# @thepittnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Nib_3jG26
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19080130-thepittnews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/legacy-do/2b703767d27fe4edfa6c0fe5b177a795b9e6783845b34b7e74b7c8b136291328.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-04-20T17:45:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Pitt News (@thepittnews) — https://gondola.cc/thepittnews

## Caption

Essie’s Original Hot Dog Shop, known around Oakland as The O, has closed its doors for good, a longtime manager confirmed Sunday.

Joanne Keys, an employee of 35 years, said the famed 60-year-old restaurant closed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as unspecified “other things.” All of us at The Pitt News are heartbroken to see The O close its doors. The Oakland community will never be the same. #RIPtheO

Photo by contributing editor Leah Mensch.

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