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400 Bar Falling Apart?

KARE 11 is the only source I've seen that has anything about this. Just sayin': hipsters have known that the 400 Bar has been "acoustically deficient" for many years before it fell apart. Update: In a discussion on HowWasTheShow Forums, Dave Loomer finds a gem from the Rake Forums predicting this would happen back in January: "...the 400 Bar is going to collapse. Seriously. Look at the brick wall that faces Riverside -- it's bulging a good 6 inches out of plumb. That's trouble, dude." UPDATE: "Sullivan, the 400's co-owner, said the bricks were part of a decorative veneer and that the building itself remains structurally intact."

Truck Crash at the Clicquot Club Cafe

We were finishing eating supper at the last table the truck hit. It happened really fast, heard some commotion, looked up and there's a white truck coming at us. Before I could figure out what to do, I got thrown back into the bike rack full of bikes. Tables and chairs flying eveywhere. I looked back around and found my 5-year-old under the truck's front bumper and got him out. Tried to find my 2-year old who had been sitting next to big brother. He had been pushed into the bikes, too, along with my wife. Then I looked to help the people under the truck and knew right away they were stuck.
--Karl Pearson-Cater in the 4th comment of this thread of the Rake Forums regarding his experience with this weekend's truck crash at the Clicquot Club Cafe.