Wyoming Adventure: Denver

The last night of our Wyoming journey brought us into Denver, Colorado.  I've heard a lot about their breweries, which were abundant near our hotel.  The first thing the concierge gave us was a set of drinking coupons for a handful of the breweries when we asked about good places to eat and drink.  Not a bad start to checking out the town.

Since we were pretty much in and out of the city in less than 24 hours, we really weren't too eager to hit every brewery and all, but we did manage to eat a bit and imbibe in some local suds.

The first place we hit up was a local pizza joint called Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria.  The place was packed and Zagat-rated, which is surprising for a pizza place.  Although, after dining we could see why it earned such accolades.  With a bountiful selection of local craft beers and gourmet pizzas, we were in the right place.  We got down with a few Great Divide beers, some apps and tasty pies.

Coal-Fired Limoncello Chicken Wings

The Hell's Kitchen

The Toscana

A Beer

After our dinner we wandered down the street to see what kind of bar we could saddle up to.  We saw a few dives, a whiskey bar that looked like trouble and then found our spot: Scruffy Murphy's.  Ol's Scruffy's had the normal approach to an Irish-themed bar planted in the middle of a downtown area.  Although the decor was a little more authentic than normal as well as the whiskey and beer selection.  We found ourselves at the bottom of a few pints here and then headed off to find our beds.

The next day, Alison and I had plenty of time to kill since our flight didn't head back to LAX until about 7 PM.  It was time to use our drink coupons.  I have been guilty of sitting on writing this article for a while now, but from what I can remember, the breweries that really stood out to me were Great Divide and Breckenridge.  Breckenridge actually stood out the most due to the fact we had a pretty cool bartender that I got into talking shop about film and video with.  He also kept our glasses full with delicious beer selections.

So, from Utah to Idaho to Wyoming to Colorado, the trip was now complete and time to head back to sunny Los Angeles, which was nice since we were leaving Colorado in the middle of a heavy downpour.  Almost as if the heaven's were mourning the end of our vacation.