The Peaks Lounge opens daily each afternoon to a gathering of downtown workers and hotel guests.
On the Hyatt Regency’s 27th floor you’ll discover a bar with some of Denver’s best views. You’ll enjoy a secluded rooftop tavern with 360° views and a laid back atmosphere. Halcyon features a typical hotel bar on the ground floor, but for the best memories and coolest vibe, take the elevator up to the top floor. There’s more fun to be found in Cherry Creek. Just ring the golden doorbell, put your name on a list and bounce. You can find it on a side alley in Cherry Creek, between 2nd and 3rd Ave.Ī doorman/host waits behind a door labeled “Stair 3”. The ambiance is cozy and dark, with a dose of snooty (given its home). Buried in the basement of the Halcyon Hotel, it can be difficult to garner access to.
B&GC BG&C speakeasy in Cherry Creek.ī&GC is probably the most authentic speakeasy in Denver, given its exclusivity and hidden locale. Try the praline pecan saffron ice cream, I hear it’s delicious. The atmosphere is less rustic speakeasy, and more club feel with an astronomy vibe, keeping it true to its name Retrograde. It’s the only clue to an otherwise unmarked bar, that, and others on the waiting list oddly lounging in a functioning ice cream parlor without ordering ice cream. Fancy cocktails reign here, along with a few small plates to accompany them.Ī light switch on the freezer door rings a host to your presence. Frozen Matter boasts the freezer door that unlocks this authentic speakeasy. Retrograde gets props for the best undercover entrance, concealed in the back of an ice cream shop in Uptown. Once inside you’ll speak with a clerk, then wait, and see how quickly you can get a table in the 60-seat saloon. The bookstore opens its doors daily at 5pm. Handcrafted cocktails, small plates and desserts are served. It’s the most well known one in the Mile High City, featuring an intimate atmosphere and bookshelf entrance. Set behind a bookstore facade, Williams & Graham is true prohibition-style speakeasy. Williams & Graham Williams & Graham bookstore front. The Prohibition-style speakeasy opens at 5pm every day of the week. Their sparsely contented website doesn’t even list the bar’s address. The underground lair forbids cell phone use outside of their designated telephone booth. You enter down a flight of stairs and through the lobby of Russell’s Smokehouse, which serves up excellent BBQ. Tucked away behind a pie shop in Larimar Square, Green Russell coins itself a ‘chef driven cocktail joint’, from chef-partner Frank Bonnano. The red walls create a unique, retro ambiance. It opens daily at 4:30pm, catering to a mix of hotel guests and after business clientele.
Food can be found next door at McCormick’s Fish House & Bar.
It features an Art Deco ambiance, a jazzy soundtrack and signature martinis. Inside the Oxford Hotel lies The Cruise Room, which is actually Denver’s first bar post prohibition, opening the day after in 1933. Here are our favorite old time speakeasies in the Mile High City, in no particular order: 1. Sometimes you need a passcode to enter these Denver speakeasies, sometimes you just need to know where to look. These secret bars are hidden in basements, alleyways and in an unassuming shops. Luckily, there are quite a few of these hidden gems to choose from. Craft cocktails have flourished in Denver over the last few years, and there’s no better place to sip on one than a dimly lit speakeasy.