Tap and Handle is a bar in Old Town, Fort Collins.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Burgers, wings, full menu
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Address: 307 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Lucky Joe's Sidewalk Saloon puts an Irish pub in an old western saloon on Old Town Square in Fort Collins, open to 02:00 with green chili on the stove.
DrinkGuinness and an espresso martini chaser
FoodHome-cooked pub food
TipThe Monday 4.99-dollar burger is the cheapest square-side dinner going; happy hour runs 15:00-19:00 on weekdays.
The Forge Publick House pours rotating craft taps in a brick back-alley room off Old Firehouse Alley in Fort Collins, trading quietly there since 2011.
DrinkRotating craft taps
FoodPie and snacks
TipCraft beer, brick building, back-alley drinking is the whole pitch; there is locally made pie when the case is stocked.
Elliot's Martini Bar has shaken classics and dessert martinis on Linden Street in Fort Collins since 1997, nightly until 02:00 with a back patio.
DrinkClassic and dessert martinis
FoodTapas and meatballs
TipThe Cucumber's Last Stand and Tequila Mockingbird are the house calls; the back patio is the seat to hold in summer.
Town Pump has poured in the same 416-square-foot room on College Avenue in Fort Collins since 1909, the oldest bar in the city and nearly its smallest.
DrinkCheap Colorado drafts
FoodNone; bring a slice in
TipCash-friendly, cramped and proud of it; a GoFundMe raised over 57,000 dollars in two days to save it during the pandemic.
The Whisk(e)y lines up more than 2,800 whiskies behind its College Avenue bar in Fort Collins, one of the largest whiskey selections in Colorado.
Drink2,800-bottle whisky wall
FoodBar snacks
TipHappy hour runs all day Sunday and Monday; ask the staff to steer a flight, the list is genuinely unnavigable alone.
William Oliver's Publick House stocks over 400 world whiskies at its Timberline and Drake pub in Fort Collins, the original room it opened back in 2013.
Drink400-plus whiskies
FoodPub plates and hot dogs
TipThere is no phone on principle; walk in or email. Ask for the Snug, a semi-private nook for groups of six to eight.
Lucky Joe's Sidewalk Saloon puts an Irish pub in an old western saloon on Old Town Square in Fort Collins, open to 02:00 with green chili on the stove.
DrinkGuinness and an espresso martini chaser
FoodHome-cooked pub food
TipThe Monday 4.99-dollar burger is the cheapest square-side dinner going; happy hour runs 15:00-19:00 on weekdays.
The Forge Publick House pours rotating craft taps in a brick back-alley room off Old Firehouse Alley in Fort Collins, trading quietly there since 2011.
DrinkRotating craft taps
FoodPie and snacks
TipCraft beer, brick building, back-alley drinking is the whole pitch; there is locally made pie when the case is stocked.
Elliot's Martini Bar has shaken classics and dessert martinis on Linden Street in Fort Collins since 1997, nightly until 02:00 with a back patio.
DrinkClassic and dessert martinis
FoodTapas and meatballs
TipThe Cucumber's Last Stand and Tequila Mockingbird are the house calls; the back patio is the seat to hold in summer.
Town Pump has poured in the same 416-square-foot room on College Avenue in Fort Collins since 1909, the oldest bar in the city and nearly its smallest.
DrinkCheap Colorado drafts
FoodNone; bring a slice in
TipCash-friendly, cramped and proud of it; a GoFundMe raised over 57,000 dollars in two days to save it during the pandemic.
The Whisk(e)y lines up more than 2,800 whiskies behind its College Avenue bar in Fort Collins, one of the largest whiskey selections in Colorado.
Drink2,800-bottle whisky wall
FoodBar snacks
TipHappy hour runs all day Sunday and Monday; ask the staff to steer a flight, the list is genuinely unnavigable alone.
