Rhapsody Karaoke has sung its last tune.

The bar at 24 N. Broadway in Denver’s Baker neighborhood has closed after 18 months filled with building issues, liquor license delays and a downtrodden drinking environment. Owners Ben and Hillary Todd, who also run Full Afterburner Calzones on the same block, said foot traffic dropped from 800 people a weekend to about 250.

“We saw an opportunity since (restaurants) have closed there three times in four years,” Ben Todd said. “Afterburner is right next to it, and we thought we knew how to operate a late-night place on Broadway.”

But karaoke and alcohol turned out to be a whole different genre for the couple, who opened the aviation-themed calzone spot nearly five years ago.

While that shop is still flying high, Rhapsody had trouble getting o

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