Creekside Tap

Happy Saturday! Aw, who am I kidding! It’s a SAD Saturday! My favorite bar is gone. It’s been our life for 13 years! Absolutely everything we’ve done for the past 13 years has revolved around Creekside. Even when we were in Florida, we were still taking care of business. Yesterday was the day we had to clear out the bar. We had so many people show up to lend a hand. It was a 12 hour day. Lots of coming and going. Between Thursday and Friday I heard countless stories from people saying how much our bar meant to them. I heard stories from people who said they were in a bad place in life when they found Creekside. They told me how the warm welcome they received, the hugs and new found friendships helped them navigate the rough times, and they loved our little bar for helping them at a time when they really needed it. We’ve helped people out with loans when they needed help, and we developed friendships with the people who paid us back and we value their friendship and integrity. I had one gentleman tell me that the thing he loved about Creekside is that there is no judgement. Everyone accepts everyone, no matter the differences. We had a gentleman reach out to us because he met his fiancé in the bar and he wanted to make a gift for her by taking up some of the flooring where he first saw her and creating a keepsake. So many people wanted some type of memento, and we were able to accommodate most requests, I think. Yesterday is a blur. We shed lots of tears, but thankfully, the Universe helped us out with several comedic episodes that had us doubled over laughing! Not everything went as smoothly as we had hoped. Com Ed shut off the electricity around 10:30 in the morning. That proved challenging as it was a super cloudy day. People were trying to remove things from our very old, dark, kind of creepy basement. The big project of removing the granite bar top was made even more difficult in the dim lights. One friend had a generator that started right up at home, and started briefly in the bar. Just long enough to engulf us with gas fumes, and after moving it outside, it died. Another friend brought in some lights in anticipation of having a generator, but couldn’t stick around. Another friend went home and got some battery-powered lights, and while they were very helpful, as it got darker they weren’t bright enough. So, another friend went home to get a generator which had worked well all summer, but just wouldn’t work when he tried it. So he brought back lots of extension cords. The Village has lighted Christmas decorations all up and down Main Street. So this friend went to the nearest lit up reindeer, unplugged it and plugged in the extension cord. Voila! We had lights! That was a huge belly laugh for us all, that we desperately needed! Finally the bar top was removed and carried outside. We all said tearful goodbyes. I do feel bad that we left a lot of trash and stuff behind. Our dumpster was overflowing. If I would have had an extra couple of days, I could have cleared it all out. Everyone says don’t feel bad. They’re just going to bulldoze it. Still, it isn’t in my nature to leave a mess. Oh well. I’ve been reading all of the posts and enjoying all the pics from everyone. Just when I think I’m done crying, the emotions overtake me again. I’ll have lots of pics to share as well, once I have time to sort through them. Thank you, everyone for sharing your memories and your love. You are the most amazing souls. I’m grateful our paths have crossed and hope they cross again! 💞💞💞🙏🙏🙏 If I missed tagging anyone from yesterday, I🤗🤗

Happy sunny Tuesday! Kelly O will be your beautiful bartender on this very chilly day! Stop in and warm up with a few cold ones with her from 1-6:00! Hannah will be your beautiful bartender tonight! And it’s her last shift so you don’t want to miss it! We have live music today from 4-7:00 by the fabulous Jim Duncan! Come on down and let’s party! ~ val