Photo: Rudy Grant | By Katie Langford, Denver Post | COMBO Editor’s Note: COMBO members Rudy Grant & The Buffalo Riders/Branded and Ryan Chrys & The Roughcuts, as well as many others, played regularly at the Denver Stockyard Saloon (a/k/a The Yard Bar), especially during the National Western Stockshow. || After decades serving up food, drinks and dancing in the National Western Center’s Livestock Exchange Building, the Denver Stockyard Saloon will close its doors in April after a clash between the restaurant and building owners over renovation plans.
Saloon owner and manager Dean Maus announced the closure in a Facebook post and confirmed the news to The Denver Post on Wednesday.
Maus said the building’s new owners initially tried to work with him on keeping the saloon open, but negotiations later fell apart and they stopped responding to his messages. But a partner with the real estate company, EXDO, told the Post they tried to accommodate the saloon owners but couldn’t reach an agreement…