Brooklyn's earns its name in the four hours before a Broncos kickoff, when the West Colfax sports bar fills with orange and the back patio turns into the loudest pregame in Denver.
The Original Brooklyn's sits at 2644 West Colfax Avenue, a short walk south of Empower Field at Mile High and a straight shot from Ball Arena. Yelp files it under sports bars as "Brooklyn's - Invesco Field," which tells you the entire pitch: this is a stadium bar first and everything else second. The building carries old Denver architecture and the worn-in feel of a neighborhood institution, and on a game day the patio and the parking lot do as much work as the dining room.
The room
For a former bartender, the real test of a stadium bar is whether the seats nobody wants still see a screen. Brooklyn's passes because the floor is built around the crowd rather than one wall of televisions, and the layout reads like a true dive made comfortable. The back patio is first come, first served, so the only bad seat on a Broncos Sunday is the one you claimed too late. Tripadvisor reviewers writing up their pre-Broncos visits keep pointing to that patio as the place to plant yourself.
What to order
The kitchen keeps it honest with burgers named for the city's sports history. The Bronco, the Outlaw, and the Zephyr anchor a short menu of burgers, crispy fries, and hearty sandwiches built to soak up a pregame beer or three. At a stadium bar the food's only job is to be fast and filling before kickoff, and the comfort-food list does exactly that without pretending to be anything it isn't. Pair a burger with a cold domestic draft and you have the standard Broncos-Sunday order.
The crowd and best time to go
The crowd is Broncos fans, concertgoers headed to Ball Arena, and playoff-night regulars who have done this for years. Per the venue's own booking note, reservations for Broncos home games open the Monday after the previous home game and fill fast, so plan ahead or come early for the first-come patio. The best version of Brooklyn's is roughly three hours before a home kickoff, when the room is full but the bar can still pour fast and you can still find a seat.
Who it is for
Brooklyn's is for the fan who wants to walk to the stadium, not the one chasing a polished cocktail program. It suits Broncos tailgaters, Ball Arena crowds, and groups who treat the bar as base camp for a game day. Skip it if you want a quiet midweek pint or a refined room, because the whole point here is the noise and the proximity to kickoff.
The verdict
Brooklyn's wins on location and intent. It is a short walk from Empower Field, it is built to move a crowd before a game, and the first-come back patio rewards anyone who shows up early with the best seats in the house. The honest caveat is that this is a stadium sports bar, loud and game-day driven, not a destination for a calm evening. Come orange, come early, take the patio. For a screen-heavy room closer to Coors Field, see Milepost Zero.
For the rest of the city's game-day options, see our guide to the best sports bars in Denver and the wider sports bars by occasion. The full local scene is mapped in the Denver bar guide.
Sources: The Original Brooklyn's official site, originalbrooklyns.com (2026); Yelp "Brooklyn's - Invesco Field" listing (updated May 2026); Tripadvisor reviews, Original Brooklyn's, Denver.
