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Bars and Taverns

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Reader: Randy Layman pours out some love for the cocktail scene

    Do you want a shot of attitude with that beer? Laura Shunk's interview with Adam Hodak, the Green Russell bartender who doesn't think bartenders should be pretentious, hit a few people in their funny bones, not to mention wallets lightened by the cost of craft cocktails. The comments keep flowing o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Bartending superstar Jim Meehan descends upon the Mile High City next week

    We might all be Manhattan and martini connoisseurs now, but not even ten years ago, properly made classic cocktails were a lot more difficult to find not just in Denver, but in any city. And cocktail bars -- at least the trendy cocktail bars that keep proliferating today -- were virtually non-exist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    The Hooch Life, a new website for enthusiastic drinkers, launches today

    ​Happy Repeal Day, Denver. In celebration of the day in 1933 when United States citizens could finally booze legally again, you might consider raising a pre-Prohibition era cocktail -- like a dry Martini, made with equal parts gin and vermouth, or a bittered sling (the old-fashioned Old Fashio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Oskar Blues rolls out the Bone Wagon food truck, serving burritos, wings and burgers

    Oskar Blues​Taprooms and food trucks are a perfect match: the taprooms need good grub to feed their customers, and the food trucks need to find good spots with a lot of hungry people. Over the past few years, it's a combination that's worked well for more than a dozen breweries in Denver, Bou ... More >>

  • Music

    September 22, 2011

    Hawk Attack

    Singapore Sling
    Wipe It Off Records

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Reader: Oh, Brother! Does this look like a dive bar to you?

    My Brother's Bar has no sign, but lots of fans​Dive right in, the water -- and beer -- is fine! Our list of the town's Five Best Dive Bars -- starting with the Kentucky Inn, winner of the Best Dive Bar in the Best of Denver 2011 -- has fans of dive bars and definitions alike plunging into the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Noonan's Tavern set to open next week at Heather Ridge

    ​Last year the B.U.F.F. Brothers Group sold four of their bars -- the College Inn, Dirk's, Gibby's and Pifler's -- to the Little Pub Company. B.U.F.F. Brothers co-owner Rob Lanphier says the sale basically came down to money: The Little Pub Company, which now owns nineteen saloons in the area, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Denver (and Patty's Chile Beer) make Esquire's list of top beer cities in the nation

    ​Esquire Magazine has atoned for a huge mistake that Men's Journal made two years ago. Unlike that mag, it's included Denver in its list of the nation's seven best beer cities. The Esquire issue, which just hit newsstands, lists Chicago, Denver, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, St. Louis and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Baker St. Pub & Grill wants to pick the right beer for you

    Photo courtesy Baker St. Pub & GrillFat Tire and fried shrimp are a winning combination in chef David Spirito's book.​Beer pairings aren't the newest movement on the culinary scene, but how about an entire menu full of pairings -- dessert included -- numbering some sixty all told? That's how ... More >>

  • Music

    April 22, 2010

    Get ready for dueling dueling piano bars

    Photo courtesy Baker St. Pub & GrillFat Tire and fried shrimp are a winning combination in chef David Spirito's book.​Beer pairings aren't the newest movement on the culinary scene, but how about an entire menu full of pairings -- dessert included -- numbering some sixty all told? That's how ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 11, 2010

    The more things change, the more they stay the same at Don's

    Photo courtesy Baker St. Pub & GrillFat Tire and fried shrimp are a winning combination in chef David Spirito's book.​Beer pairings aren't the newest movement on the culinary scene, but how about an entire menu full of pairings -- dessert included -- numbering some sixty all told? That's how ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Join the club visiting Denver's best dives, starting at the 404

    ​ How do you know you're in a classic dive? It helps if the owner stands up and welcomes you to his place -- the place he's had for 58 years, and bought before he was old enough to own it legally. Jerry Feld bought the bar at 404 Broadway back in 1951, and he's run Club 404 ever since -- eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Denver's top ten dive bars

    The Rustic Tavern meets all the qualifications of a dive -- and then some.​Sample one of Denver's best dive bars at 8 p.m. Thursday, November 5, when Club 404, 404 Broadway, hosts a launch party for Westword Drunk of the Week columnist Drew Bixby's Denver's Best Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Cafe Society: Week in review

    ​What you might have missed this week on Cafe Society while checking out Jason Sheehan's top ten places on 17th Avenue to swell your belly. Lori Midson got a sneak peak of Sean Yontz's new restaurant space during a sit-down with the Sketch, Mezcal and Tambien executive chef, who's also the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    Meet Us on Alameda ... But Not at Valverde Yacht Club

    ​What you might have missed this week on Cafe Society while checking out Jason Sheehan's top ten places on 17th Avenue to swell your belly. Lori Midson got a sneak peak of Sean Yontz's new restaurant space during a sit-down with the Sketch, Mezcal and Tambien executive chef, who's also the s ... More >>

  • Music

    June 28, 2007

    Kenny Chesney

    Saturday, June 30, Dick's Sporting Goods Park, 1-866-461-6556.

  • Calendar

    June 21, 2007

    A Glass Act

    Let's drink to sixty years of drinking at Don's.

  • Music

    August 10, 2006

    Bad Luck City

    Bluebird Theater

  • Goods & Services

    March 25, 2004

    Best Factory Outlet Center

    Colorado Mills

  • Dining

    October 3, 2002

    Drink of the Week

    Blow Job

  • Dining

    July 25, 2002

    Drink of the Week

    Hurricane

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Battle of the Bulges

    Male strippers are the latest victims in the city's war on crack.

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