Is VFW Post 9644 Still Open? Bar Rescue Update (Sheridan, CO)

Bar Rescue featured the canteen bar at VFW Post 9644 in Sheridan, Colorado, in the episode "Changing of the Guards" (S8E35), aired 2023-05-28. The post kept its name after the rescue. A check of the post's own website, vfw9644.org, performed 2026-09-08, returned an HTTP 200 response with 2026-dated content and a 2026 copyright notice. The site's title is "Home | VFW Post 9644 | Sheridan, Colorado," and it identifies the post as the Verle Huffman VFW Post, though no further biographical detail about Huffman was reviewed for this record.

Its navigation includes sections for About Us, VFW Post 9644 Officers, VFW Membership, VFW Eligibility, Auxiliary, Canteen, Hall Rental, the VFW Band of Colorado, Scouting Programs, a Calendar, a "6th Annual Car Show" listing, and a Contact page. Google's Places record for the address, 2680 W Hampden Ave, Sheridan, CO 80110, lists the business as operational, consistent with the live, current website. The presence of a "6th Annual Car Show" listing and an active calendar section indicates the post continues to run regular public events beyond its canteen bar operations.

No information in these sources describes the specific problems Taffer's crew addressed inside the post's canteen during the original rescue, nor the details of what changed in the bar area's decor, offerings, or staffing. Because a VFW post is a membership organization rather than a conventional commercial restaurant or bar, its canteen operations are treated here as the featured venue, consistent with how the episode covered it. No secondary, independently dated source beyond the post's own website and Google's business listing was reviewed for this record; our site check was judged sufficient to establish current operation. The site does not list canteen bar hours separately from the post's general contact information, though the canteen is listed among the post's active offerings alongside the Auxiliary, Hall Rental, and Scouting Programs sections.