Historic Colorado Bar with Prohibition-Era Tunnel has New Tenant

Colorado has a lot of reminders of its rich history, many of which still stand in the form of monuments, historic sites, and buildings.

Like the rest of the United States, Colorado was home to underground bootleg operations during prohibition which sometimes involved tunnel networks, and many of these tunnels still exist under historic buildings.

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You may have recently read about a now-defunct bar in downtown Denver known as Green Russell that occupied one of these tunnel-equipped buildings and the odd array of animal bones found along with them. Well, the historic Larimer Square building now has a new tenant that will undoubtedly keep the mystique and historical significance of the structure intact.

New Bar Opens in Historic Colorado Prohibition-Era Building

This past weekend saw the grand opening of the new Ghost Saloon, the latest establishment to set up shop in the historic back alley building at 1422 Larimer Street in downtown Denver.

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Like Green Russell before it, Ghost Saloon is a speakeasy-style bar "hidden" behind an initial entrance, known as a welcome room.

Ghost Saloon is the latest creation from Handsome Boys Hospitality and in addition to repurposing the historic space, is also serving as a brick-and-mortar retail setting for Hats by Parker Thomas and the newly revitalized Ruckus clothing brand.

This new endeavor is just the latest from Handsome Boys Hospitality's owner Josh Schmitz who is also the founder of Ruckus and operates neighboring Disco Pig, a club that is now connected to Ghost Saloon via the old, prohibition-era tunnel that still sits below Larimer Square.