Don Lindgren has announced he’ll be winding down the Rabelais pop-up bookstore on Washington Ave. Rabelais will be open daily 10 – 5—except Christmas and New Year’s Day—through their last day of operations on January 4th.
When we opened the tiny shop on Washington Avenue in July of 2024, we expected it to be a short-lived pop-up with just a three-month life span. That first few months we had so many great conversations and saw so many friendly faces that we extended our lease an extra fifteen months through the end of this year. The conversations and friends old and new have continued but we’re looking forward to getting back to the cataloguing desk and concentrating on the rare books and our private and institutional clients.
Rabelais will continue selling rare culinary books and ephemera privately, at book fairs, and online at www.rabelaisbooks.com.
Taking over the Rabelais spot on Washington Ave will be Total Loss Books (instagram) which will be run by longtime Rabelais staff member Emma Cousins and by Sam Wells.