How a struggling Lima pub became a blues haven

On a quiet stretch where Routes 5 & 20 cut through Lima, there’s a low-slung building that doesn’t call much attention to itself. You could pass it without realizing that, on certain nights, it becomes one of the most intimate blues rooms in the Northeast. Inside Fanatics Pub, something unlikely has been unfolding — steady, unflashy and deeply human.Jim Shelly didn’t set out to build a blues destination. He didn’t even grow up on the blues.“I was into pro