Award winnerMeatloaf Cheeseburger$16.50
8oz of our award-winning house meatloaf, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayo & pickle on brioche.
Hours
Live blues.
Live blues.
Cajun soul.
South Pearl.
Denver’s favorite blues bar & Cajun café. Scratch-made gumbo, po’boys and an award-winning meatloaf cheeseburger — with a live band on stage every Friday and Saturday night and no cover charge.
Every week
The Roadhouse rhythm.
Closed Sunday & Monday so the crew can rest up. Here’s what the rest of the week sounds like.
Tuesday
DJ Trivia Night
Bring a crew, win bar tabs and bragging rights. Happy hour 3–6pm.
7:00pmWednesday
Open Mic + Chicken Fried Chicken
Sign-up at 6pm. Our sous-vide, pickle-brined CFC special all day.
Sign-up 6pmThursday
Neighborhood Night
Po’boy bowls, $1 off drafts during happy hour, Broncos talk at the bar.
11am – 12amFriday
Live Blues
Local & national acts on the Roadhouse stage. Never a cover on regular nights.
8:00pmSaturday
Live Blues
Blues, rock, rockabilly, swamp and outlaw country. Dance floor’s open.
8:00pm
Blues bar & Cajun café
A little bit of Bourbon Street on South Pearl.
We’re a locally owned, ~90% scratch kitchen. Our bread is baked locally and delivered fresh every week, our burgers are a special grind from our local butcher, and our catfish soaks in buttermilk for three days before it ever hits the fryer.
- Chicken sous-vided for gumbo, jambalaya & chicken fried chicken
- All-natural, pickle-brined chicken
- Plant-based Impossible nuggets & hemp burger swaps
- Annual Fat Tuesday crawfish boil with a live Cajun band
House favorites
Full menu What people drive across town for.
Award winner
Po’boysfrom $7.75
Locally baked French bread, your choice of catfish, shrimp, crawfish, chicken or hot sausage — fully dressed.
Cajun classicCrawfish Étouffée$18.50
Rich, roux-dark étouffée over steamed rice with toast points and a side salad.
Lincoln Burger$15.50
8oz brisket, sirloin & chuck triple grind. Add Cooper Sharp, bacon, or go sloppy with green chili.
Weekly specialChicken Fried ChickenWed
Pickle-brined, sous-vide chicken breast, smashed potatoes & house sausage gravy. Wednesdays only.
Lafayette Bread Pudding$9.25
French bread soaked in rum sauce with Chantilly cream. And absolutely NO raisins.
Bayou Happy Hour
South Pearl’s happiest hours.
Tuesday – Friday · 3pm – 6pm
Good food, cold drinks, Cajun flavor. Swing by after work for cheap drafts, NOLA cocktails and bar snacks straight from the scratch kitchen.
See the full menuFood
Fried Pickles$3
Cajun PopcornFried crawfish tails, remoulade$6
Half Shrimp Po’boyGrilled, blackened or fried$6
Drinks
Coors Banquet / Light Draft$4
Well Drinks$4
House Wines$5
Hurricane · King Cake Daiquiri · Swamp Water$5
All other drafts$1 off
Shrimp & Catfish Basket
Fried shrimp, fried catfish, fries & hush puppies
$10Fried shrimp, fried catfish, fries & hush puppies
On stage
Full calendar Coming up on the Roadhouse stage.
Nov06Fri
Kerry Pastine & The Crime Scene
Blues · Rockabilly · Music at 8pm
Nov07Sat
The Delta Sonics
Electric blues · Music at 8pm
Nov13Fri
Lionel Young Band
Blues · Soul · Music at 8pm
Nov14Sat
Eddie Turner “Devil Boy”
Blues guitar · Music at 8pm
Recognition
Denver’s been paying attention.
2018 · 19
Best Blues Club
Westword Best of Denver
2011
Best Blues Club
Westword Best of Denver
2009
Best Dive Bar
5280 Top of the Town
2002
Best Meatloaf Sandwich
Westword Best of Denver
4.6★Average from 1,000+ Google reviews
$0Cover on regular show nights
8ozBrisket · sirloin · chuck triple-grind patties
3 daysOur catfish soaks in buttermilk
★★★★★
Guests keep coming back for the rotating weekly burger specials and the free live music on Friday & Saturday nights.
What Google reviewers mention most★★★★★
A true Denver staple: scratch-made kitchen, a great bar and a deep whiskey selection, with friendly owners behind it all.
Common review theme★★★★★
Locals point to the gumbo, blackened catfish and po’boy bowls as the lighter, Cajun-packed alternative to a burger.
Common review theme
Find us
Corner of Pearl & Buchtel.
Platte Park / Wash Park / DU — just two blocks off the Louisiana–Pearl light rail station, right beside I-25.
Hours
| Tuesday | 11am – 12am |
| Wednesday | 11am – 12am |
| Thursday | 11am – 12am |
| Friday | 11am – 2am |
| Saturday | 11am – 2am |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | Closed |
- 1201 S Pearl St, Denver, CO 80210
- (303) 777-3700
- Kitchen last call 9:45pm · Bar last call 1:30am Fri & Sat
- 2 blocks from Louisiana–Pearl Station (E, H lines)
Parties & private events
Birthday, office party, band reunion? We’ve got a room for that.
Group menus, crawfish boils and full buyouts with a stage, PA and a bar that knows how to pour.
Plan your party