Palmer's Bar, a mainstay in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, will close after more than a century of serving drinks.

The bar Wednesday night.

"This has been an incredibly difficult but necessary decision and we are devastated to do so," the bar said. "Please join us in saying goodbye to a West Bank institution, raise a glass to all the good times and great people, and make it a last summer to remember here at Palmer's Bar."

Palmer's, which has been open since 1906, will go dark on Sept. 14.

The bar started as a beer hall for laborers owned by the Minneapolis Brewing Company, according to its owners. It has borne the Palmer's name for more than 50 years.

Palmer's made Esquire Magazine's Best Bars in America list multiple times.

Christy Costello works as a talent buyer at Palmer's. She shared a photo of herself with legendary Minneapolis musician Cornbread Harris. The 98-year-old performs weekly at Palmer's to this day.    

Costello said attendance since COVID has been down. So too, have alcohol sales.

"The counterculture of the sixties or even before that, the fifties had its folk era there," said Costello. "In the seventies, I've heard stories of Bonnie Raitt hanging out."
   
"I'm sad to see such a staple in our history go, for not just Minneapolis, but the state of Minnesota," said Costello.

Another Minneapolis staple, Annie's Parlour in Dinkytown, closed its doors for good on Wednesday.

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