Good night, Red Palace

The mood was festive as revelers were handed their horns, hats, blinky-light glasses and rings, gathering at the booths and barstools. Well-dressed ladies in various styles of vintage frocks, men sporting retro suits with vests laughed and drank with their friends. Lurking in the background to this party atmosphere, however, was the sad knowledge that the Red Palace, established in 2006, would no longer be open after this night. Gone were the sideshow oddities, returned back to their owner. Bottles behind the bar were nearly empty, not to be restocked. The gritty Atlas District bar closed for good after a New Year’s Eve send-off.