Kiernan MaletskyThe patio at Sand Creek Lounge, with astroturf from the Denver Dynamite, the city's first Arena Football team.
Sand Creek Lounge turns 27 this weekend -- and it's been an eventful time. The first owner lost the bar when he sold cocaine to an undercover cop; the second lost it to noise complaints. Then Paul Engel won $10,000 on the dog races at the now-closed Cloverleaf Kennel Club, and used his winnings to buy the Lounge, which he and his business partner Eddie Krantz ran until
