Louis Bar-Lounge Closing Tomorrow

Party's over, folks. Louis Bar-Lounge's reign at the Perry South Beach ends for good tomorrow. According to Vanessa Menkes, senior vice president of communications for Opium Group, Louis's closing is due to construction and redevelopment happening at the Perry. "The hotel is being remodeled and Louis is in an area...

By Jose D. Duran

May 21, 2012

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Party's over, folks.

Louis Bar-Lounge's reign at the Perry South Beach ends for good tomorrow. According to Vanessa Menkes, senior vice president of communications for Opium Group, Louis's closing is due to construction and redevelopment happening at the Perry.

"The hotel is being remodeled and Louis is in an area that will become the new lobby," Menkes says, adding that the Perry bought out Louis's lease in order to make room for the expansion.

We are currently trying to reach the Perry for comment.

We have to admit the closure isn't entirely surprising. Over the last few months, Louis wasn't exactly perched high atop the Miami Beach nightlife throne. The club hasn't been booking bigger acts on the regular like it used to. And even during Winter Music Conference, it hosted only a handful of parties.

That's not to say we won't miss it. Yes, it was on South Beach, but Louis was the perfect size for the Opium Group to book up-and-coming DJs and acts like Boys Noize and Kid Sister circa 2009.

You can say a final goodbye to the King tomorrow at Louis's closing party featuring DJs Irie, Damaged Goods, Konflikt, Frank Flux, and Damion Yancy. And with open bar all night, it will be easy to drown out your sorrows.

Photos from Louis Bar-Lounge:

Kid Sister at Louis
Misfit Fridays at Louis
WMC 2009: Undocumented Management with MSTRKRFT at Louis
WMC 2009: Boys Noize Records at Louis
WMC 2009: Les Six Years du Institubes at Louis

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Jose D. Duran is associate editor of Miami New Times where he primarily oversees the arts and culture and music beats. Jose joined the New Times staff in June 2008 but has been covering Miami culture since 2005. His work has also appeared in publications likeVice, Billboard, and Spin. He’s earned numerous accolades including placing first for Weekly Newspaper Contest: Business Reporting from the Florida Press Association in 2020; placing third for the Writing: Light Feature from the Florida Press Club in 2019; and placing third in Weekly Newspaper Contest: Best Obituary from the Florida Press Association in 2015. Jose holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Florida.

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