SUBSCRIBE to Next Media Animation: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAWorldEdition<br /><br />Mickey Mantle's, the restaurant and bar in Central Park South named after the New York Yankees great, was shut down on June 5 after not paying rent for months.<br /><br />Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NMAtv<br />Webpage: http://www.nma.tv/<br />Twitter @nmatv: https://twitter.com/#!/nmatv<br />Tumblr: http://nmatv.tumblr.com/<br /><br />The sports bar was once part-owned by the Mickey Mantle himself. Mantle died in 1995. Current owner Chris Villano blamed the closing on rising food prices, interference by the landlord and changing city regulations.<br /><br />Next Media Animation took a closer look at the incident and composed a tribute to the Yankees legend.
