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The Buckhorn Exchange is a historic landmark restaurant and American frontier museum located in Lincoln Park,
Buckhorn Exchange was established on November 17, 1893, as a saloon called "The Rio Grande Exchange" by American scout, Henry H. "Shorty Scout" Zietz. Around 1886, the building was constructed by Neef Brothers Brewing Company. Zietz was friends with Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull who called him "Shorty Scout" due to his small physique. Zietz was considered a lifelong friend to the Indians. The saloon catered toward railroaders, cattlemen, miners, gamblers, businessmen and Indian chiefs.
Denver
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, Colorado
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. The restaurant opened in 1893 and is the oldest continuously operating restaurant in Denver.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1983 as the Zeitz Buckhorn Exchange. With
History
Buckhorn Exchange was established on November 17, 1893, as a saloon called "The Rio Grande Exchange" by American scout, Henry H. "Shorty Scout" Zietz. Around 1886, the building was constructed by Neef Brothers Brewing Company. Zietz was friends with Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull who called him "Shorty Scout" due to his small physique. Zietz was considered a lifelong friend to the Indians. The saloon catered toward railroaders, cattlemen, miners, gamblers, businessmen and Indian chiefs.
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
dined at the restaurant in 1905 after his Presidential Express train arrived at the Rio Grande rail yards. Roosevelt and Zietz went big-game hunting
Big-game hunting is the hunting of large game animals for meat, commercially valuable by-products (such as horns/antlers, furs, tusks, bones, body fat/ oil, or special organs and contents), trophy/taxidermy, or simply just for recreation ...
on Colorado's western slope. The restaurant contains over "500 mounted animals and trophy heads of every description", including an "African Cape Buffalo shot by President Teddy Roosevelt". As of 2018, five presidents have dined at Buckhorn Exchange.
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ranked Buckhorn Exchange as one of the oldest operating restaurants in the United States, stating the restaurant received the first liquor license in the state of Colorado.
Buckhorn's is currently owned by Bill Dutton.
Menu
Buckhorn Exchange is asteakhouse
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and is known for its Rocky Mountain oysters
Rocky Mountain oysters or mountain oysters, or meat balls, also known as prairie oysters in Canada (french: animelles), is a dish made of bull testicles. The organs are often deep-fried after being skinned, coated in flour, pepper and salt, and ...
.
See also
*List of the oldest restaurants in the United States
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* National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Denver __NOTOC__
There are 307 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Denver, the capital of the U.S. state of Colorado.
Number of listings by region
The properties are distributed across 48 of Denver's 79 offi ...
* List of steakhouses
The following are lists of notable steakhouses.
Chain restaurant steakhouses
North America
* Black Angus
* Bonanza Steakhouse
* The Capital Grille
* Charlie Brown's Steakhouse
* Claim Jumper
* Clyde's Prime Rib, Portland, Oregon
* Del F ...
References
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* Restaurants established in 1893 Restaurants in Colorado Restaurants in Denver Buildings and structures in Denver National Register of Historic Places in Denver Restaurants on the National Register of Historic Places Buildings and structures completed in 1886 Steakhouses in the United States {{Colorado-NRHP-stub