Farewell, Black Table

This is a sad day for great, voicey writing and raw, emerging talent: The Black Table, staple of the downtown writing scene and wry, witty, and outspoken web prescence, is ending its three-year run. Started by four scrappy young freelancers-with-day-jobs who craved an outlet — Maxim‘s Eric Gillin, Deadspin’s Will Leitch, Oddjack’s A.J. Daulerio and MB’s own Aileen Gallagher — the Black Table (or “B.T.” as the cool kids might say) provided a forum for a whole host of writers with great ideas, offering space for anything from 3,000