Twelve Great Denver Neighborhood Bars Where You Can Wet Your Whistle This Weekend

Sarah McGill has been stopping in at neighborhood bars all over town for the past three months because, yes, she likes a good drink, but also to help Denverites new and old navigate their way to some fine establishments — many of which have served their neighbors good cheer for...

By Westword Staff

October 29, 2016

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Sarah McGill has been stopping in at neighborhood bars all over town for the past three months because, yes, she likes a good drink, but she also wants to help Denverites new and old navigate their way to some fine establishments — many of which have served their neighbors good cheer for decades. From tiny Jefferson Park to stretches of Colfax Avenue, here are a dozen neighborhood bars you can check out this weekend, with links to McGill's pub profile.

A Neighborhood Bar Without a Neighborhood: Shelby's Bar and Grill

William's Tavern: Come as You Are in Uptown

Jefferson Park Pub: A Neighborhood Bar in a Neighborhood You Never Knew Existed

The Watering Bowl: Your Dog's Neighborhood Bar

The East Coast on East Colfax at the Elm

The Irish Snug Spotlights Colfax History and Irish Traditions

At Forty Years, Govnr's Park Tavern Is a Neighborhood Sports Bar for the Ages

Interstate Kitchen & Bar: Your Neighborhood Bar for Tinder Dates

Jake's Sports & Spirits: A Neighborhood Bar for Cole, RiNo or Simply the East Side

Don's Club Tavern: If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It

Pete's Satire Lounge Keeps Old Denver Alive

Good Spirits Preside Over Kinga's Lounge, Colfax Avenue's Polish Haunt

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