$$$$GastropubOld TownDaily 11:30-00:00
Tap and Handle keeps 74 rotating handles across three floors on College Avenue in Fort Collins, a national Top 100 beer bar with a real kitchen.
TipWednesday's Smasher burger deal is dine-in only; the fire-pit patio stays welcoming well into the cooler months.
$$$$Cocktail barOld TownSun-Thu 12:00-01:30; Fri-Sat 11:00-01:30
The Whisk(e)y lines up more than 2,800 whiskies behind its College Avenue bar in Fort Collins, one of the largest whiskey selections in Colorado.
TipHappy hour runs all day Sunday and Monday; ask the staff to steer a flight, the list is genuinely unnavigable alone.
$$$$Cocktail barMidtownDaily 11:00-02:00
William Oliver's Publick House stocks over 400 world whiskies at its Timberline and Drake pub in Fort Collins, the original room it opened back in 2013.
TipThere is no phone on principle; walk in or email. Ask for the Snug, a semi-private nook for groups of six to eight.
$$$$Dive barOld TownMon-Fri 15:00-01:00; Sat 12:00-01:30; Sun 12:00-00:30
Town Pump has poured in the same 416-square-foot room on College Avenue in Fort Collins since 1909, the oldest bar in the city and nearly its smallest.
TipCash-friendly, cramped and proud of it; a GoFundMe raised over 57,000 dollars in two days to save it during the pandemic.
$$$$GastropubOld TownSun-Tue 14:00-22:00; Wed-Sat 14:00-00:00
The Forge Publick House pours rotating craft taps in a brick back-alley room off Old Firehouse Alley in Fort Collins, trading quietly there since 2011.
TipCraft beer, brick building, back-alley drinking is the whole pitch; there is locally made pie when the case is stocked.
$$$$Cocktail barOld TownDaily 16:30-02:00
Elliot's Martini Bar has shaken classics and dessert martinis on Linden Street in Fort Collins since 1997, nightly until 02:00 with a back patio.
TipThe Cucumber's Last Stand and Tequila Mockingbird are the house calls; the back patio is the seat to hold in summer.
$$$$GastropubOld TownDaily 11:00-02:00
Lucky Joe's Sidewalk Saloon puts an Irish pub in an old western saloon on Old Town Square in Fort Collins, open to 02:00 with green chili on the stove.
TipThe Monday 4.99-dollar burger is the cheapest square-side dinner going; happy hour runs 15:00-19:00 on weekdays.
$$$$GastropubOld TownSun 11:00-22:00; Mon-Thu 11:30-22:00; Fri 11:30-00:00; Sat 11:00-00:00
Pour Brothers Community Tavern deals craft taps, free darts and chicken bingo on Linden Street in Fort Collins, a neighbourhood room with tater tots.
TipChicken Sh!t Bingo runs the first and third Sundays; Thursday nights bring live music and Tuesday is trivia.
$$$$PubOld TownSun-Wed 11:00-00:00; Thu-Sat 11:00-02:00
The Crown Pub is Old Town's English-style public house on College Avenue, pouring pints over hand-crafted food and staying open late weekly.
TipIt keeps proper pub hours, to midnight Sunday through Wednesday and 02:00 Thursday to Saturday, with the kitchen doing real work.
$$$$Dive barOld TownMon-Thu 12:00-02:00; Fri-Sun 11:00-02:00
Trailhead Tavern holds down Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins as the Old Town dive bar of record, with cheap pitchers until 02:00 seven nights a week.
TipIt closes only for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Sunday after the Super Bowl; expect a CSU crowd on weekends.
$$$$Cocktail barOld TownWed-Fri 18:00-02:00; Sat 12:00-02:00; Sun 10:30-02:00
Bondi Beach Bar brings an Aussie beach-bar mood to Old Town Square, family-friendly on the patio by day and a club-style dance floor after dark.
TipThe wrap-around patio has the best sightline to the Old Town Square stage; Sunday opens at 10:30 for daytime drinks.