{"product_id":"the-compound-denver-gay-bar-1987-2018","title":"The Compound (Denver Gay Bar\/1987-2018)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"35\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"35\"\u003eThe Compound — Denver, Colorado\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"37\" data-end=\"317\"\u003eOpened in \u003cstrong data-start=\"47\" data-end=\"55\"\u003e1987\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Compound served Denver’s gay community for more than three decades before closing in \u003cstrong data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"154\"\u003e2018\u003c\/strong\u003e. Located at \u003cstrong data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"183\"\u003e145 Broadway\u003c\/strong\u003e, it was later known as \u003cstrong data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"225\"\u003eCompound Basix\u003c\/strong\u003e, but remained best remembered simply as the Compound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"657\"\u003eThe bar was a true neighborhood institution—open from \u003cstrong data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"432\"\u003e7 a.m. until 2 a.m., seven days a week, 365 days a year\u003c\/strong\u003e. Its famously early hours welcomed hospital night-shift workers and other morning regulars, while evenings brought dancing, DJs, drink specials, darts, and a considerably livelier crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"977\"\u003eFor generations of patrons, the Compound was less about polished nightlife than familiarity. It was the kind of place where an early happy hour could become an entire afternoon, and where longtime bartenders and regulars gave the room the feeling of a neighborhood tavern built specifically for Denver’s gay community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"42\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"979\" data-end=\"1316\"\u003eIts Broadway address also placed it within a stretch once known for gay nightlife, adult businesses, and the slightly less conventional side of the city. By the time the Compound closed, redevelopment was rapidly changing the neighborhood; the property was sold and later converted into a wine café. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"900\"\u003eBefore Wilton Manors emerged as the region’s primary LGBTQ+ nightlife district, gay establishments were scattered throughout Fort Lauderdale. 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