01/08/2026
💔 An Important Message from Hemingway’s Café 💔
After much thought and with heavy hearts, we want to share that Hemingway’s Café will be closing our doors in May of 2026.
Since opening in 1983, Hemingway’s has been more than just a bar — it’s been a home, a meeting place, and an Oakland staple for generations of students, alumni, locals, and friends at the heart of the University of Pittsburgh.
We are incredibly sad to be closing this chapter, but we are deeply grateful for over 40 years of memories, laughter, late nights, friendships, and traditions shared within these walls.
💛 We invite everyone to stop in before we close for good:
• Grab a shot pitcher
• Find your picture on the wall
• Relive the moments that made Hems Hems
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Send us your favorite stories, photos, and moments over the years — our “Hems Mems” — so we can celebrate this incredible community together.
🧥 Limited merch available until closing
Crewnecks and more — once they’re gone, they’re gone. Stop in and grab one while you can.
Thank you for making Hemingway’s what it has been for over four decades.
Once a Hems regular, always a Hems regular 🍻
I truly appreciate every employee we’ve had and every customer we’ve served. I’ve had a ball !!
-John
