The 160-year-old pub in Caversham had its last trading day on Saturday.
That gave people one last chance to reminisce inside the premises, adding to the many in the past month who had already ensured an upbeat farewell.
In a video posted to Facebook on June 9, hotel operator Kirsten Clarkson said she was walking out with her bills paid, her head held high and her pride restored.
Andy Margetson said he lived a couple of houses down the road from the South Rd hotel and estimated he first visited it in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
It was a place where people would talk about their day and "Kirsten had an open ear and honest opinion", he said.
A special day in the hotel’s history was when the Otago rugby team defeated South Africa’s Springboks on July 27, 1994, at the Carisbrook ground, he said.
The ground closed in 2011 and was replaced as a major sporting venue by the covered Forsyth Barr Stadium.
Tony Woods described the clientele as being like a family.
The publican’s mother, Glenis Swale, said the place produced a lot of laughs and memories.
"To me, it’s the greatest little pub in Dunedin."
The hotel’s closure has been put down to problems such as investor issues, high expenses and lower numbers of patrons.
Carol Frost said she would miss playing cards there on Tuesday nights.
"I met lots of lovely people," she said.
Charles Campbell recalled family get-togethers at the hotel.
"It’s Caversham. It’s local. It’s handy to town," he said.
"A lot of us are very sad about its closure."
Recent days had been rough for Caversham, but he expected it would bounce back.
