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  1. Su Teatro has been Denver's anchor for Chicano theater for decades, running out of the Denver Civic Theatre at the heart of the Santa Fe Arts District, which also happens to be the city's historic Latino neighborhood. The company produces its own touring work and rents the space to outside groups, so the calendar stays eclectic. If you're catching one of their own shows, you're in the right hands.





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    200 S Broadway, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue noon

    Monday Noon–8 PM

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    2700 Arapahoe St #101, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue 11 AM

    Monday 11 AM–7 PM

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    1612 17th St, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue 6:30 AM

    Monday 6:30 AM–6 PM

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    1516 Wazee St, Ste A, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    Monday 4:30 PM–2 AM

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    2554 S Broadway, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue 4:30 PM

    Monday 4:30 PM–10:30 PM

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  7. Sports memorabilia covers every surface here, bathrooms included, because half-measures are for people who don't care. Named for a beloved late Nuggets trainer, this Cherry Creek sports bar has been around forever and carries that weight lightly. The menu sits a notch above standard bar fare, and the TVs outnumber the regulars on a slow night. When the Nuggets are playing, there is nowhere more logical to be.





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    3460 Larimer St, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue 7 AM

    Monday 7 AM–3 PM

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    9495 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO · Lakewood
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    Closed now, opens Tue 6 AM

    Monday 6 AM–3 PM

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    5150 Garrison St, Arvada, CO · Arvada
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    Closed now, opens Tue 9 AM

    Monday 9 AM–5 PM

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  11. A Sicilian family splits the room between a bakery counter stacked with lobster tail pastries and sweet cannoli and a full sit-down dining area with a bar, so you can eat chicken parm and lasagna, then carry dessert home. The savory cannoli, stuffed with sausage, jalapeños, and oozing mozzarella, has earned its own following. Finish with the house limoncello, made cream-style in the Sicilian way, which lands somewhere between a digestif and a milkshake.




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    92 Crawford Gulch Rd, Golden, CO · Golden
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    Closed now, opens Tue 9 AM

    Monday 9 AM–4 PM

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    4460 W 29th Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue noon

    Monday Noon–9 PM

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    3512 E 12th Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue 10 AM

    Monday 10 AM–6 PM

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    201 Milwaukee St, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    Monday 11 AM–2 AM

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    1290 S Broadway, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue noon

    Monday Noon–9 PM

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    1625 Perry St, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue 11 AM

    Monday 11 AM–9 PM

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    2945 Larimer St, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue noon

    Monday Noon–10 PM

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    765 Santa Fe Dr, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue 11 AM

    Monday 11 AM–6 PM

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  20. A Czech-owned sports bar on Broadway where the roast duck shares menu space with chicken wings and the back bar stocks Becherovka alongside the usual domestic taps. Pool tables, a Pac-Man cabinet, karaoke nights, and Avalanche games on the screens make it a full-service neighborhood hangout. Westword named it Denver's top bar for Avalanche games in 2025, which feels right for a place this cheerfully, improbably itself.


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    151 S Broadway, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closes soon, midnight, in 48 min

    Monday 3 PM–Midnight

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    6425 W 52nd Ave, Unit 6, Arvada, CO · Arvada
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    Closed now, opens Tue 3 PM

    Monday 3 PM–9 PM

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    3695 W 72nd Ave, Westminster, CO · Westminster
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    Closed now, opens Tue 7 AM

    Monday 7 AM–3 PM

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    2990 Larimer St, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Wed noon

    Monday Noon–10 PM

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  24. A record shop sprawling across the old Lowenstein Center on East Colfax, Twist & Shout stocks vinyl, CDs, DVDs, books, and decades of rock-era paraphernalia in a space big enough to lose an afternoon in. Touring acts play occasional in-store shows, and a rotating Local Listening Post keeps tabs on Denver's own scene. Westword named it the city's best record store in 2025, which will surprise nobody who has spent an hour here and left with six things they didn't plan to buy.


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    2508 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue 10 AM

    Monday 10 AM–7 PM

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    3563 Wazee St, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue 4 PM

    Monday 4 PM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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  26. Address
    980 Grant St, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    Monday 4 PM–2 AM

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    2101 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue 9 AM

    Monday 9 AM–9 PM

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    255 S Broadway, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closes soon, midnight, in 48 min

    Monday 3 PM–Midnight

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    4280 Tennyson St, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue 4 PM

    Monday 4 PM–10 PM

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    1920 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closes soon, midnight, in 48 min

    Monday 5 PM–Midnight

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    114 S Broadway, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closes soon, midnight, in 48 min

    Monday 4 PM–Midnight

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    3763 Wynkoop St, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closes soon, midnight, in 48 min

    Monday 4 PM–Midnight

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    1598 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Closed now, opens Tue 11 AM

    Monday 11 AM–2:30 PM, 4 PM–9:30 PM

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    6657 S Broadway, Littleton, CO · Littleton
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    Monday 11 AM–2 AM

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    1618 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO · Denver
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    Open now, until 2 AM

    Monday 4 PM–2 AM

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