A favorite Denver literary haunt, known for championing local authors, is set to close January 31.
Sullivan back in 2012, before BookBar opened. Note that the door still has"Bookery Nook" stenciled on the glass.“It’s been a journey,” Sullivan says. “Back in 2013, we started with just the front section of an 1896 Victorian that had some retail space built onto the front in 1948.” Since then, BookBar has been in a near-constant state of expansion.
But Sullivan says she “should have known that our community would rally around us and readers would change their buying habits in order to keep independent bookstores alive. It was a surprise, but it shouldn’t have been. We have such great customers, and people were reading more.” In 2020, BookBar’s total revenue was just 10 percent less than what it was the previous year, according to Sullivan.
Sullivan admits that it’s a tough situation. “The minimum wage should increase,” she quickly adds. “It needs to. People need to make a livable wage. But if the money isn’t there…I just couldn’t make it work.”
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