Readers: Lowry Beer Garden? We'll drink to that!

The news that Joe Vostrejs and Larimer Associates plan to put the Lowry Beer Garden -- a nearly 8,000-square-foot bar, authentic beer garden and pavilion -- into the Hangar 2 project (which will also have a dozen restaurants in its dining district) had beer fans raising their steins in thanks...

By Patricia Calhoun

February 1, 2012

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The news that Joe Vostrejs and Larimer Associates plan to put the Lowry Beer Garden -- a nearly 8,000-square-foot bar, authentic beer garden and pavilion -- into the Hangar 2 project (which will also have a dozen restaurants in its dining district) had beer fans raising their steins in thanks.

Says Fletcher Davis:

I'm pumped. Lowry needs something like this. I just hope the community supports this exciting new development. Also, I hope there's a dog friendly patio.

And it's not just Lowry that could be going to the dogs...

Adds Mantonat:

Not just Lowry, but Denver in general! Vostrejs isn't kidding when he says there are very few authentic beer gardens in the US. I can envision spending a ton of summer and fall saturday afternoons at a place like this (also with my dogs, hopefully).

Now that Denver is getting an authentic beer garden, what else does it need? Post your thoughts below, or join the conversation already under way here.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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