Denver’s oldest saloon, still serving food and drink on the original site, is now known as My Brother’s Bar, located at the corner of 15th and Platte Streets. Maria Anna and Angelo Capelli opened it in 1873 as the Highland House, and it quickly became a hub for the Italian community in early Denver. When Jim and Angelo Karagas bought the place in 1970, they renamed it My Brother’s Bar so that either brother could assign any trouble to “my brother.”
- Courtesy of “Dr. Colorado” Tom Noel (photo from Tom Noel Collection)