Denver's ten best karaoke bars

By Jon Solomon Fri., May 25 2012 at 12:17 PM

Jonny B. sings Paul Revere by the Beastie Boys at Armida's Mexican Restaurant and Lounge in Denver. "MCA just died man, I had to give him some props," Jonny says.

2. Armida's's (840 Lincoln Street)

If you're new to karaoke, Armida's might be the ideal spot to start, as the place is fairly intimate and low-key. It prompts even everyday patrons to step up to the mike every night of the week, starting at 6 p.m. The DJs are friendly and are glad to accommodate the most absurd request for songs, whether it comes from longtime karaoke heroes or first-time howlers. And even the shyest shower-stall crooners can expect a warm welcome from Armida's enthusiastic nightly crowds.

David Petersen sings as the karaoke crowd at Armida's Mexican Restaurant and Lounge in Denver continues to grow.

Tiffany Rosengrant sings "Piece of my Heart" by Janis Joplin at Armida's Mexican Restaurant and Lounge in Denver. "I'm tone-deaf and Janis Joplin is fucking awesome," Rosengrant says.

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El Charrito

2100 Larimer St., Denver, CO

Category: Music

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Ogden Street South Bar and Grill

103 S. Ogden St., Denver, CO

Category: Music

3 Kings Tavern

60 S. Broadway, Denver, CO

Category: Music

Bender's Tavern

314 E. 13th Ave., Denver, CO

Category: Music

Star Bar

2137 Larimer St., Denver, CO

Category: Music

Charlie Brown's Bar & Grill

980 Grant St., Denver, CO

Category: Music

Dubb's Pub

5301 S. Broadway, Littleton, CO

Category: Music

Park Centre Lounge

12011 N. Pecos St., Denver, CO

Category: Music

Armida's Restaurant

840 Lincoln St., Denver, CO

Category: Music

Rear Inn Lounge

4991 W. 80th Ave., Westminster, CO

Category: Music

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sharell.young

Decided because of this article to visit number one...and was highly disappointed. Don't get me wrong the bar is great, bartenders and staff are awesome, patrons are friendly-ish...though most can't carry a tune in a bucket (the worst of which I am listening to right now murdering "i told you so") ...the way things are run suck. They started late, had absolutely no announcements, no instructions on how things are run...the kj was rude and very unfriendly. We were here for 3 hours before they started the new rotation...on a good note, it is a big bar, the dance floor is nice, and the stage is cool...but I will not be coming back here. Park centere lounge and dubbs pub are my 2 favorites on the list...I want to know who the hell decided this place was the best so I can slap them.

Kinsinna4

That's too bad that Maloney's Tavern didn't make the list! With $4 You-Call-Its (including TOP SHELF!) that certainly makes for a fun time during their weekly Wednesday Karaoke nights!Maloney's Tavern1432 Market St.

Erik with a goddamn K

JFC I'm with Gabriel on the page load thing.....spent as couple mins looking for the "print article" button, didn't find it, now I'm grouchy and don't give a shit about catching up on westword. Brutally honest perhaps but maybe you can use the feedback. Later taters...

Adam Alacran

#Correction: The song Scorpio Steele sung was "In Dreams". "Field of Dreams" is a Kevin Costner movie.

Donkey Hotay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

David

Hahahaha~!!! That's me singing Fergalicious at Armida's. All my bitches n ho's like my Facebook fan page now!Click the link or search on "Sugar Bear and Sweet Pea"! http://www.facebook.com/pages/... Also see the world's first musical blog here:http://sugarbearandsweetpea.bl...

David

And yes it's me: "Sugar Bear"!

Keri Fox

Thanks for making me look pretty, Jon. The only thing missing from the artical are the names of The "KJ's". They are what makes or breaks the show, The Rear Inn, has Sean Foreman in charge of making us sound Grrrrreeeeat!

Lindsay Hammond

Actually, his name is Sugar Bear.

Amyr213

Forgotten was Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill - they do LIVE BAND karaoke on Tuesday nights. You get to get up on stage and have an actual band play behind you! It's so much fun!

Rusty Shackleford

There is no such thing as a "best" Karaoke (Japanese for "tone deaf") bar.

Star

Littleton and Westminster are NOT Denver

Jake Browne

El Charrito also has a ticker that runs across the bottom of their screens with "The List" so you know exactly when you're up. Excellent feature.

GabrielRuzin

10 pages for 10 bars? Really, Westword?

Put this in a format that doesn't make it obvious that you're whoring for page views and maybe I'll read it.

just select the "Print Article" button to the right of the comments button and a new tab will open with all the content in one page

Nick Lucchesi

Hi Gabe, We wanted to split the content across ten pages so each bar would be on its own page and users could avoid having their browsers load 30 images, all at about 200 KB each, on a single page. Thanks for the feedback.

Nick Lucchesiweb editor

GabrielRuzin

And thank you for the reply, Nick. The 'give each bar its own page' part is reasonable. But the image loading excuse is really only valid if I'm trying to load web pages with a dial-up modem in a cabin behind Blackhawk. I think I'll stick with my original assessment. It's not like you're the only site that does it, after all.

Nick Lucchesi

You might be surprised at the number of users who operate their browser with 15 open tabs, which can bring speed down to glacial levels.