5280: Classic Denver

“What makes Denver, well, “Denver”?

It’s a question we are frequently asked and one we love to write about (ahem, see pretty much everything on this website). Still, there are places that we return to—again and again—because they have a certain something that just can’t be recreated in other locales. These are the spots we drag out-of-town guests to, that we rave about to people considering a move here, and (let’s be honest) that we sometimes don’t talk about because we love them so much we want to keep them to ourselves…

Order a pint at Great Divide Brewing Co.’s (original) taproom

Established: 1994

Great Divide might have opened their five-acre Barrel Bar in the city’s trendy RiNo neighborhood in 2015, but that hasn’t made us give up the classic coolness of its original Ballpark taproom. The bar features 16 of the brewery’s award-winning beers at any given time (we heart the bombastic Titan IPA or anything of the Yeti variety) and faces Arapahoe Street, which means you can sip on a brew and watch Denver’s urban current of cars and people stream by…”

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