Happy hour deals are like Batman signals to downtown Denver offices in the summer. On a Friday afternoon, when the sun is beaming down, and you’ve sent those last few emails at work, it’s easy to convince yourself that 3 p.m.
is the new 5 p.m. Especially if you’re headed out to happy hour with your coworkers because that’s team building, right? A cold glass of half-priced wine and discounted small bites are enough to make you forget how expensive — how really, really expensive — Denver can be.
Whether you’re picking up a visitor fresh off the train at Union Station, need to wait out the I-25 traffic with a bite, or just want to celebrate the week with a (relatively) affordable cocktail and some people-watching, here are our favorite 11 happy hour spots in Denver’s LoDo neighborhood: Every day is quite literally happy hour at Poka Lola Social Club (or at least for three hours). Located in the Dairy Block’s Maven hotel, the old-fashioned speakeasy serves $8 wine and cocktails Forget what you left at the office, while you sip on a half-priced daiquiri, old-fashioned, or hibiscus paloma with a $3 BBQ pork sliders. “The drinks we serve are just as good as anything else on the menu,” said Poka Lola bar lead Lexi Parker.
“We still put a lot of time and care into them, and we’re not just pouring out crappy wine.” Also in the Dairy Block, Kachina Cantina is constantly shaking $6 margaritas for its Coming with a group? Order $30 margarita pitchers for the ta.
