One of Denver’s most popular bookstores and community spaces is leaving the Mile High City.
On Wednesday, Mutiny Information Café announced it would close its location at 2 S. Broadway after more than a decade and move about 4 miles south to 3483 S. Broadway in Englewood.
Co-owner Jim Norris told the Denver Post that his building is currently for sale and he would have to pay double rent to stay there, which is not feasible.
“It’s a bitter pill for everyone in Denver, but we’ve decided to close it or find something new,” Norris said. “We want to help build community in other places too, so now we’re going to Englewood.”
The Mutiny Information Café’s last day open in Denver will be September 22, and Norris hopes to have the new location open by October 4.
The new space is slightly smaller than its predecessor in Denver on the ground floor, at around 2,000 square feet, but also has a finished basement where Norris plans to host concerts and relocate popular events such as the twice-monthly hip-hop nights and Punketry, a combination of punk music and slam poetry.
In Englewood, the Mutiny Information Café will also focus more on comics and coffee, he added.
Since opening in 2013, Mutiny Information Cafe has built a dedicated community of locals interested in books, music, poetry, comedy, coffee and more. Norris and his partner Matt Megyesi spent many months searching for a new location where they could continue to be a creative hub when they happened upon this brand new building.
“The price was right, the timing was absolutely perfect,” Norris said. “It’s just beautiful.” And it has air conditioning, he added.
Still, it’s bittersweet to leave Denver. Norris previously operated the Three Kings Tavern, so the Baker neighborhood was home for him for nearly two decades.
“It’s hard not to cry when I talk about it,” he said.
The Mutiny Information Cafe, however, will end with a bang. In addition to several concerts in September, the venue’s final weekend coincides with the High Plains Comedy Festival.
“We’re trying to fill the whole month of September with fun, cool things so we can say goodbye,” he said.
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