The Denver Passport is the Mile High city’s guide to two-for-one craft cocktails and it’s back for another summer.
Founded in 2013, The Passport Program is a local’s guide to the city’s best cocktails. It premieres in both summer and winter, so we advise that people who are just recovering from their boozy adventures in the cold months rally and prepare for a summer full of cocktail discovery. The summer edition will feature 66 Denver spots (plus two pizza joints) and we have the complete list below.
“For our sixth summer we compiled a list of the 66 best bars and restaurants Denver has to offer,” said Amy Osgood, director of The Passport Program. “We’re featuring Frank Bonanno’s not-yet-opened Moo Bar in the Milk Market, while also not forgetting about his other concept Luca and its frozen Aperol Spritzes. We’re including James Beard award-winning chef Jennifer Jasinski’s newest concept Ultreia, as well as the nationally anticipated American Bonded. And making its first appearance in the Denver Passport is the beloved El Chapultepec, which will offer 2-for-1 ‘jazz-themed-cocktails.’ Also new this year, one can get 2-for-1 slices at Marquis Pizza and Sexy Pizza, because who doesn’t love pizza!”
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The Denver Passport: Summer Edition
Ace Eat Serve
Aloy Modern Thai
Alternation Brewing Co.
American Bonded
Angelo’s Taverna
Banded Oak Brewing Co.
Bar Fausto
Bear Creek Distillery
Bellwether
Bistro Vendôme
Block & Larder
Brazen Neighborhood Eatery
Copper Lounge
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Deep Roots Winery & Bistro
Denver Distillery
Dio Mio
El Chapultepec
Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen
FERMÆNTRA
Fish N Beer
Fort Greene Bar
French 75
Great Divide Brewing Co.
Hudson Hill
Illegal Pete’s
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar
Kachina
Leña,
Leopold Bros.
Lola Coastal Mexican
LOW Country Kitchen
Lowry Beer Garden
Luca
Marquis Pizza
Middleman
MOO Bar at Milk Market
North County
Odell Brewing Co.’s RiNo Brewhouse
Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Oskar Blues’ Black Buzzard
Park Burger
Punch Bowl Social
Ratio Beerworks
Root Down
Sarto’s
Seedstock Brewery
Sexy Pizza
Skyline Beer Garden
Spangalang Brewery
Stem Ciders
Steuben’s Uptown
Stoic & Genuine
Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey
Tacos Tequila Whiskey
Tatarian
The ART
The Family Jones
The Post Brewing Co.
The Way Back
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TRVE Brewing Co.
Ultreia
Upstairs Circus
Vesper Lounge
Vital Root
Woods Boss Brewing Co.
Kiss + Ride at Zeppelin Station
Ultimately, the summer passport is a program designed to show locals the best of the cities beverage scene. It does, however, serve a purpose beyond booze. The passport is a supporter of the Colorado Restaurant Association’s Angel Relief Fund. A portion of passport sales in Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs will support the Angel Relief Fund’s mission of helping hospitality professionals recover from the unexpected by offering emergency assistance grants to those facing an unanticipated hardship. Additionally, in an effort to celebrate local educators the passport is setting up its own summer passport scholarship. The first 1,000 teachers that apply, in each city, will receive a free summer edition passport.
The Denver Passport Summer Edition is valid from May 25 through September 3. It will go on sale May 15 at 10 a.m. here.