KALAMAZOO, MI - Bacchus Wine & Spirits is set to close after 45 years in business in Kalamazoo.

The seller of wine, spirits, beer, snacks, delicatessen items and gourmet treats is set to close for good on Sunday at 7 p.m., the end of its business day.

The business, at 3112 Oakland Drive, is to be open from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

"We were given an offer to buy the license, the building and the land that was enough to make it worth it," said Dean Caplan, vice president of operations and merchandising for Bacchus owner Bud & Elsie's LLC.

A longtime landmark at the crossroads of the Winchell and Oakwood neighborhoods, Bacchus is being purchased by a subsidiary of the owners of the D&W Fresh Market, located across from Bacchus on the southwest corner of Oakland Drive and Parkview Avenue.

The 6,200-square-foot store is expected to be demolished, but neither D&W owner SpartanNash, nor its subsidiary Family Fare Supermarkets, has announced plans for the space. The D&W at 2103 Parkview Ave. has been a popular area supermarket, but is landlocked, limiting opportunities for its expansion.

Caplan said Bacchus' inventory has been selling rapidly since the business mentioned last weekend its plans to close on Facebook. Through Sunday, the store's beer and wine will be sold "at cost," equating to a 20 percent discount over typical retail price, he said.

"All non-alcohol products and gift items are buy-one-get-two-free," he said.

Caplan said the business "appreciates Kalamazoo's support for Bacchus for the past 45 years and couldn't think of a better community to be part of."

He is the son of former Kalamazoo attorney Brian Caplan, who owned Bacchus from 1989 until he sold it to Bud & Elsie's in 2012. Dean Caplan had become its manager and continued in that capacity as a vice president of Bud & Elsie's LLC.

Chicago-based Bud & Elsie's LLC sold five other small businesses it owned in Southwest Michigan during 2015 but is expected to become involved in other ventures.

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