In the high desert of Colorado, everyone has their favorite watering hole…or three. But lately, some of the very best saloons have dried up.
Middleman shuttered at the end of June;
Giggling Grizzly stopped pouring a week later. Bar Bar closed after a fire last summer, and may never recover from the recent collapse of a wall; Blake Street Tavern’s reopening has been pushed back to December. And White Horse Tavern, a century-old bar that closed during COVID, shows no signs of ever coming back; it went on the market for $1.5 million three years ago…