3834 Tennyson St., 30 Candlelight TavernĬall it what you will-the Candlefight and the Mandlelight are two popular nicknames-but we call it a divey Denver institution. Add in a few pool tables, a new jukebox, toe-tapping live music from local bands every Sunday afternoon (starting this year after football season), and you’ve got an institution that’s survived for more than 80 years by being an example of a dive-bar truism: Simplicity is best. Thanks to owners Andrew Peterson and Sarah Kenney-who purchased the bar from longtime proprietress Lisa Sanchez in August 2021-it’s still the type of place where you can find a crew of longtime regulars enjoying too-good-to-be-true specials (see: $1 jello shots and $3 pickle shots every day) while unabashedly cursing John Elway’s performance as president of the Denver Broncos. But despite all of its new neighbors, this legendary bar’s character hasn’t changed. Today, it can be easy to miss amongst all of the trendy endeavors in one of the city’s fastest growing areas. When it opened in 1934, the Berkeley Inn became one of the few businesses operating on Tennyson Street in northwest Denver. 7514 Grandview Ave., Arvada 30 The Berkeley Inn As is appropriate for a true local dive, bartenders favor their regulars-so suck it up and wait or, better yet, go often enough to become one yourself. Bring friends to play pool, darts, or Big Buck Hunter quarters to fill the cozy joint with classic rock, punk, or early ’90s grunge tracks from the jukebox and a tolerance for subpar bathrooms. There’s a standard lineup of draft beer with which to chase 12 Volt’s must-order pickle shot: not liquor followed by a pickle juice back, but actual house-made, pickle-infused vodka from a dispenser behind the bar. This longtime biker bar ’s interior still looks like it hasn’t seen the light of day in decades.
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A Local’s Guide to Eating and Drinking in Littletonĭon’t let the shiny new front patio (recently added, thanks to Olde Town Arvada’s pandemic-inspired street closures) or the facade’s trendy roll-up windows (which replaced opaque glass blocks in a 2017 face-lift) fool you.The 11 Best Outdoor Dining Setups in Denver and Beyond.on weekdays with kitchen hours going until 10 p.m on weekdays and 11 p.m on weekends. While it's definitely not the TV-heavy sports bar that the Blake Street Tavern was, there are still enough flat-screens to satisfy fans. The smokehouse theme continues from the kitchen to the bar and dining room with rough-hewn woods, dark colors and mounted animal heads. and Belgium, make up the bulk of the beer list. Twenty beers on tap, many from Colorado but also a few rare artisan ales from around the U.S. "It's like a cross between bacon and smoked pork shoulder," says Goloskewitsch. Wings, spare ribs and rib tips highlight the menu, but Goloskewitsch and McMinn have also come up with something new with their "cowboy bacon," a Boston butt that wet-cures for nine days like bacon and then is smoked for eight hours or so over apricot wood. Instead, he and McMinn are building a creative and unique list of meats with influences from the wide world of wood-fired cooking. Chef de cuisine Nick Goloskewitsch says the menu is "non-denominational barbecue," meaning that he's not trying to lure fans of any one regional style. But the smell of wood smoke and slow-cooked meats might just keep them coming back. Sommatino's Satellite Bar has also managed to stick around on a stretch of Colfax Avenue that's more grungy than gentrified.īallpark and RiNo are booming now, which may help bring customers to the door of the Spruce initially.
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See also: 2601 Proves to Be a Great Number for New RiNo Restaurantsīrian Sommatino and chef Jeremy McMinn built a strong reputation - and big crowds - at the Highland Tavern, the spot they opened eight years ago in a section of Lower Highland that was far from trendy at the time it started as a neighborhood watering hole and later added a kitchen and full menu. Now the Spruce Tap House, which opened on Friday, is giving it a go, with a team that has demonstrated the ability to succeed in difficult locations. Brauns moved from its home in front of the Pepsi Center but couldn't find success closer to Coors Field, while RiNo's came and went with barely a notice. When the Blake Street Tavern left its original location for bigger digs down the street (in the cavernous and clubby space that once housed Polly Esther's), a vacuum was left that sucked in a couple of other eateries that tried to make a go of that space.
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