Sidewinder Tavern

Located just a few blocks from I-70 & Washington St., and near the National Western Complex, RiNo Art District and 5 Points Neighborhood, this gem of Globeville brings you Local, National & International musical talent. We also host art shows, films & comedy and are available for rentals. Unusual for live music venues in Denver, we have a free side parking lot. If buildings could talk, the Sidewin

der Tavern at 4485 Logan Street in Globeville would surely have some tales to tell. In January, 1894, the building was home to the Golobvich and Slogar Saloon where a group of men gathered to form Sveti Jakov, St. Jacob’s Croatian-Slovenian Benefit Society—an ethnic fraternal insurance organization. Jacob’s was a somewhat secret society for men only, and a password was required to gain entrance to a lodge meeting. The first year the password was “Sloboda” and the next year it was changed to “Hrvatska.” Try those passwords on the bartenders! In April 1906, the women of Globeville, mostly wives of St. Jacob’s members, formed St. Ann’s Lodge 143, which merged with the men’s group in December, 1926. Later, the tavern was called the 16 to One Exchange and was managed by the politically powerful Max Malich, known in Globeville as “the King of the Slavs.” The site was home to weddings, funerals, meetings of the town council, and during the bitter labor battles of 1903, the Mill and Smeltermen’s Union. Meetings to organize Holy Rosary Parish, as well as Mass and confession, were held there until the church was completed in 1920. After World War II, members of the Globeville Veteran’s Association gathered in the tavern for support and camaraderie. Stop by the Sidewinder, have a drink, listen to live music, watch the Denver Broncos and toast the former patrons of this historic place.