The Campus Lounge originally opened as the Bel-Aire in 1946 and became The Campus Lounge in 1949. Jim Wiste, a captain of the 1968 NCAA champion Denver Pioneers hockey team, purchased the lounge from Bill and Joe White in 1976. In 2016, a St. Charles partnership purchased the Campus Lounge building and namesake business and guided an extensive year-long renovation of the building and adjacent retail space, solidifying its status as an iconic fixture in the Bonnie Brae and Washington Park neighborhoods.