The owner of Curiosity, a nonalcoholic bar in Salt Lake City, announced on Instagram on Wednesday that “with a heavy heart,” the establishment is closing its doors. Curiosity’s last day in operation will be Saturday, Sept. 30.
Owner Raegan Plewe said, “It’s really hard to walk away. But I also know that it’s the right decision right now.”
In the Instagram video, owner Raegan Plewe read aloud a letter to the supporters of Curiosity. She said that while financial setbacks have played a part in the bar’s current situation, her mother has also been diagnosed with a “life-threatening” brain tumor. . Over the summer, the bar raised more than $12,000 as part of a GoFundMe campaign. It also received a $3,000 Small Business Construction Mitigation Grant from the city, but that grant covered “a very small portion” of the bar’s losses, Plewe said at the time.
In opening Curiosity, Plewe said in July that she created a space that she “really wanted to exist in Salt Lake.”
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