Well, unfortunately, my favorite coffee shop the Backstory Cafe is out of business.

From their website:

BACKSTORY CAFE IS NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS.

Backstory would like to thank all our valued staff and customers for your support over the years.

Several factors contributed to the decision to close the cafe including a serious financial blow in the spring of 2010. In short, a variety of resources required to run the cafe have been depleted.

While the many people involved over the years were growing a business, we were also engaging in what is best described as a “hopeful human endeavor”. So although the cafe is now closed, hope remains that this quiet corner of Woodlawn will be home to a new initiative when the time is right.

Peace-Backstory Cafe.

I don’t know exactly when they closed, but I think it must have been a while ago. I saw when they took their sign at the corner down, but I thought maybe it was due to the ongoing construction there. I never in a million years would have thought they were going out of business. It always seemed busy in there. I guess the above paragraph sort of implies that there were financial circumstances that weren’t necessarily related to the actual profitability of the cafe itself.

I feel very sad that it is gone, but on the other hand, we never went there. It probably closed months ago, and I didn’t even notice. So in a way, I guess it was kind of my fault that they’re gone, and I can’t really complain. It’s kind of strange but, even though we never went, it was comforting knowing it was there. It was the only thing close to our place, and having a coffee shop in the neighborhood made it seem…more like a real neighborhood somehow. I know we still have Robust, but I liked Backstory better, and it was closer.

Oh well, I guess that’s what happens when you don’t vote with your wallet. Another victim of my cheapness! 😦