'Somebody burned her. They burned our bar.'
because of the redundant, glowing red sign over the door of 2060 Champa Street, has survived tough times. Over the past few years, it survived the pandemic shutdown that closed bars, survived a city crackdown on its liquor license, survived athat it had closed for good, and survived being in the center of a host of homeless encampments, one of which even set up its "Somebody burned her. They burned our bar. Fire department told us it was arson.
One that also had live music, most recently booked by Richard Granville, a local musician who, after playing at the bar, eventually started working there, then booking and promoting shows, then raising funds to keep the bar going.
Once the bar was reopened, though, it needed a cabaret license if it was going to bring back live entertainment. To get that license, it needed to pass inspections, and that meant retrofitting some of Bar Bar's more antiquated systems. So Granville set up a couple of Over the past year, things had been looking up for the dive. The burst pipe was repaired and the encampments left the area, which made Bar Bar a bit less intimidating...at least until you got to the front door and peered inside.Granville, who generally speaks for the bar, has not yet responded to our queries, but the Denver Fire Department was quick to answer. The fire started this morning, around 6:45 a.m., in the doorway, and spread inside.
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