Colfax Tavern & Diner at Cold Beer NM

Very peaceful overnight stop, we were alone. Unfortunately, the tavern is for sale and looks to be trying to “wind down” business. No more food service, open only Fri-Sat nights, and currently of 18 different beer taps 11 were “out”. Judging by the back yard area, this place looks to have been a happening spot in its heyday.

Wonderful little place in between Cimarron and Raton. Nice pool table and outdoor seating area with a stage. Owner is very friendly and a very light atmosphere. The food is good for such a small menu. The green chilies burger was good.

I stopped here on a whim because I was in the hills all day exploring and badly needed something to drink. I'm glad I did. The owners are SOOO friendly and talkative. We chatted about the areas history, they showed me the place (it wasn't busy) Anna died me some old photos of the Ghost towns: Colfax & Duncan. They have a decent beer selection, so I solidly appreciated having something that wasn't Coors, Bud or another watery version. I'll DEFINITELY be back.

Sightly of the beaten path (a good thing) is a gem of a place affectionately called Cold Beer, NM. Food is great, huge selection of cold beer and the service is awesome. The owners go above and beyond to make you feel welcome. The outdoor patio looks awesome, we will be back to check it out in the summer. 100% worth the detour off I-25

Great country bar. They don't always have time to serve a Scout crew but they served us. Great pizza and cold root beer! Thanks y'all! The chili's and pepperoni were awesome

How could you not visit a roadhouse in Cold Beer, NM? And yes, the beer was cold and tasty! Friendly staff and good pizza, reasonable prices and a cool country atmosphere.

Great, beautiful place. Love the building outside dance it was pretty awesome. Freedom to move around the building. Cooks are so wonderful, awesome. Friendly. Best pizza I ever tried. It's like the New York pizza. That's how they make it, but now the bartenders They have disgusting ugly attitudes. Can't stand the bartenders in there. Whenever I stopped, they need new tenders without disgusting, horrible attitudes or giving people dirty looks and all they did was just stand there in the corner, playing on their phones. Or waiting for a tip out. That's not a way to run a bar. They need new tenders.

Back when my husband was my boyfriend. We used to come here on dates. Fast forward 24 years we went to eat a pizza. Just like we used to do. However, they were out of pizza and we're like oh well. So we left. It was sad. They said they didn't have enough staff to make pizza but they were still making burgers, chicken strips and mixed drinks. 🤯

We were amazed at how fast they produced pizzas for our crowd. The gluten free thin crust pizza was excellent. The restaurant was clean, with way more options than I expected for entertainment

Service was warm and excellent on a cold winter day! We enjoyed brews on tap and green chili burgers with fries. The incredible views and wild life spotting on the road was spectacular. We'll be back!

Best local bar we have been to in a long time. Parking in back was easy and area was very well lit up. Staff was very nice.

Passing through on our way to Eagle Nest, stoped by this place. It's looks are deceiving. This place has a large dance floor/ patio in the back. They host music. The view is wonderful. Pizza was great and beer was cold.

The Colfax Tavern was our very first stay with a Harvest Host. Now, we're spoiled! The lot was easy to enter and exit. The green chile cheeseburger is so delicious! And, our host Danny has more stories than we had time to listen to. The views across the street were not bad as well. If you're in the area, stop by and feel just like a local!

10 hrs worth driving Great food , very friendly service , Check out their patio . Can't wait to come back!!

Cold Beer Green chili burger and slaw anyone. A lot of great beer on tap. Order a flight to sample some of Cofax Tavern best.

The name and location says it all. TAVERN+COLD BEER If you're here for food, order the Dawson Green Chile Cheeseburger with fries! You won't be sorry. If you're here for beer, well you know what to do. **This may be an afterthought, but a sign for Dawson's Cemetery is nearby. Turn down the road and pass Elk Ranch. Keep driving for longer than you think you should**

$20 dollars for a double gin & tonic in a dive biker bar - you must be kidding! - but they weren't!!! On top of that - you have to order your food & beverages at the bar counter - they can't even be bothered to wait on you at your table!!! Unbelievable!!

Great pizza-great green chili cheese burger! Very clean restaurant! Very friendly! Will be back!

Breakfast Burrito with egg, papitas, bacon and cheese, smothered in green chili, it was so good, perfect with a delicious Bloody Mary, I wish I had taken a pic of the 1/2 pizza we had yesterday, ordered it with pepperoni, sausage and green chili, simple yet so delicious.

Great food great customer service and the vibe was awesome will differently come back. Thank you Colfax Tavern for being a harvest host

I have driven past this place my entire adult life. Finally stopped today and had the best Green Chili Cheeseburger ever. The homemade fries were great. A cool outdoor dining area, with part of it covered in case a rain shower comes up. My new stop on the way to the mountains.

Great spot. Been there a couple of times with my son when he worked at Philmont. Great atmosphere. Good food. Fun midweek specials.

Cold Beer, New Mexico!! We love this little place! Mayor Danny and our server, Tina, were amazing! SO MANY choices of great beers. We chose the sampler and found a favorite. We're looking forward to our next visit to try the pizza and another 4 beers. If you're looking for a friendly, small town vibe with lots of cowboys...check this place out!!

Fun place to grab a beer and hang with friends. The food is basic, but good. The owners are friendly.

I've driven past Cold Beer NM at least 200 times and just stopped in for the first time. The outside typically has many motorcycles and trucks parked outside and I always assumed it wasn't a place to stop with my family. Wow I've been missing out. Not only are they family friendly (until late night) but they have excellent food. Their Green Chile Dawson burger was super fresh and clearly the patties were handmade. The potato bun was so fresh and a perfect match to the fresh green Chile. They have a huge beer garden and an impressive live music lineup for a middle of no where spot. The fries were fresh cut and just the way I like them - usually places like this just pull fries out of freezer and I was pleasantly surprised to find excellent scratch made food instead. Normally I'm in a rush to get where I'm going but not anymore- I'm going to plan a stop at Cold Beer from now in.

Good little dive-y type bar in the middle of nowhere. Stopped in for a burger and beer and it satisfied those needs.

Great place to stop if your thirsty or hungry. Lots of taps and just remodeled. They have Cold Beer just like the name says and it's by far the best Bar/Restaurant in the area. Their Pizza is the best within 100 miles. the owners and staff are very friendly and service is quick. Really nice dog friendly patio and the outside is huge. My dogs love coming here because they can play frisbee in grass instead of the normal NM terrain. The view and the area have wonderful scenery. Stop in, you won't be disappointed!

Great place, and just like the other reviews say, it's just what the doctor ordered when you're driving through middle-of-nowhere, NM on your way to milder climes. COLD BEER is just outside of Cimarron, and so is the Philmont Scout Ranch, which is where we were headed both times we went down that way. Both times, a stop at COLD BEER was a must. The place is a bit small, but there is a huge outdoor area in back with a stage and everything. I've never seen live music but it looks like the place to be come summer time. Alas, both my excursions took place in the spring. Oh well. Great beers on tap and terrific pizza. We went there for "rib night" but they were out of ribs by 7:00! Bummer! They must be good, because there was just one table open when we got there, right by the door. We had sandwiches instead, which were pretty good. Not as good as the pizza, though. They have one called "The Kitchen Sink" or something like that - seriously loaded up with everything but. I highly recommend a stop at COLD BEER when visiting northen NM. It's worht a side trip for sure!

Coldbeer was the destination that kept me sane living in Cimarron. Roger, the proprietor is a great guy with a friendly demeanor and great stories. You can expect a full bar, and some decent beers on tap. Cold mugs and some good snack food. Coldbeer makes the best pizza in the county. The only pizza that comes close literally within 100 miles is Outback Pizza in Taos. Expect live music some nights during the summer season and trivia nights as well. These events are always fun and bring out some of the locals from Cimarron and surrounding areas. I've never seen the stars quite so well as I could in New Mexico and Coldbeer's giant back porch offers a great place to partake in such a practice with good people, good beer, and potentially great music.

According to legend, there is a place somewhere that is better than this one, but I haven't been there yet! In the meantime I will keep dreaming about the next time I get to come back here!

Out in the middle of nowhere, a great place for cold beer will just appear. Very friendly staff that stayed open just because they had thirsty customers. Food was what you expect given the location. Stop in and take time to sit out on the patio and enjoy the New Mexico sky.

Post office box-wise, it's in Cimarron, but that is not really that true, because in the middle of nowhere, off of Highway 64 East, where one side is like a panorama of a Western with possibly John Wayne and some fake Indians sidled up against these rock formations as their hideout, is this one building tavern with a dust field outback. As you drive either east or west, it plainly declares in whitewash paint, in the biggest, effing point size ever--say 500, "COLD BEER." It's pretty to the point and that is the beauty of New Mexico. You know why? Because just up the way, is the NRA Whittington Center http://www.nrawc.org/. I figured Ted Nugent would show up any moment as I phooned it irreverently; 2nd amendment or none. When a certain yelper's mom and I eyed it, as it was almost 90 degrees at the time, there were more than 10 Harley bikes out front and a lot of commotion going on that said pretty much all of them in there would be stumbling drunk and one away from becoming a raging bull on two wheels. So I thought better of it going east. But after seeing the extinct volcano in the middle of nowhere and Oklahoma in the distant horizon like I was some confused, tarnated Santa Fe settler, a COLD BEER was all we dreamed of. Because surely, Oklahoma would preach me out of it. So driving west now we eyed it again and the Jedi force of a COLD BEER seemed like the best damn idea since they invented this damn hybrid I was driving. Harley men gone check, dog out front, check. Alright, it's on. So we go in and a bunch of college dorks are leaving and two Canadians are finishing up their pizza to go. Bartender looks like he might have been a cross between a professor of lit this life and a cowboy in a past life. He cracks a smile. I see in the side fridge, "Sasaparilla." Ooh, that looks good. That definitely is a COLD BEER for the designated driver. On bottle was some Blue Moon and tap also had Stella. Nice. Bartender, my friend's mom, and I get to talkin. He is so agreeable, we stay and there is one on the house for my friend's mom. I see a love connection. Good guy. Did live in SF for a bit, but came back out to his roots and bought this tavern from another guy and it's been his for more than 10 years or so. We stayed long enough to meet his one-eyed dog, a sweetie for sure and shoot the shit with Mr. Awesome Bartender Man. Sometimes,being in the middle of here and there is not so random after all. The friendliest places usually are the most random. So get yourself a cold beer and a concert schedule. The bartender keeps it real in Cold Beer, New Mexico.

There are good bars and there are "Top 10" bars...COLD BEER is a legendary saloon and they don't get any better. Roger is a genius & as good a barkeep as you'll find in this world. Quite possibly the greatest watering hole in the universe.

My favorite place to come for drinks after a long day. Yes, Colfax Tavern (aka Cold Beer) may be "in the middle of nowhere" but I don't mind making the trip. The owners are awesome and really care about their customers! They always greet me like an old friend. Cold Beer has some of the best pizza around, sometimes it can be a bit of a wait but it is worth it. And of course, they have a ton of cold beer which is refreshing during those New Mexican summers.

Sure wish we had got inside this place on Jun 19 2005. Looks great. we were going to the 4 corners and our bike had rear drive failure 20 miles after leaving our hotel in Raton and we set in front of the tavern for 3 hours waiting for our tow truck to come get us. I believe there is a sign someplace that said sometimes you're open and sometimes you aren't. We happen to be there on a time you weren't but would love to come back

This place is as good as it gets! If you want great pizza, atmosphere, and a beer with a view looking at the rolling prairie on one side and the mountains on the other this place is for you.

My family and I have made this our "must have" when we come through every June! Love to sit outside have dinner and a cocktail and just....... relax! Wonderful freshly cooked food, mostly homemade I may add! There's normally some wildlife (elk, deer, antelope) that cruise on by while we're eating too! Just can't say enough about this place. :0)

Great place for a beer. Just the name, "Cold Beer, NM," is enough to get you to stop by for a cold one. Nothing fancy, a few good microbrews on tap (or in bottles), but you can say that you drank a beer at Cold Beer.