Yonder Bar Bringing Bluegrass Music, Cheap Drinks and Pool Back to Former Sancho's Location

"With the drink prices that we're going to have, no music venues' prices can compare or even touch us."Yonder Bar is taking over the former Sancho's Broken Arrow location, and is set to open soon.'s landlord had one stipulation: The concept going into 741 East Colfax Avenue couldn't be another Deadhead watering hole.

The bar, whose emblem showcases a banjo-wielding sasquatch throwing up a peace sign, will cater to bluegrass music and place more emphasis on a friendly, come-as-you-are atmosphere."We're gonna have three tables in here, really nice ones — go back to a nice pool community as well as the music community and bluegrass communities," says Todd McWhirter, Yonder's treasurer and co-owner.

McNally had played pool at Sancho's since it opened in 2000, and that's how he met McWhirter and their fellow co-owners, including Ariana and Joshua Kravette, who will handle audio, visuals and IT. Warm and friendly, they all evoke the typical bluegrass fan, and understand that Yonder Bar will be building on community history. They're now awaiting word on passing inspections and are hoping to open in early March.

But the landlord wasn't the only hurdle that the would-be bar owners needed to surmount. McNally, who worked with Denver County courts, had seen Sancho's public nuisance case when it was filed."That was the beginning of the end," he recalls, and that end created fresh challenges for the building."We had to get vetted by city attorneys in order to get into this building, so we had to get background checks that we passed.

"Our plan is to do Monday nights at 10 p.m., and really cater to the late-night restaurant people," McNally says of the shows."Eventually, I'd like to get nice ticketed events in here."

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