This map is a sample of some of my favorite values in and around denver.

700 E Colfax Ave Denver CO

Any other Liquor Store downtown is a rip off. Pluse they have a huge selection of wine, beer, and booze. Also, the staff likes helping you, mind the construction, they are getting bigger by building a new location right next dor.

Shag Lounge, Good prices and might not have a line around the block on a saterday night. AND $1 PBR'S ON SUNDAYS! THE BEST DEAL IN TOWN

Sam's #3 the original! Great food, they have breakfast all day. American and Mexican food with a home made feal, Licks Icecream. Some of the nicest staff in town.

Great haitct for les than $20 ans if you live in Brooks Tower you get a % off everything.

Biker Jim's Hot Dogs, For $5 you get a dog, like elk, chips and a soda, pluse jim is just plane cool. Woried about the selection, have no fear Biker Jim will help you out, on a nice day there is a long line around lunch time.

Trist, no that cheap, but you might actually get in on a weekend. Plus the signiture drink is cheaper than most here.

1445 Market St Denver CO

I know, but i have not lost my mind. The trick is the lunch bar menu only some of the Ruth Chris's restrants do lunch, the Denver one does. There is also one in Aspen, never been there, but if they have the same sort of pricing, then it is a great deal.

http://www.ruthschris.com/home.html

Peats Arena, Cheep food, and beer on a college campus to boot. The pizza is ok, but come for the fact that you can have a beer on a college campus. Also, this is a handy spot to eat before watching a cutting edge film at the Stars Film Center.

The Tivoli Student union is not on the North side of Araria Parkway

Illegal Pete's

1530 16th St Denver CO

This place is like a Chipoltie but better, and about the same price. Six bucks covers all the basics and the vibe in the joint is some of the coolest indie music in Denver, they are opening more locations, but this is the best. The staff is friendly, the Mexican food is great, and the small bar is the perfict place to stop for a beer while exploring the 16th St. Mall.

They call it Just Elitch Gardens now, the are owned by Park MGMT. Get this if you buy a season pass and go twice you are going for free, my friend lives in a building without a pool and uses the Elitches waterpark as his pool! They have this new toilet bowl ride that is fun too, and nicer than Waterworld with stuff to do other than get wet. The Mind Eraser is the parks signature steel coaster, while the old school Twister II wooden coaster is sure to give you some thrills. They are building a new dark ride called Ghost Blasters. You ride in a car and shoot  lasers at ghost targets, but don't expect to be channeling your inner Dr. Peter Venkman this summer. Do to construction delays, this ride will not be open until the summer of '09.

9535 Park Meadows Dr Lone Tree CO

Under no circumstance, and I mean any, should a person come t this "cigar" bar. When you first walk into this cramped, narrow, space, you do not smell cigars. instead your  nose is assaulted buy the stench of cigarette smoke. Then, finding some place to sit is more painful than root canal sans pain killers. There is about 10 feet between the bar and the front of the joint, but in the wisdom of some interior designer, they have put a long table in the middle of the floor and tables along the front wall. What this creates is a series of road blocks if you want to walk from one side of the bar to another, I for one had to stand there for about five minutes while the worst waitress in town chatted with some friends before I could get around them.

Then there is the "cigar" part of the bar. In theory it is a small, very over prices, cigar shop. They put up a glass barrier to separate it from the regular bar, but that did not work. The sitting area on the cigar shop side of the glass is ok, but the most overwhelming problem with this place is still painfully present. The Music.

This place has one of the loudest sound systems I have ever heard, outside of a heavy metal concert. It is so loud to people sitting at a table must lean in and yell at each other. The aforementioned glass barrier between the cigar lounge and main bar does cut out some of the noise, but every time someone opens the door, witch likes to stay open, the room becomes an echo chamber. And, if you are looking to buy some cigars, this is not the place at all. The selection is narrow minded, the prices, sky high. In my experience, about a %50 mark up on most popular brands and a sales clerk that is a little too creepy.

Then there is the service staff. Between two bartenders, the waitress, and the cigar clerk, not one of them would rank as competent. When we sat down at our table, the waitress cam over, as you would expect, to take our order. I ordered a jack and soda. In almost every bar I have ordered this simple beverage, the result of ordering a jack and soda is Jack Daniels and club soda (soda water). What did I have brought to me, after waiting for about 10 minutes, keeping in mind that we were sitting less than 15 feet from the end of the bar were I would watch her pick up our order, I was handed a watered down Jack and Coke. Upon informing her that I did not order a Jack and Coke, she told me that I had ordered a Jack and Coke. So after some arguing, I finally ended up with my drink after about 15 minuets. I wold have walked out of this place. But I was with friends, two that had just turned 21 and a thierd who should have known better, but no.

Then the music got worse. It was a bad mix of electronica and hip-hop. I am not into that kind of music, but one of my companions was, and he was happy to yell at me about how bad the DJ was. My friend attends all of the big rave type events around this state, and he really hated this stuff. We finally got a table in the glassed off area, so I went to the bar for another drink. This place has two bartenders for a20 foot bar and on this night about 40 people filled the space. I have no Idea were the second bar tender was, but I stood there waiting to order a drink for a good 5 minuets while some guys in tee-shirts and ball caps, about the fact that two shots cost $10. I finally got my drink.

So I sat, unable to here half of what my friends were saying, and enjoyed my cigar. That had never been in doubt, because I brought one from home. It was $11 at the local cigar shop, but an almost identical cigar at the Robusto Room was $24.99. After another drink, my cigar was smoked, and It was time for us all to get out of there. It took almost 20 minutes for our closed tabs to arrive. I opened th one handed to me and it was my tab charged to someone else's credit car. So, not wanting to have some stranger pay for my drinks in exchange for my credit card, so I informed the waitress, who reminded the problem after waiting for another 10 minuets.

Avoid the Robusto Room like the plague. Crappy service, expensive drinks, a decor that would pass as hip, cool, or trendy in a downtown bar 5 years ago. This is just a crappy bar filled with sleezey people, with over priced cigars. To top it off, I talked to a friend who knows the owners, and they are , as he put it, "full of the selves, new rich, asses."

9535 Park Meadows Dr Lone Tree CO

Under no circumstance, and I mean any, should a person come t this "cigar" bar. When you first walk into this cramped, narrow, space, you do not smell cigars. instead your  nose is assaulted buy the stench of cigarette smoke. Then, finding some place to sit is more painful than root canal sans pain killers. There is about 10 feet between the bar and the front of the joint, but in the wisdom of some interior designer, they have put a long table in the middle of the floor and tables along the front wall. What this creates is a series of road blocks if you want to walk from one side of the bar to another, I for one had to stand there for about five minutes while the worst waitress in town chatted with some friends before I could get around them.

Then there is the "cigar" part of the bar. In theory it is a small, very over prices, cigar shop. They put up a glass barrier to separate it from the regular bar, but that did not work. The sitting area on the cigar shop side of the glass is ok, but the most overwhelming problem with this place is still painfully present. The Music.

This place has one of the loudest sound systems I have ever heard, outside of a heavy metal concert. It is so loud to people sitting at a table must lean in and yell at each other. The aforementioned glass barrier between the cigar lounge and main bar does cut out some of the noise, but every time someone opens the door, witch likes to stay open, the room becomes an echo chamber. And, if you are looking to buy some cigars, this is not the place at all. The selection is narrow minded, the prices, sky high. In my experience, about a %50 mark up on most popular brands and a sales clerk that is a little too creepy.

Then there is the service staff. Between two bartenders, the waitress, and the cigar clerk, not one of them would rank as competent. When we sat down at our table, the waitress cam over, as you would expect, to take our order. I ordered a jack and soda. In almost every bar I have ordered this simple beverage, the result of ordering a jack and soda is Jack Daniels and club soda (soda water). What did I have brought to me, after waiting for about 10 minutes, keeping in mind that we were sitting less than 15 feet from the end of the bar were I would watch her pick up our order, I was handed a watered down Jack and Coke. Upon informing her that I did not order a Jack and Coke, she told me that I had ordered a Jack and Coke. So after some arguing, I finally ended up with my drink after about 15 minuets. I wold have walked out of this place. But I was with friends, two that had just turned 21 and a thierd who should have known better, but no.

Then the music got worse. It was a bad mix of electronica and hip-hop. I am not into that kind of music, but one of my companions was, and he was happy to yell at me about how bad the DJ was. My friend attends all of the big rave type events around this state, and he really hated this stuff. We finally got a table in the glassed off area, so I went to the bar for another drink. This place has two bartenders for a20 foot bar and on this night about 40 people filled the space. I have no Idea were the second bar tender was, but I stood there waiting to order a drink for a good 5 minuets while some guys in tee-shirts and ball caps, about the fact that two shots cost $10. I finally got my drink.

So I sat, unable to here half of what my friends were saying, and enjoyed my cigar. That had never been in doubt, because I brought one from home. It was $11 at the local cigar shop, but an almost identical cigar at the Robusto Room was $24.99. After another drink, my cigar was smoked, and It was time for us all to get out of there. It took almost 20 minutes for our closed tabs to arrive. I opened th one handed to me and it was my tab charged to someone else's credit car. So, not wanting to have some stranger pay for my drinks in exchange for my credit card, so I informed the waitress, who reminded the problem after waiting for another 10 minuets.

Avoid the Robusto Room like the plague. Crappy service, expensive drinks, a decor that would pass as hip, cool, or trendy in a downtown bar 5 years ago. This is just a crappy bar filled with sleezey people, with over priced cigars. To top it off, I talked to a friend who knows the owners, and they are , as he put it, "full of the selves, new rich, asses."