Now that it's public knowledge, I'm here to confirm that Lovejoy's in Austin is closing. The first bar I went to in Austin, before I had even moved here, when I didn't know a soul and I felt instantly comfortable. It's the place I met my 'main man' of three years. Said 'main man' works there currently, and I think he's in denial - he and many others who have been there for 12 years (either as customers or employees or both) will be essentially losing their family gathering place, a space whose DIY communal spirit is like no other.
It was going to close at the end of the year when the lease is up, but M. suggested that they ask the landlord to extend their lease until March, so they could have another SXSW, and they said yes.
Anyone have $100,000 to keep it open?
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