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Le Tigre Lounge, one of Madison's most distinctive bars, full of kitschy tiger decor, is closed, at least temporarily, its owner said Wednesday.

"It might be a month, it might be two months. I'm not sure for how long right now," said Steve Josheff, who bartended beside his father, the elder Steve Josheff, for almost 18 years before his father's death in August 2015.

It was just the two of them behind the bar always, the younger Josheff, 45, said. "It was just me and him. I was the young one, he was the old one."

The younger Josheff goes by his middle name, Paul, because as his dad liked to say, 'It's too small of a place to have two Steves,' " Josheff said.

Josheff put word out on social media about his bar's temporary closing because he didn't want people to stop by and find it closed, but he is not yet ready to talk about its future.

"I'm just trying to figure stuff out," he said. "It was the hardest decision for me to close down for the time being.”

Josheff made the decision Saturday, but made the announcement of its temporary closure Wednesday.