“It’s kind of hard to see it go away because we care for each other and we’ve become really good friends. “We are kind of a family there, and we take care of each other and we look out for each other,” Kempter said. Barb Kempter, poker manager at The Bit, said she hopes some other bar in town will offer a home to the dozens of poker players that play there. There are 49 teams that call The Bit home, he said.Īlso going away will be the five-night-a-week poker tournaments.
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The last day for Sub Factory and the kitchen will be Monday, and the rest of The Bit will close no later than May 31.īlackham said his regulars have been wondering where they will go, without a room full of regulation 9-foot pool tables to play on. He was quick to credit his staff, some of whom have been there for decades and are hanging in until the end. “I spend a lot of time here - 12 to 13 hours a day.” “I don’t mind closing it at all now,” Blackham said. While he said he feels bad about his wife losing her longtime business, Blackham said he’s relieved The Bit is going away.
a multimillion-dollar makeover and are changing its name to the Parkway Promenade Shopping Center. The owners of the shopping center, Blackfox Parkway Associates, are giving the center at 700 Ken Pratt Blvd. The Bit was not asked to renew its lease, Blackham said.
George Blackham, who has worked there since 1991 and formerly ran just the kitchen operations, took over the entire business in 2007. She moved it into The Bit’s space in 2009.Ī Bit of Billiards opened in 1982 by two former Longmont air traffic controllers who had been fired the year before by President Ronald Reagan for going on strike. Maureen Blackham, George’s wife, has been operating The Sub Factory since 1979. “It’s served Longmont for so many years.” “It’s sad that the Sub Factory is closing,” said George Blackham, The Bit’s owner since 2007.
The Sub Factory, which operates out of The Bit, as it is known, will be shutting down within a week. LONGMONT - One of Longmont’s most venerable institutions, A Bit of Billiards Sports Bar & Grill, will be closing by spring.
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