It's last drinks for Westside container village this weekend with final tenant Aviary Rooftop closing down, leaving the West Basin venue empty.
Owners of the upstairs bar, Stephen Rockmann and Adi Watters, said closing the venue and saying goodbye to Westside was bittersweet.
"We've been here for a couple of years now and we've had a really, really good community thing going on, so that bit's nice. But anything's sad when it finishes up," said Watters.
Tenants at the village have until April 30 to vacate after the National Capital Authority refused to extend its permit, but all have chosen to close earlier.
"A lot of us wanted an opportunity to sell our containers and sell our gear off before we had to go, because it's not normal that you just close down a business, normally you're selling it onto someone else and then moving on. So we just wanted time," said Watters.
"I think the idea and the intention behind [Westside] was amazing. I think the traders that came out here made the best of their situation and really got a good following. Canberra came down and supported their favourite food spots, so I think in that sense it was successful, but it could've been handled a lot better."
Aviary Rooftop is hosting one last hurrah, with events on Friday and Saturday night, and a whole day of drinks and live music on Sunday.
On the ground level, Habibiz owner Walid Ajaj was the final food trader at the village, closing his food truck last Sunday.
Ajaj, who was one of the longest tenants having opened from day one at the village, said closing his food truck was emotional.
"The amount of people that came to support it was very cool, we were very busy. I had heaps of regulars come down and people [kept saying] 'make sure you don't close til the end. We'll miss your chicken'," he said.
"The site had heaps of potential but there was a failure in finishing what they promised. For me the business was slow [initially] but in the last year I was on the right track so I felt I had some energy to keep going til the end."
Ajaj plans to open a Habibiz business elsewhere, but has sold his shipping container.
"To be honest, if I was able to move it somewhere else I would have never closed it. But I wasn't able to. The rules and regulations to move a container in Canberra is a little bit hard."