"Housed in Capitol Hill’s historic Colburn Hotel — which is reputed to have been quite the Prohibition-era speakeasy — this onetime haunt of Kerouac and Ginsberg hasn’t lost a drop of its color. From the antique tchotchkes lining the bar to the singalongs around the piano to the covered patio where smoking’s still allowed, it’s a refreshing vestige of Denver’s grittier days — complete with two-for-one happy hours as well as potato skins and prime rib platters." - Ruth Tobias