Say Goodbye to Old Dillon Inn in Silverthorne, CO

     The locals stomping ground, best know for its flashing neon "BA" sign and its dimly lit, historical bar, served up its last night of live music and Mexican food on Sept. 29.   Bud Nicholson, the restaurant's owner for the past three-and-a-half decades, has put the property up for sale so he can start a new chapter in his life.

     Thiry five years ago, in 1973, Bud and a couple buddies gathered up some cash and bought what is now called Old Dillon Inn.  What once was a steak and lobster restaraunt, turned into the most recognized mexican restaraunt in Silverthorne and Summit County, not just because it had been in business longer than any other mexican establishment in the area, but because of its incorporation of a live music scene.

     
     Bud grew successful at snagging popular acts by feeding them and housing them in his band house next door to the ODI while they were on the way to gigs in bigger cities. The ODI started out as a venue for country bands to appeal to the cowboys working in the Lower Blue River Valley and eventually transitioned into blue grass, blues and rock-n-roll.  Old Dillon Inn's fun atmosphere coupled with a fun-loving, tight nitch staff, made it a traditional landmark.