So Many Roads Brewery, the subject of repeated police stings, will close permanently

Denver bar and music venue So Many Roads Brewery, the site of protests and police investigations over the last two years, will close in mid-January 2024, co-founder Jay Bianchi wrote on Facebook.

“As we say goodbye to 2023 and hello to 2024, it pains me to say that after 28 years we will not be back for long,” Bianchi wrote on Nov. 29, adding that the bar would host its final concerts Jan. 12-14. “And now its (sic) time to say goodbye to all good company…”

The Grateful Dead-themed bar, owned by Tyler Bishop, has been the source of Denver Police Department stings for underage alcohol sales and cocaine dealing. In summer 2021, the bar was picketed by musicians and members of the Colorado Musicians Union<...