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420 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80203

303-860-7557

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Best Dive
Award Winner 2009

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One of Denver's best dives, the Nob Hill Inn has been a drinker's paradise for more than fifty years. It's daunting to think of all the people who have spent hours on the stools there, killing time and waiting for the day to the end. But it's the kind of joint where it's easy to lose track of time. The square-shaped bar makes for easy people-watching, and with some of Colfax's finest camping out there, it's usually entertaining as hell. If Bukowski were still alive, this might be his idea of nirvana.

2009 | Best Dive

The Nob Hill Inn recently celebrated its fiftieth birthday. It's daunting to think of all the people who have spent hours on the stools there, killing time and waiting for the day to the end. But it's the kind of joint where it's easy to lose track of time. The square-shaped bar makes for easy people-watching, and with some of Colfax's finest camping out there, it's usually entertaining as hell. If Bukowski were still alive, this might be his idea of nirvana. More »
2006 | BEST CRACKHEAD DETERRENT

The drinking hour comes early to Nob Hill Inn, where the alcohol starts flowing at 8 a.m. and doesn't stop 'til 2 a.m. This Colfax dive welcomes all comers -- from day laborers on their way to work to night-shifters knocking back a quick one before bed. But it has a strict zero-tolerance policy for those folks involved in the brisk Colfax street-drug trade, which is why it blasts classical music from a speaker system mounted on the tavern's outside wall. Though classical music has been shown... More »

Denver's ten best jukeboxes

By Jon Solomon | Tue, April 17, 2012

Just as music collections say a lot about people, a jukebox can do the same for a bar; it often reflect the place's personality. A lot of times, variety is key to a well-stocked jukebox, and 3 Kings T... More »
From open to close at one of Denver's best dives: The Nob Hill

By | Thu, November 05, 2009

The doors of the Nob Hill Inn open at 8 a.m., "so you start off fresh," says John Plessinger, whose father bought the bar at 420 East Colfax Avenue in 1969 and put it in his then-21-year-old son's name. Forty years later, by 8 a.m. the owner's alr... More »
Down and dirty on Colfax

By Drew Bixby | Thu, April 16, 2009

While two totally separate establishments, Roslyn Grill (504 East Colfax Avenue) and Nob Hill Inn (420 East Colfax) nonetheless comprise a flaming binary star of degeneracy around which many of Denver's down-and-out orbit. Because they're less tha... More »

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Nob Hill Inn

420 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80203

303-860-7557

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2009 | Best Dive

2006 | BEST CRACKHEAD DETERRENT

By Jon Solomon | Tue, April 17, 2012

By | Thu, November 05, 2009

By Drew Bixby | Thu, April 16, 2009