Beau Cudahy is opening Golf & Tap along Colorado Boulevard. (Karoline Leonard/BusinessDen)
After two decades as an independent owner in the car business, Beau Cudahy decided it was time to try something new.
Cudahy said he started working as a car salesman at 19, and later owned a dealership, Specialized Motorsports, alongside his father for 17 years.
Just before the pandemic, they sold off their assets and Cudahy switched gears to work as operations manager and field operations lead for the car-selling app Blinker. Cudahy most recently worked as a sales manager for Continental Warranty.
Now, Cudahy is trading in his keys for golf clubs.
“I saw the market changing,” Cudahy said. “I’ve seen the good, the bad and the different car businesses and a lot of the fun’s taken out of it. And I see a (different) need in Colorado for people as far as activities. We’re a very active state. We like to stay social.”
Cudahy signed a lease last month for 6,000 square feet in Century 21 Plaza along Colorado Boulevard, where he’ll open a new golf simulator bar called Golf & Tap.
The bar will have four Golfzon simulators, which cost about $100,000 each, Cudahy said. There will also be a Pourmybeer self-pour beverage wall, which is also used at places such as The Golden Mill and Stanley Marketplace’s Beer Hall.
Cudahy said he’s working on partnerships with neighboring restaurants in the retail center — like Ajinoya Ramen, Jersey Mike’s or Viale Pizza & Kitchen — to set up an order and delivery service to the bar.
“We will be utilizing QR codes to help them build up their businesses as well and contribute to everybody around,” Cudahy said. “We’re all in the same building, and everything can be delivered quite easily, everything is very controlled. It’s all about comfort.”
Century 21 Plaza, at the northeast corner of South Colorado Boulevard and East Arkansas Avenue, is the former home to a Century 21 Theatre and a White Spot coffee shop. Both closed in the 1990s. For 21 years, only two tenants — Ultimate Electronics and Hooters — occupied the building until it was redeveloped.
The interior of the unit, which was formerly home to a mattress store. (Karoline Leonard/BusinessDen)
The space Golf & Tap has leased was formerly home to mattress store Sleep Union, according to Doug Antonoff, president and CEO of Antonoff & Co. and the registered agent for the entity that owns Century 21 Plaza.
Antonoff said he’s anxious to see what Golf & Tap brings Century 21, especially as it plans to bring in professional golfers to offer lessons, host corporate events and simulator tournaments.
Cudahy said he’s hoping to be open by late October and at least by the end of the year. His liquor license hearings are later this month and he applied for permits for the space last month.
Cudahy said while he’s done with the car industry, he still loves collecting and refurbishing old cars.
“Golf has been my passion for a long time,” Cudahy said. “I’ve been in the car business for almost two decades, and I found a need, a want. And I could benefit the state by getting more employees into the market and giving people something that’s not necessarily the traditional simulator line of business that we currently have in Colorado. …
“My biggest give back is, sure everybody wants to make money in this world. But the best thing I could ever see is people enjoy what I do.”
Golf simulator bars have been popping up across Denver in recent years. The Hangar Club opened earlier this year in Lowry and The Local Drive is set to open its third location at Stanley Marketplace later this year.
Beau Cudahy is opening Golf & Tap along Colorado Boulevard. (Karoline Leonard/BusinessDen)
After two decades as an independent owner in the car business, Beau Cudahy decided it was time to try something new.
Cudahy said he started working as a car salesman at 19, and later owned a dealership, Specialized Motorsports, alongside his father for 17 years.
Just before the pandemic, they sold off their assets and Cudahy switched gears to work as operations manager and field operations lead for the car-selling app Blinker. Cudahy most recently worked as a sales manager for Continental Warranty.
Now, Cudahy is trading in his keys for golf clubs.
“I saw the market changing,” Cudahy said. “I’ve seen the good, the bad and the different car businesses and a lot of the fun’s taken out of it. And I see a (different) need in Colorado for people as far as activities. We’re a very active state. We like to stay social.”
Cudahy signed a lease last month for 6,000 square feet in Century 21 Plaza along Colorado Boulevard, where he’ll open a new golf simulator bar called Golf & Tap.
The bar will have four Golfzon simulators, which cost about $100,000 each, Cudahy said. There will also be a Pourmybeer self-pour beverage wall, which is also used at places such as The Golden Mill and Stanley Marketplace’s Beer Hall.
Cudahy said he’s working on partnerships with neighboring restaurants in the retail center — like Ajinoya Ramen, Jersey Mike’s or Viale Pizza & Kitchen — to set up an order and delivery service to the bar.
“We will be utilizing QR codes to help them build up their businesses as well and contribute to everybody around,” Cudahy said. “We’re all in the same building, and everything can be delivered quite easily, everything is very controlled. It’s all about comfort.”
Century 21 Plaza, at the northeast corner of South Colorado Boulevard and East Arkansas Avenue, is the former home to a Century 21 Theatre and a White Spot coffee shop. Both closed in the 1990s. For 21 years, only two tenants — Ultimate Electronics and Hooters — occupied the building until it was redeveloped.
The interior of the unit, which was formerly home to a mattress store. (Karoline Leonard/BusinessDen)
The space Golf & Tap has leased was formerly home to mattress store Sleep Union, according to Doug Antonoff, president and CEO of Antonoff & Co. and the registered agent for the entity that owns Century 21 Plaza.
Antonoff said he’s anxious to see what Golf & Tap brings Century 21, especially as it plans to bring in professional golfers to offer lessons, host corporate events and simulator tournaments.
Cudahy said he’s hoping to be open by late October and at least by the end of the year. His liquor license hearings are later this month and he applied for permits for the space last month.
Cudahy said while he’s done with the car industry, he still loves collecting and refurbishing old cars.
“Golf has been my passion for a long time,” Cudahy said. “I’ve been in the car business for almost two decades, and I found a need, a want. And I could benefit the state by getting more employees into the market and giving people something that’s not necessarily the traditional simulator line of business that we currently have in Colorado. …
“My biggest give back is, sure everybody wants to make money in this world. But the best thing I could ever see is people enjoy what I do.”
Golf simulator bars have been popping up across Denver in recent years. The Hangar Club opened earlier this year in Lowry and The Local Drive is set to open its third location at Stanley Marketplace later this year.
