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Brendan’s Pub Seized by Colorado for Back Taxes

In December 2011,  Jerry Feld sold Club 404 — the bar he'd bought six decades before, when he was too young to even have a liquor license. But since then, the spot at 404 Broadway has seen some tough times. Initially it was turned into the Denver Wheel Club 404,...
By Patricia CalhounJanuary 29, 2016
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In December 2011,  Jerry Feld sold Club 404 — the bar he’d bought six decades before, when he was too young to even have a liquor license. But since then, the spot at 404 Broadway has seen some tough times. Initially it was turned into the Denver Wheel Club 404, a bike-oriented bar, and when that failed to get rolling, in January 2013 it was taken over by Kevin Geraghty, who turned it into a version of Brendan’s Pub, his live-music club that was such a hit when it was on Market Street in LoDo. But that concept was a bust, too.

Now the building has been seized by the State of Colorado for nonpayment of taxes.That’s a sad end for the 404, once one of Denver’s most beloved dives. 
 

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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