On Saturday afternoon, the line stretched outside the weathered building on Baseline Road, past the parking lot and toward the sidewalk. Some had driven in from out of state. Others had grown up coming here. Many simply wanted one last look.
After 51 years, the World Famous Dark Horse Bar and Grill closed its doors on March 14, ending the run of a place that had become one of Boulder’s most recognizable gathering spots, a dimly lit maze of memorabilia-covered walls, neon signs, arcade games and late-night rituals.
For generations of residents and former students, it was less a bar than a backdrop to college years, reunions and stories that blurred with time…