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However, Garcia said he was less than satisfied with the bar’s response, which he thought the owners reduced to whether someone is offended and not the racially-charged sentiment behind it. He also reached out to Garcia on his original Facebook post. We should be fighting together, not putting blame on anybody or wasting all of our voices towards blaming the wrong people.” We had a Hillary support event at the bar. We’re fighting for the same immigration rights. “This has turned into a fight that is really being pointed at the wrong people.
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Pesqueira added that he was born and raised in Mexico and thinks some of the anger toward the bar’s ownership may be misdirected. We in no way support the building of any ‘wall’ in face we held a Hillary fundraiser at the bar, supporting the candidate that supported our diverse communities…I’m sorry you were offended while visiting us but rest assured, we are on your side.” Having said that, we still took it down in order not to offend anyone. I personally found comedic value in it because of our current state of affairs. “Let me start by saying that this was NOT put up by the owners. In an interview, Alix said “someone put it up as satire and we want to make sure everyone is clear that we don’t support any of the negative things behind this.” The bar’s owners Steven Alix and Jorge Pesqueira said the wall went up without their permission and it “is not the image we want to portray.” As if we ALL aren’t considered second class citizens here. “My Latinx family has always shown up for LGBT rights in this God forsaken country and this is how you show us support? As a Gay man I am so ashamed to be a part of Denver.
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Her friend Stephen Garcia (right), who posted an image of the wall on Facebook, said “it’s incredible that people would be OK” with the display. Valverde added that other bar patrons were taking selfies at the display.
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Tight End also offers daily happy hours, with $2 off any drink from 3 to 8 p.m.“I was with one of my coworkers and he’s Muslim and we went there because we were invited by some of our friends and we both kinda gave each other the stink eye, like ‘This is really racist.'” While it’s been tough running bars over the past year during the pandemic, Alix notes that X Bar, the gay-friendly hangout he opened ten years ago, is picking up momentum again, but the smaller clubs like Squire and Tight End might be a bit more challenging since they’re both roughly the same size and have smaller capacities because of COVID-19 regulations.ģ Guys Pies, the pizza joint that shared the building with Streets Denver, is still operating as usual and has the same hours as the bar - 3 p.m. With four channel options, Alix, who’s from Wisconsin and a big Green Bay Packers fan, says they’ll be able to play different sports, both local and beyond. Two projector screens have been installed, as have a number of TVs around the bar. “We're hopeful to be inclusive to the previous customers, and we tried to maintain some of the things from the past.” Steven Alix “We’ll try to keep that memory alive a little bit, because it was such a long time,” Alix says.