The Best Places in Baker & around

Blowfish sculptures and boats hanging from the ceiling set the tone before you've ordered a thing. Adrift is a full-commitment tiki bar on South Broadway, with bamboo walls, fishing-net lights, and totem carvings doing their best to convince you Denver isn't landlocked. Cocktails arrive in coconuts, flaming punchbowls, or funky mugs, running from Zombies and Singapore Slings to seasonal originals leaning on cachaca, sherry, and cacao. Spam musubi keeps things honest.

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The restored neon sign out front has been pulling people off Broadway since this building has been a bar, which is basically forever. Bar 404 is an old-school neighborhood watering hole on North Broadway, the kind where the vibe is loose and the programming punches above its weight: free jazz nights, live music, and a food program that Westword keeps recognizing alongside the concerts.

1. Westword 2026 · Best Venue for Music, Community and Food · Best of Denver
2. Westword 2024 · Best Concert Program at a Bar · Best of Denver
3. Westword 2023 · Best Free Jazz Night · Best of Denver

1. Westword 2026 · Best Divey Venue · Best of Denver
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1. Westword 2026 · Best Weekly Karaoke · Best of Denver
2. Westword 2024 · Best Venue for Discovering New Bands · Best of Denver

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.

1. Westword 2025 · Best Bar for Colorado Avalanche Games · Best of Denver

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Sketch comedy and improv on South Broadway, where the Baker neighborhood's thrift-store-chic energy suits the format perfectly. Performers with roots in Chicago, New York, and LA take the stage Thursday through Sunday, and the room is small enough that a botched scene lands on everyone equally. Classes run from total beginner to working comic, so you can watch one week and embarrass yourself on stage the next.

1. Westword 2024 · Best Intimate Improv Club · Best of Denver

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