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Lion's Lair Lounge
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Best dive bar ever!. Honestly, what to review. Good bar, live music, cheap drinks.....what else matters. It's a dive bar!
This den is a popular destination for live music and a dose of dive culture..
In Short
The place is tiny, with a nice bar located in the center of the room--within arms reach of patrons and players. If the band is willing to turn down to a reasonable volume, a seat
at the bar is perfect. The Lair presents a schedule of national acts that are a thrill to see in such a small setting. Hard rock, punk and various forms of alt-country and alt-rock are the mainstays here.…
A perfect dive. This has for years been the best dive in Denver (and I've been to just about all of 'em). To me this is THE dive to end them all and I always loved the transition from bleary-eyed old men to punk rock sneer that came with dusk. The drinks are cheap, the bartenders are just what you'd expect (a bit surly but efficient). I never came here for the music personally, I came for those hazy old Denver afternoons when the hustlers, homeless and Capitol Hill hipsters wandered by on the sidewalk outside and I could get more than a little stewed watching it. I live in New York now, but I still have a soft spot for the Lair (one of the few places I miss in the now sterile corporate wasteland that Denver has become).…
