Since selling the place back in December, Soluna Cafe and Lounge, a McAllister proximity option for Civic Center workers and Hastings students (both a block away), has been waiting for escrow to close to make the deal official. The end of the line has been in the "any day now" phase for a couple weeks now, but Soluna remains open. We're told the new owners will likely change the name to Civic—see what they did there?—and once the new regime takes over, the changeover will be a gradual one, so no closure is expected. In that neighborhood, the only hope for survival is a) the aforementioned worker/student drinking crowd and b) the opera crowd, so here's hoping Civic will be pouncing on one of those, because Soluna couldn't quite make it work.
· ShutterWire: Soluna to Close in January [~ESF~]
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