{"id":130352,"date":"2026-01-12T16:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/130352\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:06:08","slug":"sacramentos-bottle-barlow-closes-abruptly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/130352\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento&#8217;s Bottle &#038; Barlow closes abruptly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBottle &amp; Barlow, a bar in Sacramento&#8217;s historic R Street District that also doubled as a barbershop, unexpectedly closed its doors over the weekend.The announcement was made on social media, stating that Saturday night would be the bar&#8217;s final day in business.  The bar&#8217;s social media post on Friday mentioned, &#8220;The holiday was happening, vibes were great, and we&#8217;re happy to end on a high note. Bottle and Barlow means a lot to a ton of people, and we hope this isn&#8217;t goodbye but see ya later!&#8221;The news came as a surprise to many, including a business across the street that was unaware of the closure until informed by KCRA 3.&#8221;Oh my gosh. That&#8217;s crazy. It&#8217;s such a Sacramento staple, I didn&#8217;t even realize,&#8221; said Anastasia Boyd. Russ  Chittenden added, &#8220;Very sad. This is one of my favorite places.&#8221; A third person, William Varner, said, &#8220;I&#8217;m really surprised that Bottle and Barlow is closed. It&#8217;s a neighborhood institution.&#8221; Boyd, a bartender at Twisted Track across the street, noted that many employees from Bottle and Barlow would often visit her restaurant. &#8220;We always chatted it up right before or after the shift, and they never had any mentions of anything. So it&#8217;s quite a bit of a surprise. Bottle and Barlow usually got most of the business,&#8221; she said.The future of the location remains uncertain, with some locals hoping for a similar establishment to take its place. &#8220;It&#8217;d be nice if it were something similar. This had a variety for everybody. Had mocktails, for whiskeys and everything in between. Certainly a very inclusive bar,&#8221; Chittenden said.KCRA 3 reached out to Bottle and Barlow for further comment and has yet to hear back as of Sunday night. Off-camera, a staff member said that they were told Friday that Jan. 10 would be the last day. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Bottle &amp; Barlow, a bar in Sacramento&#8217;s historic R Street District that also doubled as a barbershop, unexpectedly closed its doors over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on social media, stating that Saturday night would be the bar&#8217;s final day in business.  <\/p>\n<p>The bar&#8217;s social media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTUTiswjh5W\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post <\/a>on Friday mentioned, &#8220;The holiday was happening, vibes were great, and we&#8217;re happy to end on a high note. Bottle and Barlow means a lot to a ton of people, and we hope this isn&#8217;t goodbye but see ya later!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The news came as a surprise to many, including a business across the street that was unaware of the closure until informed by KCRA 3.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh my gosh. That&#8217;s crazy. It&#8217;s such a Sacramento staple, I didn&#8217;t even realize,&#8221; said Anastasia Boyd. <\/p>\n<p>Russ  Chittenden added, &#8220;Very sad. This is one of my favorite places.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>A third person, William Varner, said, &#8220;I&#8217;m really surprised that Bottle and Barlow is closed. It&#8217;s a neighborhood institution.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Boyd, a bartender at Twisted Track across the street, noted that many employees from Bottle and Barlow would often visit her restaurant. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We always chatted it up right before or after the shift, and they never had any mentions of anything. So it&#8217;s quite a bit of a surprise. Bottle and Barlow usually got most of the business,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The future of the location remains uncertain, with some locals hoping for a similar establishment to take its place.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;It&#8217;d be nice if it were something similar. This had a variety for everybody. Had mocktails, for whiskeys and everything in between. Certainly a very inclusive bar,&#8221; Chittenden said.<\/p>\n<p>KCRA 3 reached out to Bottle and Barlow for further comment and has yet to hear back as of Sunday night. <\/p>\n<p>Off-camera, a staff member said that they were told Friday that Jan. 10 would be the last day. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download our app<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bottle &amp; Barlow, a bar in Sacramento&#8217;s historic R Street District that also doubled as a barbershop, unexpectedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[14852,67049,416,67050,3746,121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-130352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-andres-valle","9":"tag-bottle-and-barlow","10":"tag-cocktails","11":"tag-haircut","12":"tag-r-street","13":"tag-sacramento","14":"tag-sacramento-headlines","15":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}