Oh, Brother! A new member in Denver's band of Brothers

First, there was My Brother's Bar, which forty years ago last week moved into the building at 2376 15th Street that's held a saloon since the 1870s. The bar remains under the watchful eye of Jim Karagas, who'd opened the Wazee Lounge and Supper Club at 1600 15th Street with...

By Patricia Calhoun

January 21, 2010

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First, there was My Brother's Bar, which forty years ago last week moved into the building at 2376 15th Street that's held a saloon since the 1870s. The bar remains under the watchful eye of Jim Karagas, who'd opened the Wazee Lounge and Supper Club at 1600 15th Street with his brother, Angelo, just a few years before -- hence the name of this saloon. (After Angelo passed away, the Wazee was sold; it's now part of the Wynkoop Restaurant Group family).

Then came Brothers BBQ, which Chris and Nick O'Sullivan, two brothers originally from England, started in Denver in 1998; today there are eight metro locations.

And now another eatery is about to join the band of Brothers. Brothers Bar and Grill is taking over the space at 1920 Blake Street that had been Theorie (and the Real World house before that, and B-52 before that, and Bella before that).

This Brothers was founded in 1990 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin; over the years, its expanded to seventeen locations in eight Midwestern states. Denver will be its furthest foray West; it's slated to open in March.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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