The Pint Room

Beer-and-burger specialist the Pint Room got its start in Dublin, Ohio, in 2012, offering 101 beers on tap. A second spot with 126 taps opened two years later in Carmel, Indiana. And in the spring of 2015, the company opened its third Pint Room in Littleton, in the former home of the Celtic Tavern on […]

First Draft

Are you new to craft beer? Want to try an ounce or two of different styles — from the standard to the exotic — without committing to an entire glass? What if you’re a beer geek and want to ensure that you get a sip of that special release? This RiNo tap room offers the […]

The Farm House Restaurant at Breckenridge Brewery

The Farm House at Breckenridge Brewery, the 8,000-square-foot restaurant on the twelve-acre, $36 million Breckenridge Brewery campus in Littleton, is nothing like the tap houses of yore. If not for the barn-like architectural elements – a vaulted ceiling, big windows and corrugated metal on the walls – the main dining room could pass for a […]

Our Mutual Friend Brewing Company

Hanging out at the OMF taproom is like being at a house party; there are often more folks standing around than sitting down. They’re part of a fun, diverse and younger crowd than you find at your typical brewery. The beer matches that demographic as well – IPAs, lagers, and barrel-aged, smoked and experimental beers. […]

Lowry Beer Garden

Even parents with toddlers in tow need a place to kick back with cold beers. The Lowry Beer Garden is the hangout of choice for young families in east Denver – and with good reason. The phrase “beer garden” is often misapplied to simple patios and decks, but here almost every seat is outdoors, and […]

Denver Beer Co.

Like its name, Denver Beer Co. is simple and straightforward. The owners, Charlie Berger and Patrick Crawford, aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel; they just want to make great beer. But you’ll rarely find the same beer there twice, as Berger and Crawford are constantly coming up with new recipes for a wide variety of […]

Highland Tap & Burger

When Highland Tap & Burger opened in 2010, it was designed as a watering hole for a neighborhood in flux: Northwest Denver was rapidly gentrifying, displacing much of the Mexican-American community that had been there for multiple generations (most of the Italian families were already gone). But Highland Tap wanted to bring everyone to the […]

Hops & Pie

Since it debuted in 2010, Hops & Pie has been a go-to for beer lovers, thanks to its long, ever-rotating tap list and lots of special hop-fueled events. In 2023, it debuted a new, expansive patio, which is an ideal place to settle in with a cold one and a slice of sourdough-crust pizza – […]

Royal Hilltop

Owners James and Tina Pachorek did something restaurateurs too often forget when they opened this small, family-oriented British-style pub in the far reaches of eastern Aurora: They created a casual, laid-back, non-threatening restaurant that people want to return to. The menu, while lacking the glitz and style of trendier eateries, is filled with soul-satisfying pub […]