2022 has been a year of reckoning for Louisville bars. Many continue to successfully weather the seemingly endless perfect storm of an atrophied labor pool, skyrocketing costs, ceaseless societal distemper, and for some of them, plain bad luck. But others have called a halt.
On October 13 the owners of Diamond Station (2280 Bardstown Road in the Highlands; a neighborhood sports bar) published their goodbye to regular customers, as penned by John Packwood. I’ve read many of these notes (too damn many). They’re never easy, and often gut-wrenching. Packwood’s parting thoughts strike me as uncommonly succinct, factual and emotional, rolled together all at once.
Hi all.
Hard to believe Kyle and I opened Diamond Station almost 5 1/2 years ago. Even harder to believe that we’ve been dealing with the pandemic for almost half of that time. It’s been a tough time for many businesses – particularly those in the service industry. We...
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