15 C Club - Best Kept Secret in Colorado Springs, Colorado

After arriving in town for a visit, our friends insisted on taking my husband and I out for a nice martini, just us adults-leave the kids at home. Knowing my love for a good martini we comply and arrive in downtown Co. Springs. We park our car on the side street and our friends lead us down a dark alley where I was certain they were attempting to take us to some kind of red light hoochie-mama wild joint. I attempt to make light of the situation by asking, "are you guys lost? Perhaps we past it back there on the main street." They simply chuckle and reply, "come on, we know where we are going."

Passing the large garbage dumpster on the right and continuing onward we arrive at a black door, the only door with a light on above it. It simply states 15 C. We look at our friends who look back at us as if they are about to open a birthday surprise, snicker, then say, "Well go in!" "Uh, go in where? Go in here?" I ask. "Yep!" they reply. Hesitantly I open the door and find a very chic' Humphrey Bogart looking room. Yes, there are people inside sitting at tables, enjoying their cocktails and chatting. To the left wall are a couple soft leather sofa areas with low coffee tables, while in the middle are high bar tables. Directly in front view of the door is a polished wooden bar snuggling up to a painted brick wall. In the left portion of the club is a cozy room with a fireplace for cigar smoking, reservations required, for those who wish to partake.

This is a relaxed candle lit sultry bar and we turn to our friends and say in unison, "Nice!" To which they give us a wide grins and head nods. We grabbed a table in the middle of the room and order our martinis, "Grey Goose, dirty, with a twist" says one of our friends, and I order the standard, "A Cosmopolitan please." My husband is astounded by the choices and soon settles for the same as our friend. The staff is very friendly and accommodating. The martinis are smooth and delicious; though need to be sipped slowly or one my not find their way back down that dark alley.