Denver off the Wagon

It’s no hidden fact that we like good alcohol.  Thankfully, our friends at Westword love it, too.

This year, with Laura Shunk’s added focus of booze news, Westword’s Best of series proportionally increased to allow the boozy favorites.  You can find the full list listed at this link, but here are our Cliff Notes for your liquor-sodden exploration:

• Best News About Denver – It’s the Coolest City
• Best Place to Symbolize Denver for the Rest of the World – Wynkoop Brewing Company
• Best Wine List —  Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar
• Best By-the-Glass Wine List –   twelve restaurant
• Best First-Date Restaurant –   A Cote Bar a Absinthe
• Best Wine Bar –   Cellar Wine Bar
• Best Contemporary Cocktail Bar –   Williams & Graham
• Best Late-Afternoon Happy Hour –   Lola
• Best Late-Night Happy Hour –   Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar
• Best Dive-Bar Happy Hour –   Park Tavern
• Best Excuse for Happy-Hour Beers –   Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge
• Best House Margarita –   Pinche Taqueria
• Best Martini –   Linger
• Best Barrel-Aged Cocktail –   Steuben’s
• Best Manhattan –   Green Russell
• Best Single-Malt Scotch List –   Pints Pub
• Best Rum Selection –   Cafe Brazil
• Best Dive Bar –   PS Lounge
• Best Bartender’s Choice –   Colt & Gray
• Best Team of Bartenders –   Jax Fish House
• Best New Bar –   Williams & Graham
• Best Brewpub –   Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery
• Best Tap House –   Tasty Weasel Tap Room
• Best New Brewery –   Denver Beer Co
• Best Neighborhood Brewery –   Renegade Brewing
• Best Brewery for Neighbors –   Copper Kettle Brewing
• Best Tap Room for Food Trucks –   Great Divide Brewing
• Best Tap Room for Wings –   Dry Dock Brewing
• Best Bottle Beer List –   Cheeky Monk
• Best Draft Beer List –   Falling Rock Tap House
• Best Place to Pair Beer and Food –   Euclid Hall
• Best New Beer Idea –   Bull & Bush Pub & Brewery
• Best New Beer Idea to Go –   Wit’s End Brewing
• Best Restaurant for a Last Meal –   Euclid Hall
• Best After-Midnight Menu –   My Brother’s Bar
• Best Restaurant Patio With a View –   Linger 
• Best TV Commercial – “Least Interesting Man in the World”

Thoughts? Reflections?  Insight to life’s issues and mysteries?  Whatever your take, I hope you try some of these places.  Cheers!

About Jess Hunter

Jess is a lady and a scholar. If she's not mulling over the various names of famous mustaches and their respective bitter cocktails, she's nibbling on American Craft Singles and Cantillon. Connect with her by email at jesshunter@denveroffthewagon.com.

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