Tasios Bovis says he’s going to try to do something.

Bovis, longtime owner of Union Square watering hole the Gold Dust Lounge, tells Scoop that he received an eviction notice and lease cancellation notice from his landlord in December.

He says that even though the Gold Dust has three years left on the lease, his landlord wants to take over the bar space as part of a larger building development for a big Chicago-based clothing company. So yes, Bovis says the rumors are true, and he told his staff last week.

As it stands, Bovis plans to appeal to City Hall — and for that matter, everyone else — to help save the historic bar, opened in 1933. It has been in the Bovis family since 1965; Tasios’ brother Jimmy also owns Lefty’s around the corner.

The notice he received has a three-month timeline, which would put the possible end in March.

How can people help save the Gold Dust Lounge, another noted haunt of the late Herb Caen?

Bovis: “Write to the newspaper, write to the TV station, write to City Hall.”

Gold Dust Lounge: 247 Powell St, between Geary and O’Farrell; (415) 397-1695

