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 […]

Jackson’s LoDo

LoDo partiers looking to start a night strong will find their gateway to blackout at Jackson’s, which features a $10 all-you-can-drink deal for women ($20 for men) on Friday nights. Hordes of twenty-somethings and baseball-game-goers pack the bar and vast rooftop patio, putting down Coors Light, well vodka and Jim Beam with a vengeance while […]

Jake’s Sports & Spirits

There’s not really a Jake behind Jake’s Sports & Spirits (which changed its name from Jake’s Food & Spirits in the fall of 2015). This neighborhood joint’s name was actually inspired by the abstract notion of a guy, maybe a Jake, who everyone knows and likes. Open for lunch, dinner and late-night dining, Jake’s comes […]