The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Hwy., have shut their doors permanently today.

The local coffee shop has been closed since Thursday and previously announced an indefinite closing to patrons until today, with expectations to be opened again today. The House Cafe co-owner Alexandra Fausett announced late tonight on the official The House Cafe Facebook page that the cafe would not be reopening. 

“I apologize for not letting everyone know sooner. We were working ’til the very end to see if there was a way to make things work, but we just weren’t able to make it happen,” according to an announcement written by The House Café co-owner Alexandra Fausett.  

House Café co-owner Brian Fausett declined to comment on the café’s closing until Wednesday.

The café canceled the bands Dowsing, La Historia, Lettering and Sad Jokes, who were to play Thursday and Alimoe, who was to play Friday.  

Fausett said in the announcement that any shows that were booked here are being moved or cancelled. Pre-purchased presale tickets will be refunded through Ticketfly, according to the House Café Facebook page.  

The coffee shop and cafe have served the DeKalb community for music, entertainment and comedy. It was known for hosting local live bands and open mic. 

Brian and his wife Alexandra Fausett, co-owner of the House Café, signed a lease for the cafe March 18, 2014, after hearing about an ongoing financial issue Jan Pascolini, former owner of the House Cafe, had with running the cafe. The Fausett’s signed the lease March 18, 2014 with Fareed Haque.

“Back in October, we put in a offer for the House Cafe only to find that Jan and Fareed were already in negotiations…,” Brian said in a March 25, 2014 Northern Star article. “I ended up talking with [House Cafe caretaker] Matthew [Clark], and he talked about how their investors had pretty much fallen through. And so we just looked into it, and here we are.”

Fausett said that she is so grateful to have been a part of the House Café for the last couple of years. “This place has meant so much to me, for so many different reasons,” according to an announcement written by The House Café co-owner Alexandra Fausett.  

Go to bit.ly/2bfjwHJ to see the full announcement made by co-owner Alexandra Fausett on the closing of The House Café.