I think that’s even more tragic than the tavern I lost.
Well it is not as if it was a continuous business. It had only been the restaurant for maybe the last 50-60 years. My mother visited in college for jukebox dances and casual soda-shop type entertainment. In the 19th century it was mostly a hotel rest stop type place.
So, from that sense not overly tragic.
(I’m trying to console myself!)