What bar would you choose for a grilling?

When I agreed to be grilled by Bill Husted for Bar and Grilled, his interview feature that appears in today's Denver Post, I had an important question to answer (and no, it wasn't why I would agree to be grilled in the first place): What bar to choose for the...

By Patricia Calhoun

March 25, 2010

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When I agreed to be grilled by Bill Husted for Bar and Grilled, his interview feature that appears in today's Denver Post, I had an important question to answer (and no, it wasn't why I would agree to be grilled in the first place): What bar to choose for the grilling?

Denver is a town with many wonderful bars, several of which had the added allure of possibly scaring the khakis off Husted, who's most at home in Cherry Creek. But ultimately, I went with Jerry Feld's Club 404, which has a wonderful back story -- Feld bought the bar before he was legally old enough to own it -- and almost sixty years later, Feld and his family continues to hold down this corner of Broadway. The survival of Club 404 is something to celebrate.

But there are so many other saloons in Denver worthy of toasting. Which bar would you choose for a grilling?

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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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