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Note: At times in this post, I will refer to the CRC Coffee Bar and Cykel Garage as simply “CRC.” Make no mistake that while the Coffee Bar and Cykel Garage may be ending, CRC and the Cars R Coffins name lives on. Check out the the official CRC site for more details.

When Hurl made the announcement last month that CRC Coffee Bar and Cykel Garage would be closing its doors forever March 25th, it was a bitter pill to swallow. I knew that the shop was struggling, and that Hurl was feeling the grind of 60+ hour work weeks. The writing had been on the wall for a while. But CRC was like a second home, and the thought of losing its promise of comfort and camaraderie was, not to sound melodramatic, a little heartbreaking.

After the closing was made official, it was then that I decided I ought to write something about the shop and what it has come to mean to me.  In recent years, many of the most significant events in my life have involved CRC somewhere in the background.  After all, since early 2007 going to CRC has grown to be a part of my daily routine.  I went from regular, to employee, to… I don’t know, maybe alumni? 

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