Nallen's Irish Pub

Nallen's has been on the 1400 block of Market since 1992, which in LoDo bar years is geologic. It is a small, dim room with a long bar, a real Guinness pour, a deep Irish whiskey list and not much else, and it opens at 2pm every day of the year. The block around it turns into a bottle-service strip after 10pm on weekends; Nallen's stays a pub, and the regulars are a mix of downtown workers, off-duty cooks and people waiting out the line next door.

Why go. A proper pint and a stool when the rest of Market Street is trying too hard.

Come at 2 or 3pm on a weekday if you want the bar to yourself; Friday and Saturday after 10pm it is standing room like everywhere else on the block.