Colfax Avenue

Colfax Avenue has a colorful and vibrant history that must be preserved. This site is a gift to the people of Colorado and the World for historical archival purposes. All content can be found through the links in the right hand column or using the search feature in the top left. If you use any content from this site, please credit ColfaxAvenue.org.

 

Talk Colfax like a local! View online or download Jonny Barber's book Colfax Avenue: East to West (2025, 216 pages), offered as a free gift to the community he loves:

 

Please visit our Colfax Avenue exhibit currently on display at History Colorado entitled Forty Years on the 'Fax.

 

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Pfeifer's Restaurant Lounge

 

Originally a dinner lounge with in-house jazz band, rented for small events, and also was a meeting spot for Aurora politicians and businessmen. Pfeifer's Lounge was located at 11707 E. Colfax Avenue.

Trav-a-leer Motel

 

The Trav-a-leer Motel was located at 10750 E. Colfax Avenue in Aurora, Colorado. It was a prominent roadside motel and the site is now occupied by a Taco Bell. The iconic sign for the motel was saved by preservationists and has been stored for future display by the Save the Signs group.

K Motor Lodge

 

This is the original sign for the K Motor Lodge, at 10730 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO, which is no longer there.

Timberline Motel

 

The Timberline Motel is at 11818 E Colfax Ave, Aurora, CO. This was their original sign, which was later hit by a car and totaled. 

Paisan's Pizzeria

 

Paisan's Pizzeria was located at 8119 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Operated by Vincenzo "Jim" Sannino (Sano) around the late 1950s and 1960s, it was known as one of the early pizza spots on East Colfax.

Le Bistro a Go-Go