'This is home; this is family.'
. Some feared the venue wouldn't reopen at all, after former owner Jay Bianchi wrote this on Facebook:"Unfortunately, this may set off a chain of events that makes it impossible for business to continue...It may be the last month of existence for this museum, this lifetime work, this little slice of paradise."
But it did reopen, and generations of Deadheads flooded the place on its first day back in business. The parking lot was full before 6:30 p.m., two and a half hours before the club's resident Dead tribute band,, was set to perform in the room filled with rock-and-roll posters and Dead memorabilia.
Outside and inside the venue, people were toasting with"Welcome back!" tequila shots. One incredibly excited regular named Moondoggie twirled from hug to hug."This is a story of resilience," he said."The entire community waited a month to get together again." Moondoggie said that when he moved to Denver two years ago, he wanted to live near the Psychedelic Ripple, a now-closed Dead bar."But then So Many Roads was here; this bloomed from the ashes like a phoenix," he recalled."And when I come here, I'm home. This is home — this is family."
Having been part of the family in similar establishments, I was surprised when word started going around that the blond girl in checkered pants was possibly a"spy" or a"narc." Seeing my bewilderment, a patron kindly explained why: Many weren't pleased to discover I was a
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