Yacht Club
Bar · Cole
3701 N Williams St, Denver, CO 80205
Highlights
Inventive cocktails, fun hot dogs, and a chill vibe with live music
Inventive cocktails, fun hot dogs, and a chill vibe with live music
"If you heard Yacht Club was named best cocktail bar in the country last summer, you may not believe us when we say this is a dive. Sure, dive bars don’t typically use fennel vinegar in their cocktails or serve a roster of natural wines. But at its core, this is a mismatched stools, Christmas lights up year-round, $3.50 High Life, grab a Jack & Coke with a hot dog for $9 type of place. They just happen to have cocktail nerds and choosy wine enthusiasts alongside beer dudes as regulars. Not sure how to get in? Look for the black flag with the white skull and enter through the curtain." - allyson reedy
"If you heard Yacht Club was named best cocktail bar in the country last summer, you may not believe us when we say this is a dive. Sure, dive bars don’t typically use fennel vinegar in their cocktails or serve a roster of natural wines. But at its core, this is a mismatched stools, Christmas lights up year-round, $3.50 High Life, grab a Jack & Coke with a hot dog for $9 type of place. They just happen to have cocktail nerds and choosy wine enthusiasts alongside beer dudes as regulars. Not sure how to get in? Look for the black flag with the white skull and enter through the curtain." - Allyson Reedy
"If there’s a First Couple of the Denver drinking scene, it’s McLain Hedges and Mary Allison Wright, who aptly bill their celebrated Cole watering hole as “a nerdy cocktail bar, a natural wine bar, and your favorite dive bar” all in one. Come for a lavish libation like the Fourth Colour, featuring gin, Macvin du Jura, carrot, plum, bergamot, and peat; stay for a fascinating glass of wine most people have never heard of; linger even longer over the Old Number 7-11 — a Jack and Coke with a hot dog. Making some friends along the way is virtually guaranteed." - Ruth Tobias
"What are hot dogs doing at one of Denver’s most illustrious cocktail bars — one named the best in the U.S. at Tales of the Cocktail 2024? Being consummately incredible. Whether topped with cheeseball spread, celery rémoulade, pickled peppers, and pecans or caviar, crème fraîche, pickled shallots, and potato chips, whether paired with grower Champagne or a Jack & Coke, they exemplify the polished-meets-punk aesthetic that both Yacht Club’s team and Denverites hold dear." - Ruth Tobias
"A Denver bar where co-owner Mary Allison Wright avidly hunts thrift and vintage stores when traveling, often taking mini road trips to small towns to be hands-on in finding glassware. She favors 1930s etched crystal cordial glasses (about two ounces) for after-dinner amari, aperitifs, and small toasts, and pairs those stemmed cordial glasses with her collection of vintage spirits." - Gray Chapman
