Former Alibi owners Liz Garo, left, and Melanie Tusquellas. (Annie Noelker / For The Times)
Former Alibi owners Liz Garo, left, and Melanie Tusquellas. (Annie Noelker / For The Times)
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“Back in the worst pandemic days of 2020, Elizabeth Garo and Melanie Tusquellas
were terrified they would lose their nightclub.

The co-owners of the Alibi — an independent music venue with space for up to 300
people in downtown Palm Springs — opened in late 2019, just before COVID-19 shut
down the live music scene.

Garo was a former booker for the Regent, Echo and Echoplex in L.A. (She also
opened Stories Books in Echo Park.) Tusquellas was a hospitality veteran behind Los
Feliz’s El Chavo and Silver Lake’s historic Edendale restaurant. The two said they had
invested hundreds of thousands into renovating and opening the Alibi…”

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