By Conor McCormick-Cavanagh, Westword | Following a Denver Police Department investigation that began in January 2021 and ran into April of this year, the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses is seeking the suspension or revocation of the liquor licenses of Sancho’s Broken Arrow and So Many Roads Brewery over a number of allegations, including cocaine dealing by a staffer and the sale of alcohol to underage individuals.
On May 23, Excise and Licenses executive director Molly Duplechian issued the orders to show cause for Sancho’s Broken Arrow, a Don Quixote-themed venue that’s located at 741 East Colfax Avenue, and for So Many Roads Brewery, at 918 West First Avenue.
Both of the music and booze joints were once owned by promoter and Grateful Deadhead Jay Bianchi, who in 2020 transferred his ownership stake so that Tyler Bishop owned two-thirds and Timothy Premus owned one-third of Sancho’s; Bishop also took over as sole owner of So Many Roads Brewery. Bianchi said he was retiring as a music promoter in the summer of 2021, when he was dealing with sexual-assault allegations, which he denied, and union complaints over fair payment.
The investigation into Sancho’s and So Many Roads began after the DPD received an anonymous tip that employees at Sancho’s were selling dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a schedule 1 drug, and cocaine, a schedule II drug.
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Read the whole story about the investigation here:
https://www.westword.com/news/grateful-dead-venue-on-east-colfax-facing-license-revocation-14158663
[Thanks to Alex Teitz, http://www.femmusic.com, for contributing this article!]
May 26, 2022| Colorado Music-Related Business| Barb Dye