A pizzeria that was host to a regular “trans pizza party” was lost to the fires that consumed the Altadena neighborhood of Los Angeles last week, the owners announced on Instagram over the weekend.

A photo accompanying the post from the restaurant, Pizza of Venice, shows the only remnants of the once-thriving pizza joint: two picnic tables that hosted customers out front, and the tottering remains of the restaurant’s pizza oven chimney.

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The bar is spending its last days as a drop-off center collecting items for the fires’ other victims.

At least 24 people have died in the fires in Los Angeles, which destroyed over 12,000 structures in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Altadena, and other areas along the coast and interior hills and valleys. More than 60 square miles have burned as winds continue to rage across Southern California.

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Altadena was particularly hard hit as vast swaths of homes and business were reduced to ash in the fast-moving inferno. Only the occasional chimney and smoke-choked tree remain standing. Over time, both will fall.

Pizza of Venice occupied a nondescript strip mall next to a liquor store on a commercial street called Fair Oaks Ave. The restaurant filled to capacity and often spilled into the parking lot with the biweekly trans pizza party gathering.

“We are so honored to host Trans Pizza party at Pizza of Venice,” wrote the owners, Sean St. John and Jamie Woolnder, recently. “This monthly event constantly clears us out of limeades and fills our restaurant with so much pride and joy. We’re proud to be a safe space where folks can feel comfortable to express themselves and build community. Thanks for all the love