The ink is forever, but the tattoo parlor is closing its doors.
Artist Steve ‘Alien’ Butterfield announced Nov. 22 that his 20-year-old tattoo shop, Alien and Co. on First Avenue, is permanently closed. He will retire from his 50-year-old tattooing career as well.
“I’ll miss meeting people, but I’m done with the drama,” Butterfield says, who’s been a well-known artist in the region since the ’80s. He’s 73…