Bar Standard — Restaurant in Denver

I had a fun time watching drag and burlesque performances on Saturday evening 6/25.

But I was highly disappointed in the consideration for safety of patrons, the stress of performers and volunteers and the overall organization.

I fell twice that evening, once on the dance floor fully to the floor. And then due to water in the FEMALE PRESENTING BATHROOM. I sustained a pretty severe sprain in both ankles, bruising and due to my bone and hip issues I am out of work for 3 days. I should be for more but I can't afford to lose money like that.

I saw three other people who either slipped, fell or rolled there ankle or hurt themselves. Most were due to water in the female presenting bathroom. As well as water all over the floor, all but two doors were either unlockable or had the doors on backwards. I literally had to use my hands and walking aid to hold the door so It wouldn't swing open.

Soap and toilet paper ran out way to quickly and was not replaced. I told security about the excess water and he was on top of trying to get it mopped up but more water kept appearing.

I understand this is a bar and drinks get spilled, as well water gets spilled. But think of the safety of your staff, patrons and performers.

I went to the MALE PRESENTING BATHROOM after my second fall, which i did use after the second fall in hopes of dryer floors and locking doors. Surprise surprise it was consistently cleaned, well stocked and all the locks worked on the doors.

I come to bar standard for higher STANDARDS. But was extremely disappointed. Do better barstandard Im giving 1 star for the volunteers, performers, photographers and fellow event peeps that made...

$15 sat. cover now for no headlining artist, I support this if the talent is getting the money but just sharing the info as some might find this pertinent.

Quite a bummer tbh. Been holding off on a neg. Review as it used to be one of our favorite places, but there’s too much competition these days to have overtly unfriendly staff, from bartenders to the obviously unstable roid rage security guy we saw treating a group of girls like he was called in as the swat team to handle a life or death situation.

We later asked them what happened and they said he was being abrasively rude and aggressive while they were just grabbing their belongings to clear out (mind you the dj was still playing, it was 120am; and we ourselves were still waiting for drinks to be served without issue or warning the rooms were being shut down??

So they want patrons drink money whilst simultaneously rudely ushering people out while the dj is literally still going 1:20 on a sat night.

On our end, drinks have wandering prices from bartender to bartender and bar to bar ($18 well vodka+ corona, $15 or $13 Tito’s or Ketel one and basic mixers). Prices are whatever, good priced drinks used to be a benefit of coming here, and it just isn’t anymore and that’s okay. But I don’t enjoy feeling like I’m at a used car sales lot every time I need a refill when I’m out for a night.

A shame to see, but we won’t be...

Although the layout of this place is a little odd, it's narrow and long, I feel they did the best they could with what they had to work with. The bathrooms are up front, left of the stage, which can make them difficult to access during busy shows (although they have installed large tables on the left side of the venue to create a path down the side to the restroom). There are three bars for convenience, one on the right side of the stage, one in the back, and a bar upstairs on the rooftop lounge. Drinks are small and pricey (I heard from friends, but I come from a resort town and found it reasonable/comparable to what I was used to). It's nice to be able to cool off and catch a bit of a view on the rooftop. A cool venue and worth checking out! The credit card machines were down while I was there, which was inconvenient. Luckily, I had friends that had cash I was able to borrow and repay, but there is a no re-entry policy, so if I hadn't had cash/friends it would've been a major bummer! So come with cash I guess. Overall still a good experience, and we drove all the way down from Breckenridge! I hope to come back for...