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 […]

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 […]