Unfortunately, just like Elvis, Jack Kerouac has left the building for good. However, there are plenty of places here in Denver that Kerouac used to hang out in with fellow Beat Generation Poet Neil Cassady. Cassady grew up in Denver, and Kerouac spent a lot of time here. In fact, Kerouac actually bought a house in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. Lakewood? It boggles the mind - at least my mind, anyway. Kerouac moved his entire family there from New York, but they hated it so much, they only stayed a month. Surprise! In any case, as I have mentioned on this Blog before, one of the places Kerouac and Cassady used to hang out in was the Terminal Bar, located in what at the time was Denver's skid row. These days, the Terminal Bar has been remodeled into Jax Fish House, and is located in yuppie and millennial heaven. And just why is seafood so popular in a city a thousand miles from the sea? I attribute it all to legalized marijuana, plain and simple.
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