LoDo Bars and Restaurants Are Ready for the Neighborhood's Next Era

When then-Denver Post columnist Dick Kreck dubbed the old warehouse environs of lower downtown “LoDo” in 1983, the area had a sketchy reputation and plenty of boarded-up buildings. In March 1988, Denver City Council passed an ordinance that gave historic designation to the neighborhood between Union Station, Larimer Square, Cherry Creek and 20th Street…