Owner Sudhir Kudva is proud of the recent renovations — and has plans to install a patio on the Williams Street side in the near future — but they’re only the latest in a long line of changes that have come over the Squire’s 75-year evolution. As the sign above the door still indicates, the place used to be called the Squire Grille. “When we did the remodel, we found all these old menus under the cushions,” Kudva remembers. “Apparently they had really great Chinese food in the ’60s. You could get a four-course Chinese meal for $1.15. Old people who come in still talk about it.”
The kitchen is long gone, but partying Squire regulars won’t go hungry at the bar’s 75th-anniversary party today. “We’ll have a food truck,” says Kudva, “but only after 7:30, so we’re not competing with the other restaurants that share the building.” Buzzed and full-bellied, patrons can enjoy (or, more likely, drunkenly ignore) live comedy and DJs all day and night. In true Squire fashion, the revelry will begin at noon and continue until closing time, at 2 a.m. The Squire is at 1800 East Colfax, and admission is free — so dive in!
Sat., May 10, noon-2 a.m.; Sun., May 11, noon-2 a.m., 2014
