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Fun in Denver

General Information

Denver.com

Guide to dining, hotels, attractions, visiting, nightlife, movie times, jobs car rentals, maps and brochures, resources. Click here.

Neighborhoods

Denver Neighborhoods

Denver, like any city, is made up of neighborhoods that are diverse and unique. Brief information and histories about some of those neighborhoods are presented here.

Tourism Guide

Denver Tourism Guide

Attractions, Shopping, Events, Maps, Vacations and more for the Mile High City. Click here and start making plans!

Downtown Visitor Guide

Eye on Events

Every month, the Downtown Denver Partnership produces the Eye on Events guide, listing Downtown's cultural, arts, entertainment, sports, events, and other fun things to do. There's even an interactive parking guide! Check out this informative site.

Museums

Kirkland Museum

Kirkland Museum has a nationally important display of 20th-century decorative arts, with more than 3,300 works on view of Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Pop Art and more. The musuem shows a retrospective of Colorado's distinguished painter, Vance Kirkland (1904-1981).

Zoo

Denver Zoo

Located in Denver's City Park the Denver Zoo offers visitors nearly 4,000 different animals, representing over 700 species. That means a rare look at exotic animals like amur leopards, king cobras, black rhinos, coral reef fish, elephants, zebras, vampire bats, gorillas and more.

Hair Salon

Mel Garcia, No. 55 Salon

A fabulous place for great hair. Be sure to ask for Mel Garcia.

(303) 744-0448 55 E 1st Ave Denver, CO 80203

Libraries

Denver Public Library

For over a century, customers have turned to the Denver Public Library for books, programs and services that entertain, inform, educate and enlighten. The Library's popularity continues to grow. An astonishing 79 percent of all Denver residents hold Library cards and borrow close to 10 million items annually.

Museums

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Located next to the Denver Zoo in City Park, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science is the Rocky Mountain region’s leading resource for informal science education. A variety of exhibitions, programs, and activities help Museum visitors experience the natural wonders of Colorado, Earth, and the universe.

Gardens

Denver Botanical Garden

Denver Botanic Gardens is recognized as one of the top botanical gardens in the United States. There's something for all ages -- and all five of your senses. Explore 23 acres of fragrance and foliage any time of the year at our beautiful facility at 1005 York Street.

Music/Jazz

Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge

Dazzle features live music seven days a week, focusing on all forms of jazz. The dining room is a comfortable and intimate nonsmoking performance setting. Dazzle offers a colorful and fun lounge serving dinner, a happy hour food menu and drink specials. We serve dinner seven nights a week and a Sunday Jazz Brunch from 9:30 am - 1:30 pm.

Book Store

Tattered Cover Book Store

An independent community bookstore, serving Denver’s readers for over thirty-four years, offering an extraordinary selection of titles in three metro-Denver locations, and a free special event nearly every day. Three locations With lots of nooks and crannies offering the intimacy of a smaller bookshop. Website: www.tatteredcover.com.

Food in Denver

St. Mark's Coffee House

Corner of 17th & Race St.

Great coffee, snacks, cookies, pastries in an old fashioned coffee house with real art on the walls! In and outdoor seating. www.stmarkscoffeehouse.com

Bambino's

1135 N. Bannock St

303-221-7215 Excellent Italian food!

Le Central

8th Avenue and Lincoln ST

Since 1981 Le Central French Restaurant has been serving "the taste of Provence" in downtown Denver. Conceived with the notion that a French restaurant doesn't have to be stuffy, snooty, or expensive, Le Central offers a plate full. Lunch and dinner 7 days/week. The wine list is extensive but not expensive.

Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge

930 Lincoln ST

Dazzle features live music seven days a week, focusing on all forms of jazz. The dining room is a comfortable and intimate nonsmoking performance setting. Dazzle offers a colorful and fun lounge serving dinner, a happy hour food menu and drink specials. We serve dinner seven nights a week and a Sunday Jazz Brunch from 9:30 am - 1:30 pm.

Vesta Dipping Grill

1822 Blake St

At the award-winning Vesta Dipping Grill, you will experience a unique dining experience, including 30 flavors of dipping sauces - all amazing and skillfully prepared to blend with a variety of entrees. Vesta is simplicity, quality, comfort, life, art, scent, relaxation, taste, sound, and fun.

Facts about Denver

Weather

Denver Weather

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Government

City and County of Denver

Your official source and information center from DenverGov.org. Everything from recycling information to where to get a marriage license!

Government

State of Colorado

State of Colorado services and links to all aspects of government, news and alerts. Includes answers to "How do I...?" Click here.

Interesting Facts

Denver Welcomes You

Denver's History, Symbols and Characters. View these interesting facts and more.

Newspaper

Denver Post

DenverPost.com offers the most comprehensive online news and information services in the Rocky Mountain Empire.

Newspaper

Denver Business Journal

Visit the online version of The Denver Business Journal, where you'll find the latest breaking business news, updated throughout the day, some of this week's top stories from The Denver Business Journal and other popular features from the print edition.

Newspaper

Rocky Mountain News

Continuous publication of the Rocky Mountain News spans three centuries. And today, the daily newspaper enjoys prosperity unmatched in its storied history.

Schools

Denver Education

Complete Denver Education Directory. Link to schools for all levels and interests. Click here.

Airport

Denver International Airport

All you need to know about DIA, plus weather and road conditions! Click here.

Denver Area Calendar

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