Wild Ivories moving into Buca de Beppo space

Denver's about to get dueling dueling piano bars. Chez Cirque, which will feature dueling pianos and other entertainment options, is set to open this coming weekend in the Landmark project in Greenwood Village; you can read all about it in Jon Solomon's upcoming Barback column. And judging from the sign...

By Patricia Calhoun

April 19, 2010

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Denver's about to get dueling dueling piano bars.

Chez Cirque, which will feature dueling pianos and other entertainment options, is set to open this coming weekend in the Landmark project in Greenwood Village; you can read all about it in Jon Solomon's upcoming Barback column.

And judging from the sign in the former Buca de Beppo space at 1400 Market, which has been empty since the Italian eaterie closed in summer 2008, Wild Ivories, another dueling piano bar, will soon be tickling the ivories there. The upstairs space has already become the Pharmacy, a dispensary; a dueling DJ project is promised for the basement.

Denver's original dueling piano bar, Sing Sing, is still open at 1735 19th Street, where it promises that "LoDo doesn't get any Lower."

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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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