Goosetown Tavern

Specialties

Goosetown came up on the rough side of Denver, Colfax at Adams, in the 1990’s. We are blood brothers and sisters with some of the baddest back-​alley and Borough bars in the world. Nearly every local band to make good and push on through has played across Colfax at the Bluebird Theater. Hearkening from American Punk and New Wave origins, expect to hear Blondie and Bowie here and DO NOT expect to ‘see’ or ‘be seen’. We don’t do that. We’ll feed your hunger and quench your thirst, even if you waive your Anti-​Social Flag.

History

Established in 1998.

Goosetown is named for a former bar of the same name in Golden, Colorado where German immigrants once communed. A German immigrant, Julius Shultz, originally built the Goosetown Tavern in 1873. Until its demise, the original Goosetown Tavern was the oldest continually licensed tavern in Colorado. It originally acquired its quirky moniker from the nickname of the community it served. The German immigrants who settled in the foothills around Golden brought with them their fondness for waterfowl and created many ponds and lakes to encourage migrating geese to stay in Golden. Their scheme worked and the district became known as Goosetown.

Upon demolition of the original bar in 1998 to make room for a parking lot, John Hickenlooper, founder of the Wynkoop Brewing Company, salvaged the front and back bars and booths in an effort to capture the essence of the original Goosetown Tavern and restored them to their present location.