KJ's Coffee Bar opened last summer at 1710 East 25th Avenue, but it finally held its grand opening celebration on May 23.
And KJ's could soon have more reason to celebrate. This community gathering place for the Whittier neighborhood is going for a beer/wine liquor license, with a hearing slated for 9 a.m. today before the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses. If KJ's gets the license, it has plans to stay open as late as 9 p.m. on weekends, 10 p.m. on weekends.
KJ's has become a neighborhood playgroundKJ's Coffee Bar, the spot at 1710 East 25th Avenue that's become a regular Whittier neighborhood hangout over the past ten months, will introduce later hours today -- until 9 p.m. on weekends and 10 p.m. on weekends.
And that's just the start of the changes, promises manager Kassia Koukari. KJ's just got its liquor license, and will be adding alcohol to the roster on July 10 -- a variety of local beers and seven types of wine (three red, three white and
Courtesy of MDPLAttendees of the recent MDPL writing camp work on their projects.
We don't have an outpost of author Dave Egger's 826 program in Denver, where kids can learn to dream like a writer and write like a writer and even get published like a writer. What we do have, however, is a group of people inspired by Egger's project to do something similar. They call themselves the Metro Denver Promotion of Letters, a gangly name to be sure, but the acronym (MDPL) isn't so bad and the visi
KJ's Coffee Bar, the Whittier neighborhood watering hole at 1710 East 25th Avenue that Kenny and Kristin Johnson opened last year, adds music to the mix tonight, when DJ LHD and friends start spinning at 7 p.m. But don't come to KJ's empty-handed: It's running a food bank to benefit Food Bank of the Rockies, and accepting non-perishable food items as donations through November 14.
KJ's plans to offer music every Friday from here on out; it's looking for musicians and bands to add to the
