Where to Grab a Colorado Craft Beer
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Like your brews local? Here’s some places where you can grab a Colorado-made craft beer in Cherry Creek North.
If we know one thing for sure, it's that Coloradans like their craft beer. With 348 breweries, Colorado ranks third in number of craft breweries nationwide and produces more than 1.5 million barrels of craft beer annually.
All those choices can be a bit dizzying (or maybe that's the beer kicking in...), but at least you don't have to worry about narrowing down your watering hole options. Below, check out every beer garden, restaurant and bar in Cherry Creek North that's ready to help you drink like a local.
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar
Want to go where massive chef-inspired burgers, salads and sandwiches meet a rotating collection of regional draft beers? This burger joint offers more than a dozen Colorado draft craft beers and a regularly rotating tap selection featuring Dry Dock, Station 26 and Escape Brewing, just to name a few.
Cherry Creek Beer Garden
As part of Moxy Denver Cherry Creek, the area’s first and only beer garden prides itself in offering a selection of local craft cans like Denver Beer Company, Upslope and Telluride to give beer lovers a true taste of the Rockies.
The casual vibe is complemented with an easy menu featuring sausage with housemade sauces and truffle fries. Keep an eye on their social calendar for regular tap takeovers to try even more Colorado brews on their dog-friendly patio space, which is outfitted with several lounging areas, outdoor games and a fire pit.
The Cherry Cricket
Denver’s favorite burger joint since 1945 is also known for its stellar local beer list. With more than 30 beers on tap and 80-85 percent of those from local breweries, it’s one of the best places to discover the latest and greatest in Colorado beer, with rotating selections from breweries like Wynkoop, Bierstadt Lagerhaus and Comrade. Just like their brews, they keep their award-winning burgers local with Colorado sourced and packed beef.
gRind kitchen + watering hole
Southern-inspired cuisine that boasts Denver’s best fried chicken is not to be missed, especially when it’s paired with a deliciously crisp craft beer. Their beer list is extensive and full of local options like Crooked Stave, Tivoli and Wibby Brewing. Keep things spontaneous (and only $5) by opting for the beer of the day - Verboten's TOSO was recently featured, and it made for a perfectly light and fruity patio sipper.
Milwaukee Street Tavern
With local drafts, bottles and cans only $5.50 each, rotating options from Upslope, and choices from Great Divide, Colorado Native and Left Hand Brewing, you have plenty of pairing options to go with an order of loaded tots or mouth-watering chicken wings with housemade sauce. Generous happy hour and late-night offerings make the tavern a great post-work and game watching locale. And did we mention there are two mini bowling lanes?
NoRTH Italia
You might be surprised to learn an Italian restaurant has more to offer on its beer list than just imports like Peroni and Moretti, but NoRTH proves they truly do love local with selections from River North, Elevation, Four Noses, Prost Brewing and more to go with your woodfired pizza or freshly made pasta. Salute!
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The Cherry Cricket
2641 East 2nd Avenue
Milwaukee Street Tavern
201 Milwaukee Street
NoRTH Italia
190 Clayton Lane
Cherry Creek Beer Garden
240 Josephine Street