Schmidy’s Tavern in Palm Desert will soon shut its doors.

Owner Dennis Ford made the announcement on Facebook stating, in part:

As of April 1, 2016, Schmidy’s Tavern will be closing our doors for good. We do not have a lease and have not had one for a year now. Our landlord wants to raise the rent 112 percent, and we simply cannot afford that. We have been paying 50 percent more for the past year, and it has taken its toll.