48 Hours of Drinking in Denver

Acreage sits in the heart of RiNo, Denver's most creatively charged neighbourhood, and it matches its surroundings exactly: industrial bones, raw concrete, recl Drop bags. Find a hotel-adjacent bar within a five-minute walk. Order something simple to anchor yourself to the city.

54thirty Rooftop draws a steady local crowd in Downtown. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The polished room you'd take a first date to. Sit at the bar. Talk to the bartender. Stay one drink — you're scouting, not committing.

Buffalo Wild Wings Downtown draws a steady local crowd in Downtown. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Walk into the city's drinking quarter (the heart of the night, not the tourist version). Two drinks, two rooms. Pace yourself — Saturday is the long day.

Avanti is the LoHi food-hall-and-rooftop with a covered upper deck, a wraparound view of Downtown Denver and the Rockies, and a casual all-comers cocktail progr Sunset. Find a rooftop. Order whatever the house specials around sundown. Take photos but don't lose 90 minutes to your phone.

Bar Dough draws a steady local crowd in LoHi. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Eat somewhere with serious bartending built in. The right room is one you order both your dinner and your nightcap from.

Bar Helix draws a steady local crowd in RiNo. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The bar that made you book the trip. The pre-research one. Reservation-only ideally. Stay until last call.

Cerebral Brewing draws a steady local crowd in Capitol Hill. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Mary, Mimosa, or whatever low-ABV house play the room runs. Eat. Pay. Walk.

Charlie Brown's Bar & Grill draws a steady local crowd in Capitol Hill. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the Find the hotel bar at your departure airport equivalent — somewhere quiet, low-volume, well-staffed. End the trip on a martini and a clean conversation.