Campus Lounge

"The Campus Lounge, the currently-shuttered iconic 40-plus-year-old bar in Denver’s Bonnie Brae neighborhood, is getting new life (again). Westword first reported on Friday that the owners of LoHi’s Recess Beer Garden have leased the classic bar and plan to reopen it in mid-December." - Paul Albani-Burgio

"Even though new owners took over south Denver legend the Campus Lounge last September, they are already calling it quits. The bar’s website announced the shutter with 'Campus Lounge has closed for business. We appreciate your support along the way.'" - Erin Perkins

"The second revamp of this 40-year-old former hockey bar is worth the trip back to Bonnie Brae. Customers can still slide into a vinyl booth, order green chile or burgers, and watch a game on the reinstalled televisions." - Josie Sexton

"Campus Lounge, a neighborhood sports bar, has reopened under new ownership. It features TVs, sports memorabilia, and a menu that includes chili cheese fries and nachos." - Josie Sexton

"Redo news A Colorado father-and-son team, Dan and Jeff Nickless, will reopen iconic Bonnie Brae neighborhood standby the Campus Lounge sometime in October. The Nicklesses hope to bring the bar back to what it once was, with the addition of new TVs screening sporting events, and a menu that includes green chile and burgers, the Denver Channel reports. Jim Wiste, who died early this year, owned the Campus Lounge for more than 40 years, and Dan Landes revamped it in 2017, but kept the bar open for only five months. The Nickless family previously owned the Esquire Market, which supplied meat for the Campus Lounge. They were frequent visitors at the old watering hole." - Rebecca Treon