05/01/2026
Alexa, “Play ‘Closing Time’”
Years ago when we first opened, it was hard to get folks to leave and we’d play ‘Closing Time’ to hurry them along. “You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here” became the battle cry of the evening shift worker.
It was hard for us to leave tonight. We stayed well past closing time- a small group of current and former employees, a dedicated customer or two and we locked up for the last time. “Time for you to go out to the places you will be from.”
We will miss you all so much and hope you know that each of you changed our lives. You’ve helped us create community with a group of unlikely people in an unlikely space. Please continue to find spaces and make community. It’s so important and necessary- now more than ever.
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”