Honor Farm/Hell or High Water Tiki

In 2022, the team behind the Electric Cure, a quirky and irreverent Edgewater bar, opened Honor Farm, dubbing it “Denver’s haunted spirit house” and embracing the building’s spooky history. Shortly after, a small tiki-centric hideaway was added on the mezzanine that’s designed to emulate a haunted gay pirate ship. Expect plenty of penis totems, intimate […]

Honor Society Handcrafted Eatery

In a world where fast-casuals are proliferating faster than rabbits, Honor Society Handcrafted Eatery stands out from the crowd. The restaurant opened in the summer of 2015 behind Union Station, and with long community tables, whitewashed planks on the walls, loud music and barrels as light fixtures, it strikes a trendy balance between industrial and […]

Hop Alley

It’s been nearly a decade since chef Tommy Lee made a splash in RiNo with the opening of Hop Alley, but dining here still feels as fresh and fun as it did when the place was a buzzy new addition. Some things have stayed the same: The bone marrow fried rice and la ji zi […]

Hopdoddy Burger Bar

Hopdoddy got its start in Austin, Texas; this was the second of its burger bars outside the Lone Star State. With so many new burger joints popping up, Hopdoddy stands out with freshness and quality. Beef – a chuck and brisket blend – is ground fresh throughout the day, and all of the buns, even […]

Howl at the Moon

After a fourteen-year run, SingSing — which was downtown Denver’s only dueling-piano bar for most of those years — closed at the end of 2011. A few months later, Howl at the Moon, a national dueling-piano chain that started in 1990 and has more than a dozen locations across the country, opened in the space. […]

Ice Cube Gallery

Ice Cube Gallery opened in 2010 in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood and has been a major player in the city’s art scene ever since. The hours aren’t extensive, but Ice Cube’s amibitions are: the gallery, in a former dry-ice factory, offers a space for artists of a variety of styles and mediums to display their work.

Ignite Kitchen + Cocktails

The 2100 block of Larimer Street has become one of the hottest restaurant areas in town. Ignite, a concept from Concept Restaurants (Rock Bottom founder Frank Day is one of the owners), joined the lineup in late 2011. The place specializes in burgers stacked high but also serves a variety of wood-fired pizzas, a short […]