Wright is content knowing the Valverdes are taking over the Nugget. “I had mentioned to Kevin years ago that if he was ever interested and was just done, I would hope he’d reach out to me,” Valverde said. Steve Valverde said he had previous discussions with Wright about taking over the bar, perhaps when the time was right. “It just kind of took the joy out of running a business in the county.”īut he wanted to leave the bar in good hands. “The way the Planning Department and the land-use department of La Plata County treated me was very unfair,” he said. However, the bar has recently struggled with a permitting dispute with La Plata County involving the outside deck and the Backcountry Gourmet food truck. Over the last few years, the bar has become a staple of the ski community welcoming locals and tourists, alike. “It was a great experience for me personally and as a business person.” “It has been a beautiful window of my life owning the Nugget and the community was very supportive in my time as the primary owner,” Wright said.
The Nugget was opened in 2018 by Wright and a college friend, Joe Valerio, after gutting an old vacation rental cabin near Purgatory Resort and turning it into a ski bar. The Nugget Mountain Bar is under new ownership after Steve and Jamie Valverde purchased it earlier this month from previous owner Kevin Wright.
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