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Our Story

Denver's Burger Dive with a Tale to Tell

We all have that crazy aunt or cousin. She’s notoriously late, and she always shows up with a wild story to tell — a story that might not be entirely true, but one that’s completely entertaining. It’s a bit like the Cherry Cricket’s story.

No one really knows where the name Cherry Cricket came from, and we like it that way. We do know that the Duffy’s addition to our nostalgic sign came from Bernard Duy when he owned the bar in the 1960’s. It was during that time that Cricket became one of Denver’s first sports bars and gained a reputation as the black sheep of Cherry Creek. Like your crazy aunt, we might have been a little rough around the edges back then, but we meant no harm. We just wanted to fill your belly with the city’s favorite burgers and Colorado craft beer. Here at this modest brick and mortar building on 2nd Ave, we’ve been slinging burgers, brews and good times since 1945. Plenty has changed around the neighborhood, but very little has changed inside the neighborhood’s favorite bar, even after our 2016 fire. The Cricket is a place where a delicious burger, a cold beer, and good friends will always be waiting. No matter how much things change around us, that never will.

And soon there will be a new chapter in our story…but more to come on that later. For now, come say hi, grub on your favorite burger and don’t forget to bring a friend. Everyone is a friend of the Cricket!

Our History

1945 - Homegrown The original Cherry Cricket opens, aptly named Mary Zimmerman's Bar, since Mary Zimmerman was the founder and the bar was also her home.

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1950 - This way to the Cricket Lloyd Page buys the restaurant, changes the name to Cherry Cricket — although no one knows why – and has Denver’s own Gordon Signs build the marquee that’s still the beacon for award-winning burgers.

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1963 - Shakes & The Spins Bernard Duffy assumes ownership and soon adds the famous rotating “Duffy’s” sign. You could dine on the prime rib lunch buffet for $2.50, and many, many people did just that.

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1972 - A Black Sheep is Born Duffy retires and ownership details get a little sketchy. So does The Cricket’s reputation. But every journey has its darker moments.

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1990 - Cricket Renaissance Eli McGuire breathes new life into the Cherry Cricket as the next proprietor. Her dream? Make the Cherry Cricket “the best damn bar around.” Proof that dreams can come true.

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2000 - Hickenlooper Effect Eli gives ownership to Wynkoop, the company established by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and co-founder of Denver’s first brewpub, now among the largest brewpubs in the world.

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2009 - FOOD CHANNEL FAME Aaron Sanchez experiences the Cricket, tells Food Channel viewers that his burger was “the best thing I ever ate.”

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2011 - BURGER JOINT INFAMY Travel Channel’s Man vs. Food showcases the Cricket as “one of the best burger joints in America.”

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2016 - FIRING THE ALARM Smoked up the ‘hood. Kitchen fire the night before Thanksgiving, closed for 5 months.

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2017 - THE CRICKET COMEBACK In April, the Cherry Cricket reopens after the fire, everything looks the same, guests can’t even tell there was ever a fire. Still the same old “black sheep of Cherry Creek.”

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2018 - DOWNTOWN LOCATION After more than 70 years of bringing burgers and cheer in Cherry Creek, we opened our 2nd Cherry Cricket Downtown across from Coors Field.