Cask'n Flagon = Coats 'n Fightin' (for Charity!)

Our beloved Track Girls are all over news of a coat check clash at the Cask'n Flagon (which they insist on calling the Cask 'n' Flagon, killing the copyeditor in us) Saturday night. A "fundraiser" for Dana Farber and Toys for Tots apparently turned into a real hellraiser when folks began demanding their coats from the collapsed kitchen coat check. (We wonder why you'd ever try to raise anything but beer glasses in the Cask, but no matter.) The always-classy Cask had improvised a coat check in the kitchen—exactly where fundraisers want their Burberry coats. ("Sorry, got some Kickers on the Kenneth Cole!")

When the temporary coat check fell apart (literally—it had consisted of poles balanced on chairs), tags were separated from coats, leaving staff no way to tell who owned the denim jacket and who owned the Donna Karan. In a downward spiral of drunkenness, the customers moved quickly from screaming at staffers to pushing each other to stealing coats to—you guessed it—getting arrested. Just what you'd expect at a charity event! Police were called, police arrived, and the fundraiser was shut down—bars, DJs, coats, and all. An inside source tells us that a man arrested in the "brew"haha (ha, ha!) screamed "I just want my coat!" all the way to the squad car.

The C'n F manager was charged with several violations, and Herald commenters say this is not the first time that a Cask fundraiser has had overcrowding problems. Some coats remain on the premises, so if you lost yours in the epic disaster, you might want to mosey on by the bar. But be prepared to describe your coat, not just grab the designer jacket.