The Colorado Department of Revenue has seized Leven Supply for nonpayment of taxes, according to a notice on the door of the Washington Park West cafe. 

The notice says the restaurant owes more than $138,000 in taxes. 

In a statement Tuesday, Leven proprietor Anthony Lygizos said the situation resulted from a contractor mishandling the company’s tax filings and payments.

“I want to be very clear on two things: At no point has Leven intentionally avoided paying taxes. And at no point have we not paid our employees. We continue to pay our Supply team members as we work on reopening,” Lygizos said in the statement. “We’re dealing with an unfortunate situation resulting from a former third-party accounting contractor mishandling Leven Supply’s sales tax filings and payments. That contractor is no longer working with us, and since discovering the issue, we have been actively working with the city and the state to resolve it. Unfortunately, we were unable to complete the resolution before the State took action to temporarily close Leven Supply.”

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