With two more Open Mic Nights and more than a month left on its lease at Afterword Tavern & Shelves — a cozy corner hotspot where patrons leisurely bond over drinks and good reads — the popular Crossroads third-space isn’t finished telling its story despite losing the space to its new landlord, said Kate Hall.
“If you haven’t been in, we would love to meet you. If you are one of our friends, do not be a stranger,” said Hall, general manager of the neighborhood favorite. “This book deserves to be closed with all the love we have put into this for seven years. To honor that without being sad.”
Afterword’s leadership is searching for a new home for the business, eyeing potential sites in the Crossroads — to minimize disruption to their loyal regulars — but are open to other neighbors from the River Market to Waldo and Johnson County, she said…