![]() Add in a few pool tables, a new jukebox, toe-tapping live music from local bands every Sunday afternoon (starting this year after football season), and you’ve got an institution that’s survived for more than 80 years by being an example of a dive-bar truism: Simplicity is best. Thanks to owners Andrew Peterson and Sarah Kenney-who purchased the bar from longtime proprietress Lisa Sanchez in August 2021-it’s still the type of place where you can find a crew of longtime regulars enjoying too-good-to-be-true specials (see: $1 jello shots and $3 pickle shots every day) while unabashedly cursing John Elway’s performance as president of the Denver Broncos. But despite all of its new neighbors, this legendary bar’s character hasn’t changed. Today, it can be easy to miss amongst all of the trendy endeavors in one of the city’s fastest growing areas. ![]() When it opened in 1934, the Berkeley Inn became one of the few businesses operating on Tennyson Street in northwest Denver. 7514 Grandview Ave., Arvada 30 The Berkeley Inn ![]() As is appropriate for a true local dive, bartenders favor their regulars-so suck it up and wait or, better yet, go often enough to become one yourself. Bring friends to play pool, darts, or Big Buck Hunter quarters to fill the cozy joint with classic rock, punk, or early ’90s grunge tracks from the jukebox and a tolerance for subpar bathrooms. There’s a standard lineup of draft beer with which to chase 12 Volt’s must-order pickle shot: not liquor followed by a pickle juice back, but actual house-made, pickle-infused vodka from a dispenser behind the bar. This longtime biker bar ’s interior still looks like it hasn’t seen the light of day in decades.
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