Sad news for geeks, nerds, and other fans of bar/restaurants whose names are Douglas Adams references: 42 Ale House in St. Francis, 3807 S. Packard Ave., has announced it will close at the end of February. In a Facebook post, ownership explains that “our current lease wraps up at the end of the month, and after extensive discussion about where we are at in our lifecycle, and future plans for the building, we have decided not to renew our lease.”

42 Ale House opened in 2015 in the former site of Attebury’s and UBeer. Originally a companion bar to the similarly geek-friendly 42 Lounge (which opened in Downtown Milwaukee in 2013), the Ale House later split off and went it alone. In 2018, 42 Lounge left its downtown home and became part of Oak & Shield Gaming Pub.

The Facebook post explains that the official last day for 42 Ale House will be “whenever we run out of product, or enough staff has secured other positions and moved on.” Here’s the full post. As Deep Thought would say, we don’t think you’re going to like it.