One last hurrah

AUBURN - As doors opened for a final Friday night at Spirits Tavern and Cafe, friends poured in to fill up on great drinks, live music, and camaraderie that they might never have again.

Spirits is closing after 25 years to make room for Stardust Foundations' State Street streetscape project.

“This is a dynasty that's dying,” said Kathy Ellsworth, of Fleming, a Spirits regular for the past 15 years. Ellsworth, on the Spirits' Dazed and Confused pool team, said, “We play every Wednesday night. It just began to sink in on Wednesday.” She was losing a lot more than a building, she said. “I'm missing it bad already. Our last home game will be at the Falcons because we won't have a place to play.”