{"id":60035,"date":"2020-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/60035\/iconic-hamra-spot-dar-bitro-books-closing-down"},"modified":"2024-02-12T05:53:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T05:53:08","slug":"iconic-hamra-spot-dar-bitro-books-closing-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/60035\/iconic-hamra-spot-dar-bitro-books-closing-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Hamra Spot Dar Bitro &#038; Books Closing Down"},"content":{"rendered":"A world that celebrated books, good wine, and photography <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/10770 target=\"_new\">Dar Bistro &#038; Books<\/a> has sadly announced that they would be saying goodbye to Beirut. <br \/>  <br \/>  It&#8217;s no secret that the current financial and economic crisis has taken a toll on many local businesses, forcing them to shut down and let go of their employees. We have seen the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/59852\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"> Bristol Hotel, <\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/59987\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Balthus restaurant,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/59964\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Hotel Alexandre<\/a> each close their doors and one of the most recent victims of this hard-hitting reality is\u00a0Dar Bistro &#038; Books. <br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CASWLymJkkQ\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  In a heartbreaking Facebook post, the restaurant, cafe, and book shop said, \u201cIt is with a heavy heart that we are sharing the news that Dar is closing its doors. This has been an extraordinarily difficult decision made after much deliberation, calculation and soul searching. We really did our best, but during these tough times, in the era of economic uncertainties and social distancing, we had to consider how to reconcile that with a space created to bring people together.\u201d <br \/>  <br \/>  We can&#8217;t help but think of all the employees and businesses that are paying the price for a crisis they&#8217;re not responsible for.<br \/>  <br \/>  Goodbye Dar, you were always a happy place.<br \/>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A world that celebrated books, good wine, and photography <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":435909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-60035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[144],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iconic Hamra Spot Dar Bitro &amp; 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