Von Westernhagen's 1964-2010?

Some of you may have already read this on Lost City, but here's the original scoop sent to my inbox:

"Stopped by [Von Westernhagen's] last night on a whim and the bartender told me [it was closing]. They were taking lots of pictures of customers and it was busy with tons of folks stopping in to say hi to Ernie and Mama.

So damn sad.

They sold to someone, but I didn't get any details."