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Denver's ten best new bars of 2012

With the additions of everything from neighborhood taverns to high-end lounges, Denver's bar scene got even better in 2012. Residents and tourists alike have many more options when they're looking for fun after the sun goes down -- or even before that. Here, in no particular order, are Cafe Society ... More >>

Lil' Devils is taking a bite out of the former Barker Lounge

Broadway continues to be one of the town's fastest-evolving areas, with the three blocks south of First Avenue seeing incredible changes in 2012. After numerous delays, Gary Lee's Motor Club & Grub finally opened this spring; after even more months in the planning, Punch Bowl - Social Food & Drink ... More >>

Ten best pre/post-show eats on South Broadway

In the past decade, South Broadway has turned into a thriving hub for music and nightlife in Denver with a variety of options to whittle away your evenings, whether you're taking in a show at places like 3 Kings Tavern, the hi-dive, Gary Lee's Motor Club, the Skylark or getting your groove on Blue I ... More >>

UMS 2012: Bad Weather California delivers an old-fashioned rock show

See Also: People of UMS 2011 Kicked off the first day of UMS by catching Bad Weather California in a very humid 3 Kings Tavern. People were packed in pretty tight in the middle of the room and mostly on the flanks. BWC played a loose, relaxed set like the guys had a group meeting beforehand and all ... More >>

Reader: Gary Lee's Motor Club & Grub is a sight for sore eyes

After more than a year of planning and very hard work, Gary Lee Bomar finally opened Gary Lee's Motor Club & Grub last weekend -- and it looks like it was worth the wait. With Gary Lee's, this stretch of South Broadway has really gotten into gear.

The lights are bright on Broadway: Our restaurant roll call for April

After months of delays, both Adrift and Gary Lee's Motor Club & Grub opened last month on the same strip of South Broadway. But from new pizza joints to mo' pho, there's action all over town. Here's our restaurant roll call for April:

Photos: Gary Lee's Motor Club & Grub

This, declares Gary Lee, standing behind the bar of his new, eponymous Motor Club & Grub, has "always been my dream." A dream, he continues, that's finally come to fruition after more than a year of blood, sweat and tears. "It's been a year-and-a-half process putting this together, and even four ye ... More >>

Coop de Ville will become the Universal, an intersection of coffee, lunch and brunch

So much for family-friendly cola chicken at Coop de Ville at the Stingray, the Sunnyside restaurant that Leigh Jones and her partner, Margret Moore, reopened and re-conceptualized in February after closing Stingray, a neighborhood watering hole and pizza joint that the two had opened last year. Th ... More >>

Gary Lee's Motor Club & Grub delays opening until St. Patrick's Day weekend

Gary Lee Bomar first inked the deal on an abandoned garage on South Broadway last year, and since then, he's been working hard to overcome a series of liquor license fights that have derailed the opening of Gary Lee's Motor Club & Grub. There was light at the end of the tunnel a few weeks back thoug ... More >>

Gary Lee's Motor Club & Grub revs up for a March 1 opening

Gary Lee Bomar inked a deal on a dilapidated property at 176 South Broadway last year, intending to build a bar and restaurant that would serve up smoked meats and cheeses and also feature an expansive patio, which would frequently feature live music. Before the hammers started swinging, though, h ... More >>

Bitter Bar's Michael Cerretani holds his own in national competitions

Michael Cerretani, barman at Boulder's Bitter Bar, has been bartending off and on for about a decade, but he didn't start down the craft-cocktail path until he landed a job at Bitter Bar a few years ago.

New Denver tiki-themed bar moves forward -- but with a new name

Denver was slated to get a tiki bar, Mauka Tiki, in 2011, but when the ball dropped at the end of the year, the space at 218 South Broadway was still dark. Owners Jay Dedrick and Brett Kimball are moving ahead with their plans, says Matty Durgin, who'll be the beverage manager at the new spot (and h ... More >>

The Brown Barrel in Baker is now Badger's Pub

Reader: Gary Lee's will soon have them dancing in the street, if not on the patiotreet

​While residents of the South Gaylord Street neighborhood are still debating, and debating, Brown Dog Pizza's stymied bid to get a liquor license, on the other side of Washington Park, Gary Lee's Motor Club and Grub has finally gotten a green light on that project -- after making a few concess ... More >>

Gary Lee's Motor Club and Grub lands its liquor license after granting a few concessions

​Gary Lee Bomar's dream of opening Gary Lee's Motor Club and Grub hit a snag last month, when the West Wash Park Neighborhood Association took issue with his plans to offer live music and off-street motorcycle parking at the Broadway spot -- and started campaigning against his application for ... More >>

Reader: Will neighborhood groups put the brakes on Gary Lee's Motor Club?

​Gary Lee is still weeks away from his liquor-license hearing with the city, but he's already retooled his plans to cool neighborhood opposition, as Laura Shunk reports in this update on Gary Lee's Motor Club and Grub. The ongoing fight -- coming right on the heels of all the barking over Bro ... More >>

Gary Lee's Motor Club and Grub makes changes and looks for liquor license compromise with West Wash Park

​Ever since Gary Lee Bomar's plans for a liquor license for Gary Lee's Motor Club and Grub came under fire by the West Wash Park Neighborhood Association, the restaurateur has been out canvassing, rounding up signatures for his petition and meeting with the Baker Historic Neighborhood Associat ... More >>

Reader: If you don't like bars...move to the suburbs

Gary Lee's proposed location: boon or blight?​While East Washington Park is in a tizzy over the Brown Dog Pizza liquor-license application (the very long, very big hearing was Tuesday night; the city has not yet made its decision), West Washington Park is debating what Gary Lee's Motor Club an ... More >>

Gary Lee's will bring smoked meats, live jazz and a large patio to Broadway -- if it can win the liquor license fight

Gary Lee's Motor Club and Grub has hit a speed bump.​Gary Lee Bomar has been active in the Denver restaurant industry for 27 years, starting as a busboy and then working his way through most of the jobs in the businesses, putting in ten years at the Skylark and four years behind the bar at the ... More >>

Gary Lee's Motor Club and Grub going in at 176 South Broadway

​This old garage space looks shuttered now, but it's the future home of a new restaurant: Gary Lee's Motor Club and Grub. And while we're guessing the opening is still a ways off -- a deserted car lot flanks the front of the building and will require some serious clean-up -- the spot has appl ... More >>

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The twisted life--and lethal secrets--of Gary Davis.