I’m lost – have they really closed the Parkway Speakeasy? Via Facebook I learned that some of my friends had joined the Save the Speakeasy group. I rarely join groups on Facebook, but this one was a no-brainer. I joined, only to find an image of a poster announcing their last night on Mar 22nd 09.
Even the closure of Stacey’s didn’t hit me like this. The Parkway Speakeasy was something else, not just a cheap movie theater with food and wine, but great vibes, a quintessential Oakland crowd (in it’s variety and unpretentious but hardcore taste) and of course the exceptionally silly, giggle-inducing preview videos from the owners before every show – it made me gloriously happy to just walk in.
I’m truly devastated. I might even use twitter to mourn with those who are in the same hole as me.
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