MOSES LAKE - Imbibe will be closing its doors for good this Friday.

Chuck and Rani Tudor have owned the downtown Moses Lake wine bar since last February. They decided to close the business because of a city building code regarding the number of bathrooms in an establishment that until recently went unenforced, Rani Tudor said.

The city notified Imbibe about five months ago that they needed to add another bathroom to accommodate both genders. The business at first didn't need two bathrooms, but since Imbibe grew and evolved from its original concept code now required them to have two bathrooms, building official Kevin Myre said.

Tudor said they had been trying to look for a buyer to take over Imbibe, but weren't successful.

She said it was a hard decision for them to make, but they ultimately set April 25 as their last day of business. They will be completely out of the Third Avenue space by next week.

Although they are sad to have to close up shop, they want their last day to be anything but sad, she said.

"Friday is our end of days event," said Tudor. "We're going to party all day long, with all our friends and customers."

Imbibe opens at noon that day, which is their usual opening time. But the festivities will start once people start getting off work, she said.

Dime Store Prophets will provide the night's entertainment. They start playing at 7 p.m.

Tudor said it's only fitting that Dime Store Prophets play on their closing night because they were actually the first band they brought in after taking over Imbibe.

"They were here a while back and we were talking about our closing night," she said. "They ended up clearing their schedule to be here for that which is awesome of them."

Tudor said she hopes everyone who has ever hung out at Imbibe, even before they took over, takes advantage of this last chance to visit the downtown venue on Friday.

"It is going to be a celebration of all that was Imbibe," she said.

Since they will be completely moving out of the space next week, Tudor said Friday is also the last chance for customers to purchase any of their wine inventory.

Customers can also buy their tables and chairs as well as other furniture or fixtures and pick them up over the weekend, she said.

Tudor said she will be continuing to run Imbibe's wine and beer of the month clubs even after they move out of their physical space.

"We'll be maintaining that for people who are signed up and we'll still be accepting new sign-ups," she said.

The clubs provide members with different selections of wines or craft beers each month. The idea is to help people explore different brands and varieties of wines or craft beers, said Tudor.

She said she's also working on teaming up with different businesses and groups to host wine tasting events since they still have a liquor license.

Tudor said she has enjoyed running Imbibe for the past year.

"We both love this store," she said. "We've learned so much and the people we've met- it's just been a lot of fun and we're sad to see it go."

Imbibe has served as more than a wine bar over the past year. They've also hosted a number of local bands and displayed artwork from area artists.

"That was our whole idea, to showcase local music and art alongside Washington wine and beer," said Tudor. "We just want to say thank you to the public for all their support in letting us do that."

Imbibe is located at 216 W. Third Ave.