The Campus Lounge Closes Yet Again in Denver | Eater Denver

"Although new owners took over the south Denver legend last September, they're already calling it quits: the bar’s website announced, "Campus Lounge has closed for business. We appreciate your support along the way." Eater Denver explained that in 2018 a Colorado father-and-son team, Dan and Jeff Nickless, planned to reopen the Bonnie Brae standby sometime in October, hoping to bring it back to what it once was by adding TVs to screen sporting events and a menu that included green chile and burgers. Longtime owner Jim Wiste, who died earlier this year, ran the Campus Lounge for more than 40 years; Dan Landes revamped it in 2017 but kept it open only five months. The Nickless family, who previously owned the Esquire Market and were frequent visitors, also supplied meat for the bar." - Erin Perkins