Our pal Andy, who was probably the best customer the Attic ever had, snapped this heartbreaking photo and talked to one of the folks involved who told him that a new bar will be replacing the demolished dive. As our other pal Inna notes:
I love how the Chinese lanterns are still there!
Damn, remember when the only thing threatening the Attic used to be that music-hating NIMBY neighbor?
So many lovely physical bars are ground-up remodeled instead of cleaned up and tweaked a little. Do people hate a good old-fashioned bar? I think the Attic was very attractive, pretty much a model of what a bar should look like. Is there some sanitation reason this always seems to happen when a bar is remodeled? Or do people have investor money they have to spend? I really hope when the Lexington turns over, they hold on to the good stuff.
it was the perfect bar…except for that too-narrow corridor between the bar stools and wall that you had to squeeze through to get to the back. but it reminded me of nepenthes!
it was a model of what a bar should smell like
Karma
Loyal maybe, but prob not the “best,” based on the amount of money I was actually spending there
. To answer the above question that place needed more than a few tweaks to be a viable business locale. The building was seriously fucked and that’s kinda why the owner moved out anyhow. Hope the new bar doesn’t suck too much!!
I miss it so much.
The Lone Palm abides.
Fucking heartbreaking. RIP Attic.