Hangar Bar

Born in 1938 -- the same year as the nearby Lowry Air Force Base -- the Hangar Bar specialized in stiff drinks and Colorado camaraderie for Air Force pilots and crew until 1994, when the base closed. Owners changed over the years, as did the clientele, but today the Hangar is a no-nonsense dive serving up the same stiff drinks and open-arms attitude. It's aeronautically themed, right down to the U.S. Army Air Corps posters and airplane models resting on the microwave, but the crowning jewel is the Beer Can Bomber, an airplane sculpture suspended from the ceiling that's roughly the size of a MINI Cooper and comprises more than 300 vintage beer cans. (Westword)