Mercury Cafe

View of the interior of the Mercury CafeÌ?, 2199 California Street, in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A boy sits at a counter in a swivel chair, and customers sit at long tables. Shows a waitress, open dessert rack, and track lighting. Posters and photographs decorate the walls. Marilyn Megenity opened the Mercury CafeÌ? in this building, the site of a former warehouse, in 1990. The cafe has been in twelve different locations since founded by Megenity in 1975. In addition to serving food, the cafe hosts concerts, poetry readings, dance classes, and community events.

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