Denver's ten hippest bars, or ten biggest hipster bars. Hipsters.

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Emily Driskill

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What exactly is a hipster? The term lost all of the weight it had around, oh, 2008. Today, a "hipster" qualifies you as a young person and not much else. The youthful connotation has also been muddied. The term "oldster" has now fallen under the hipster umbrella as well. Sorry, Alejandro Escovedo and Bob Schneider fans, you too are now hipsters, despite your age and graying goatees.

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The rise of "hipster" in Google searches, 2004 to present.

Yes, the term has sailed onward and upward -- just look at these Google Insights for "hipster." Judging from its ubiquity, any bar or restaurant could likely be pegged as hipster -- mostly by people who are not hip, because those are the only people who use the term "hipster" with any seriousness. All of that said, here are the ten biggest hipster bars in Denver.


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MCA Denver

1485 Delgany St., Denver, CO

Category: General

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Williams & Graham

3160 Tejon St., Denver, CO

Category: Music

The Matchbox

2625 Larimer St., Denver, CO

Category: Music

Star Bar

2137 Larimer St., Denver, CO

Category: Music

The Thin Man

2015 E. 17th Ave., Denver, CO

Category: Music

Illegal Pete's

1530 16th St., Denver, CO

Category: Music

Lost Lake Lounge

3602 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO

Category: Music

Meadowlark

2701 Larimer St., Denver, CO

Category: Music

City, O' City

206 E. 13th Ave., Denver, CO

Category: Restaurant

Sputnik

7 S. Broadway, Denver, CO

Category: Music

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Armando Provencio
Armando Provencio

Once I hear the words hipster, elite and descriptions of places that the privileged want to seem like regular people, i pretty much know I'm not going.

Kiko Woelfel
Kiko Woelfel

I agree: PS Lounge is a fantastic bar, but it's NOT a hipster bar. I think they pretty much nailed it with this list: if one were poaching hipsters, these would be the fertile hunting grounds...

Alec Revelle
Alec Revelle

P & S Lounge on Colfax is better than any of these d-bag hangouts...

jh_731
jh_731 like.author.displayName 1 Like

Nothing is more obnoxious than pretending to not know what a hipster is.

Bigbuns69
Bigbuns69

So where's the list you fucking morons?

dvd
dvd

You have failed the Turing Test, my friend. That was decidedly spam.

Jathro
Jathro

the "graffiti" they make is hilarious!!!!! "arm the homeless"??!!! lol

Denver Ultigirl
Denver Ultigirl

I'm ecstatic that they didn't make the list.  Bar Bar or Old Curtis Street are definitely not Sputnik.  It's not the crusties fault that current fashion trends are their style.

Awesometron
Awesometron

When did Denver get hip? Oh, it didn't? They just ran out of things to hate on in LoDo for a second? Ok nvm...

Stupid Scott
Stupid Scott

Unfortunately, Sputnik recently revamped its menu. Their mac n cheese now comes in a dixie cup, topped with cheez its. Hipstergastrofail.

Donkey Hotay
Donkey Hotay

Sounds like a Disqus glitch, contact their tech support.

pete
pete

Remember to bring nose plugs 

brooxpulford
brooxpulford

I can't believe that Bar Bar, Old Curtis St., The Squire, Streets of London and Shag Lounge didn't make this list. 

BoredAtWork
BoredAtWork

Great. Now all of these places are OVER.

monopod
monopod like.author.displayName 1 Like

No Vine Street Pub? Oh, you said hipSTER bars.  Got it.

Guest
Guest

 I lather my pubes with PBR......before they can it.

Number Three
Number Three

My all time favorite Nic Cage movie for sure.

Carly
Carly

Crash 45 and Shag Lounge. As a Matchbox frequenter, the bartenders tend to be pretty hip, but the clientele is more on the patio ride/post-yoga class (from Qi next door) side. Also, Star Bar does not serve PBR so they are automatically disqualified.

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