Living the Good Life to close after more than 7 years serving food and live music in Carson City
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 10:50am
Event Date:
January 29, 2022 (All day)
After seven and a half years, Carson City’s Living the Good Life Nightclub Bistro and Lounge will be closing.
According to owner Gina Rohrer, the reason is because the owners of the building declined to renew her lease, and they did not provide a reason.
The last day will be Saturday, Jan. 29 with a grand music finale featuring the band Deception. Until that time, they will be offering their full menu and live music every Wednesday through Saturday.
“I want to say thank you to each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for your support, friendship, kindness, and love,” said Rohrer. “We are very sad to leave this community, but as they say ‘onward and upwards.’”
Rohrer stated that while she has looked for another building to house Living the Good Life in Carson City, there have been no other comparable buildings to work with the chemistry of the business, which is known in the community as the only business offering a full menu and live music five days a week.
Rohrer said that during COVID, they did everything they could to make sure they could still provide safe entertainment and camaraderie to the community.
“Anything that wasn’t nailed down we took outside,” said Rohrer. “We brought the band outside and sat people 10 feet away.”
Rohrer said that continuing to stay open and offering their entertainment meant the world to many of their customers who otherwise would have been alone.
Rohrer also wanted to thank her kitchen staff: Mireya Villarreal and the Vazquez family.
“They have been cooking for us since we opened, and they helped build our restaurant to the quality the community knows and trusts,” said Rohrer.
Rohrer said that her staff is largely behind the 4.9 star rating they have cultivated since opening, and is grateful to have worked with them.
Rohrer also stated that she wouldn’t have been a success without the help of her father, Frank Perez, who was often a fixture at Living the Good Life and well known to their clientele.
“He is a legend in his own right,” said Rohrer. “I want to thank my father and the rest of my family for all of their support during these seven and a half years. I wouldn’t have been able to do it without them.”
Based on the comments left on Living the Good Life’s social media post about the closure, the establishment will be sorely missed by its regular clientele.
“It’s meant a lot to the community to have somewhere to go for the lounge experience,” said Rohrer. “We’ve been keeping all the musicians in town busy, and they’re going to be affected.”
It is unknown what will become of the building. According to Rohrer, the building is owned by a family trust who stated they had no interest in renewing the lease.
Rohrer will update with more information when she has found a new location for her future business, which she says will be called “Gina’s.”
For more information, including information regarding Living the Good Life’s menu and entertainment leading up to Jan. 29, visit their Facebook page here.
