The Forge Publick House is a bar in Old Town, Fort Collins.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Pie and snacks
Tip: Craft beer, brick building, back-alley drinking is the whole pitch; there is locally made pie when the case is stocked.
Address: 255 Old Firehouse Alley, Fort Collins, CO 80524
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.
Signature drink: Classic and dessert martinis
Food: Tapas and meatballs
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Cheap Colorado drafts
Food: None; bring a slice in
Tip: Cash-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.
Signature drink: 2,800-bottle whisky wall
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Happy hour runs all day Sunday and Monday; ask the staff to steer a flight, the list is genuinely unnavigable alone.
Pour Brothers Community Tavern deals craft taps, free darts and chicken bingo on Linden Street in Fort Collins, a neighbourhood room with tater tots.
Signature drink: Colorado craft taps
Food: Grilled cheese, pizza, tots
Tip: Chicken Sh!t Bingo runs the first and third Sundays; Thursday nights bring live music and Tuesday is trivia.
Trailhead Tavern holds down Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins as the Old Town dive bar of record, with cheap pitchers until 02:00 seven nights a week.
Signature drink: Cheap pitchers
Food: Bar food
Tip: It closes only for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Sunday after the Super Bowl; expect a CSU crowd on weekends.
Magic Rat books free live music four nights a week off Firehouse Alley in Fort Collins, the Elizabeth Hotel's gritty indoor-outdoor stage and bar.
Signature drink: Creative cocktails
Food: Bar bites
Tip: No cover, ever; the calendar posts on the hotel site week by week. Enter through the hotel or the alley.
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.
Signature drink: Classic and dessert martinis
Food: Tapas and meatballs
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Cheap Colorado drafts
Food: None; bring a slice in
Tip: Cash-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.
Signature drink: 2,800-bottle whisky wall
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Happy hour runs all day Sunday and Monday; ask the staff to steer a flight, the list is genuinely unnavigable alone.
Pour Brothers Community Tavern deals craft taps, free darts and chicken bingo on Linden Street in Fort Collins, a neighbourhood room with tater tots.
Signature drink: Colorado craft taps
Food: Grilled cheese, pizza, tots
Tip: Chicken Sh!t Bingo runs the first and third Sundays; Thursday nights bring live music and Tuesday is trivia.
Trailhead Tavern holds down Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins as the Old Town dive bar of record, with cheap pitchers until 02:00 seven nights a week.
Signature drink: Cheap pitchers
Food: Bar food
Tip: It closes only for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Sunday after the Super Bowl; expect a CSU crowd on weekends.
Magic Rat books free live music four nights a week off Firehouse Alley in Fort Collins, the Elizabeth Hotel's gritty indoor-outdoor stage and bar.
Signature drink: Creative cocktails
Food: Bar bites
Tip: No cover, ever; the calendar posts on the hotel site week by week. Enter through the hotel or the alley.
