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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:52:00

The bar itself - the physical wooden bar - is older than the state of Colorado's telephone system: it was salvaged from an 1873 tavern in Golden that was the oldest continuously licensed drinking spot in the state. The Goosetown Tavern, at 3242 East Colfax Avenue across from the Bluebird Theater in Denver's Congress Park area, opened in September 1998 as a living museum of Colorado bar history that still books bands most nights. The backstory is a genuine rescue. The original Goosetown, built b...