I was so excited when I spotted this example of Denver Googie signage,
that I rushed over to photograph it, without waiting for the snow to melt!

You can see the zig-zag pattern of the lights representing the tipped
martini drink pouring toward the restaurant. Spill your drinks here!

There are still a dozen or so martini glass signs around town, the
Satire Lounge being the most prominent in Denver. I didn’t have
a good picture of the R&R Lounge handy, but I did have a couple
of the Mozart Lounge.

The Mozart Lounge is located over by the Mayfair Shopping
Center off of 13th.

This reminded me to check on the current condition of the old
44th Avenue Grill sign, now being used at the new location
of the last remaining Gordo’s restaurant.

44th Avenue Grill was on the corner of Wadsworth and 44th, they
replaced the building, but kept the sign, moving it back west on
44th. They seem to have kept the martini glass intact, but the
lettering is replaced and in a contemporary desktop-publishing
font, and hey, they cut off the Gordo’s logo a little! That’s odd.

Ah, now this is more like it! This is the other original sign from Wads.
and 44th, again, moved a little west, lightbulbs and lettering intact!
Beautiful! And plural no less. . .

My friend Greg sent me this picture of another tipped martini glass sign out on Leetsdale. He has some cool photography sites, such as Gregory Ego Photos and Denver Images