Dear Editor: Cafe 1889 Permanently Closed

To all Café 1889 friends, patrons, customers, supporters, and even critics:

We have been closed for a while and planned to reopen on September 20th, but as the date got closer, we realized that the passion for pursuing our dream just wasn’t there anymore and decided against reopening. The rigors of running a Café are too overwhelming for both of us.

So, beginning Friday the 16th at 10 AM, we will be having a sale of all our equipment, tables, chairs, dishes, appliances as well as a variety of household items. Everything must go. Fortunately, we are still able to accept credit/debit cards for y...