05/22/2023
Dear Friends,
Witness closed for good last night, its final Sunday.
The Holcomb family is grieving this loss, but no more than the many other neighborhood restaurant, bar, and coffee shop owners who've struggled to navigate the past 3+ years and had to make hard decisions of their own.
Mainly what we feel is gratitude. We've always appreciated how lucky we were to have the opportunity to create a place that served delicious food and cocktails, but stood out for its warmth and hospitality. We've never lost sight of the fact that people who cross your threshold are placing some trust in you. That moment is a chance to build community -- to give people an experience that reinforces how easy and extraordinary it can be to make new friends with a kind word, a little eye contact, and maybe a joke or two.
We're honored to have been able to serve the Capitol Hill community for almost 10 years alongside amazing staff who've graced Witness with their brilliance and given it its character. It's meant so much to us to be able to raise a child in the light of Witness and stitch a family and small business into the fabric of a neighborhood we've loved since first calling it home in 2000, back before Gregg's first bartending gig.
Thank you all for letting Witness be a part of your lives. We have appreciated it dearly.
With all our hearts,
Gregg, Alison & Dashiell
