In keeping with the bar's title, Scandals found itself the subject of rumor this spring, after architect Iain MacKenzie tweeted out a liquor license application for a "Scandals East" on NE Alberta. The gossip engine roared to life—was the downtown location moving? Was it closing? It is not, but Scandals East won't be more of the same. The bar's owner David Fones confirmed with the Mercury that he's planning a family-friendly LGBTQIA+ lounge with food,.