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Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Business May 25, 2023 - 8:21 pm

The barista’s back: Townie helps expand offerings, hours at new Nostalgia Room space

by Tricia Masenthin

Increased seating, accessibility and lighting are part of a new expanded lounge at Nostalgia Room, Lawrence’s nonalcoholic bar. Morning coffee and brunch cocktails are available, too, with the addition of barista Becca Dreyfus.

Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Food December 7, 2022 - 3:28 pm

At Nostalgia Room, Lawrence’s new nonalcoholic bar, sobriety and sentimentality mix together

by Tricia Masenthin

Memories and feelings of family converge at Nostalgia Room, telling the story of Emily Kate Johnson’s sobriety — and of how she opened the new sober bar in East Lawrence.

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