Hundreds of people lined up outside Winnipeg's Palomino Club on Portage Avenue on Saturday night, waiting to get in for one last good time.

The club closed its doors following a 27-year run in the city, and Winnipeggers said goodbye both in real life and online leading up to Saturday.

End of an era tonight in Winnipeg as the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PalominoClub?src=hash">#PalominoClub</a> closes. <a href="https://t.co/z6Ie07RxBq">pic.twitter.com/z6Ie07RxBq</a> —@THEMikeGarrett

A man who describes his home as Niagra, Ont. on Twitter called the club's closing the end of an era.

No matter what ,they were cool on the craze . <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PalominoClub?src=hash">#PalominoClub</a> made everyone feel comfortably drunk with exceptional good staff <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIP?src=hash">#RIP</a> —@sweetmariecc

He was not the only one outside Winnipeg to wish the club farewell from afar. Tina Bryant, who also lives in Ontario, wrote the club a moving tribute on Facebook.

"If anyone has a magic carpet or teleportation device, could I please use it?" she wrote.

"The end of an era is happening … Portage will always be a little bit emptier after tonight. Much love to The Pal for always being there and for being a part of changing the direction of my life."

There's no word yet on whether "The Pal," as it has been known as in Winnipeg for more than two decades, will open again.

"Even if we do another Palomino in maybe a 2.0 format, there'll never be another Palomino in terms of what took place in this establishment in the last 27 years," owner Cary Paul told CBC.

He had originally considered opening a new venue downtown, but decided against it after customers took to social media to say they didn't like the location.

"It just doesn't have the palomino feel to it," he said in October.