Red Alert: Denver Expands Alcohol Sale and Delivery Hours

Last call remains 8 p.m., however.

December 2, 2020

Image: If you're sitting in a bubble at My Brother's Bar, you can drink until 10...but last call remains 8 p.m.

If you're sitting in a bubble at My Brother's Bar, you can drink until 10...but last call remains 8 p.m. Mark Antonation

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Another day, another public-health order that changes the rules at Denver restaurants.

Although the City and County of Denver remains at Level Red on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment COVID-19 dial, which means that all indoor dining at restaurants is temporarily off-limits and last call for alcohol service for diners seated outdoors remains 8 p.m., a few of the rules have been loosened.

For starters, if you're sitting outdoors (in a party that's all from the same household, of course), you can consume alcohol until 10 p.m. — if you were smart enough to get plenty of extra drinks before last call two hours earlier.

Alcohol takeout and curbside service at restaurants and bars also ends at 10 p.m. — although alcohol delivery from restaurants and bars can now continue until 2 a.m.

Meanwhile, liquor store sales and delivery can now run until midnight.

Any questions? Try the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment.

And drink up!

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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