Define “Hotspot”

Ernie Biggs Dueling Piano Bar closing in downtown Springfield

A downtown Springfield hotspot is closing.

In a Facebook post, the owners of Ernie Biggs Dueling Piano Bar announced that this would be its final weekend. They blamed financial challenges for the decision to shut down.

Downtown Springfield has seen another wave of closures recently for evening entertainment. Not sure if it’s really due to crime, homelessness (some overlap), or the challenging economy. Heaven knows I’ve only been downtown at night a couple of times over the last couple of years. Well, I’ve been to the local business co-working space for development meetings, but not for dinner and certainly not for drinks.

But “hotspots” don’t tend to close for financial reasons.

Full disclosure: We actually went to Ernie Biggs for drinks on our anniversary twelve years ago. So maybe I’m the problem by not supporting the downtown nightlife.

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