Page Six has a long profile on Tavern on the Green owner Jennifer Oz LeRoy, who inherited the place from her flamboyant father Warner LeRoy in 2001 at the age of 22. She currently pays $1.3 million a year in rent to the Parks Department, but the city will be putting the lease up for bidding when it expires in the fall. Donald Trump, Nobu owner Drew Nieporent, and Danny Meyer are rumored to be "circling the restaurant like vultures." Seeing her family lose control would be devastating for LeRoy, who calls herself "the Dorothy of Tavern," and has a major thing for The Wizard of Oz, which her grandfather produced. "I added Oz as my middle name. A lot of people call me Jenny Oz." She also shares her West Village one bedroom with three Toto-like Yorkies. So she's prepared to spend millions to renew the lease, declaring, "I refuse to sell the soul of Oz."
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