their tax bill “in full and on time”.