A picture of the Live Slow Brewing space that co-founder Joe Malouff sent to BusinessDen in January. The business has not opened and its space is being marketed for lease. (Courtesy Joe Malouff)
Plans for a brewery-bowling alley combo in Wheat Ridge appear to be off amid a co-founder’s legal troubles.
The 11,000 square feet that Live Slow Brewing was supposed to occupy in Gold’s Marketplace at 2625 Kipling St. is being marketed for lease, according to LoopNet.
Live Slow Brewing co-owners Grant Babb, left, and Joe Malouff. (BusinessDen file)
The property is being marketed by JLL brokers Sam Zaitz, Jeffrey Feldman and Lorenzo Harris. They did not respond to requests for comment. Westword first reported the listing.
Joe Malouff and Grant Babb signed a lease for the space in 2021. At that time, Malouff told BusinessDen Live Slow would have six bowling lanes and a 20-barrel and four-tank brewing system. He said the business hoped to open in June 2022.
Malouff did not respond to requests for comment. Neither did a partner at Quannah Partners, the group that owns and redeveloped Gold’s Marketplace.
The pair met through Edgewater’s Joyride Brewing, where Malouff worked and Babb was a co-owner.
The future of Live Slow has seemed uncertain since November when Joyride Brewing filed for bankruptcy protection and promptly sued Babb, claiming he stole more than $1 million of company cash.
Babb has denied the accusation and countersued Joyride, claiming it owes him for $170,000 he loaned the company.
Babb resigned from his position as general manager at Joyride in October. That same month, his wife Amanda Babb withdrew Live Slow Brewing’s liquor license application, according to a withdrawal letter BusinessDen obtained through a records request.
A picture of the Live Slow Brewing space that co-founder Joe Malouff sent to BusinessDen in January. (Courtesy Joe Malouff)
On Jan. 9, Malouff told BusinessDen in an email that Live Slow would open “very very soon” and attributed the long-delayed opening to delays building out the Wheat Ridge space. But he said nearly everything was set up, and included pictures of the brewery’s bowling lanes and dining room.
He said Live Slow only needed to pass a few more inspections, get clearance from the health department and get its liquor license approved.
“Once we get through the last bit of red tape, we are going to throw the doors open and hope everyone who has been waiting thirsty, hungry, and ready to bowl will get all that their hearts have desired!” Malouff wrote in January.
A picture of the Live Slow Brewing space that co-founder Joe Malouff sent to BusinessDen in January. The business has not opened and its space is being marketed for lease. (Courtesy Joe Malouff)
Plans for a brewery-bowling alley combo in Wheat Ridge appear to be off amid a co-founder’s legal troubles.
The 11,000 square feet that Live Slow Brewing was supposed to occupy in Gold’s Marketplace at 2625 Kipling St. is being marketed for lease, according to LoopNet.
Live Slow Brewing co-owners Grant Babb, left, and Joe Malouff. (BusinessDen file)
The property is being marketed by JLL brokers Sam Zaitz, Jeffrey Feldman and Lorenzo Harris. They did not respond to requests for comment. Westword first reported the listing.
Joe Malouff and Grant Babb signed a lease for the space in 2021. At that time, Malouff told BusinessDen Live Slow would have six bowling lanes and a 20-barrel and four-tank brewing system. He said the business hoped to open in June 2022.
Malouff did not respond to requests for comment. Neither did a partner at Quannah Partners, the group that owns and redeveloped Gold’s Marketplace.
The pair met through Edgewater’s Joyride Brewing, where Malouff worked and Babb was a co-owner.
The future of Live Slow has seemed uncertain since November when Joyride Brewing filed for bankruptcy protection and promptly sued Babb, claiming he stole more than $1 million of company cash.
Babb has denied the accusation and countersued Joyride, claiming it owes him for $170,000 he loaned the company.
Babb resigned from his position as general manager at Joyride in October. That same month, his wife Amanda Babb withdrew Live Slow Brewing’s liquor license application, according to a withdrawal letter BusinessDen obtained through a records request.
A picture of the Live Slow Brewing space that co-founder Joe Malouff sent to BusinessDen in January. (Courtesy Joe Malouff)
On Jan. 9, Malouff told BusinessDen in an email that Live Slow would open “very very soon” and attributed the long-delayed opening to delays building out the Wheat Ridge space. But he said nearly everything was set up, and included pictures of the brewery’s bowling lanes and dining room.
He said Live Slow only needed to pass a few more inspections, get clearance from the health department and get its liquor license approved.
“Once we get through the last bit of red tape, we are going to throw the doors open and hope everyone who has been waiting thirsty, hungry, and ready to bowl will get all that their hearts have desired!” Malouff wrote in January.
