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APO bids farewell

POSTED: Thursday, September 30, 2010, 4:04 PM

Filed Under: Booze | Closings

M. Scott Whitson

APO Bar + Lounge (née Apothecary), the cocktail lounge at 13th and Drury, has announced its closing after two years in the Kold Draft ice cube-clinking business. (Remember when?) In a characteristically grinning press release, the bar's principles, URBANSPACEDEVELOPMENT, announced that the bar, whose ground level had been sealed off for impending renovations, will close for good after last call this Saturday, Oct. 2. Taking over the space is Tony Rim, owner of the nearby RAW (1225 Sansom St.), who we've spotting milling about behind the bar for several months now; details about Rim's intentions for the space are still unclear, but USD will be responsible for reworking the space into its as-yet-unannounced new incarnation.

Anthony Sica

Posted 2010-09-30 14:48:11

RIP Booty Collins.  You will be missed.

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Dan

Posted 2010-10-01 11:43:49

I will not miss this place at all. When it first opened the drinks bordered on sublime. The prices were high, but fair. Over the last year, and maybe longer, the prices inched up and the quality plummeted. I recall a $100 night with 3 friends where none of us felt sated. The new concoctions were based on cheap ingredients, small pours, and unimaginative combinations. In hindsight, these were all tell-tale signs of place that was on its way out.

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