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Ace-Hi Tavern
Categories: Local Flavor Nightlife Bars Dive Bars Local Flavor, Dive Bars [Edit]
1216 Washington AveGolden, CO 80402
(303) 279-9043
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- DJ, Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Fri, Thu, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Very Loud
- Good For Dancing:
- No
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
20 reviews for Ace-Hi Tavern
Review Highlights
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"Their happy hour specials can't be beat, and their normal..." In 2 reviews -
"The bartenders are prompt, personable, and fun to chat with." In 3 reviews
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"A Golden classic, gotta' love Thursday ladies' night." In 2 reviews
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20 reviews in English
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Review from Kent K.
Seattle, WA
3/4/2012 1 Check-in Here
An institution. Cleaner than it was 20+ years ago but still divey enough. But, then, how divey can it be if they have a single malt Scotch? Thank goodness for single malt Scotch!
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Review from Tim S.
Denver, CO
3/8/2012
Nothing fancy. Just a good simple bar. Realistic drink prices, friendly service and diverse crowd. Always meet someone different and interesting when I stop in.
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Review from Grace B.
7/18/2011
Great dive bar with a plethora of games. Everything from darts, to pool to big buck hunter. They have two happy hours: from 7 am to 11 am (for those who are truly committed to being wasted all day) and 3 to 7. Solid deal of $5 domestic pitchers and $1.25 pints. Microbrew pitchers are $9, but that is still a hell of a deal.
Music is bizarre and completely random. In the hour I was there I was treated to the musical stylings of Lady Gaga, Jack Johnson, ZZ Top and Taylor Swift.Listed in: Best Happy Hour
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Review from Juli M.
Golden, CO
1/17/2012
Don't go into the Ace expecting an ultra-trendy bar complemented by delicious appetizers: the extent of their menu consists of hot dogs and frozen pizzas for those who have the extreme drunken-munchies and can't seem to stumble their way to Burger King. However, the Ace is very good at what it does: providing cheap drinks and friendly bartenders to college students, Coors employees, and those just passing though Golden alike.
Perhaps I've lived in Golden too long, but the Ace has grown on me in a major way. It might be the old beer-soaked carpet smell, or the friendly staff, or the fact that I had my very first drink as a 21-year-old here (Cement Mixers, try one tonight Yelpers!!!). Oh, and two words: Ladies'. Night. Wednesday and Thursday nights (9 pm - 12 am) always prove to be a good time, but don't go just expecting to have "one" drink; it always turns into a contest to see who can wade through the sea of people to get the most free drinks before midnight. -
Review from Kris M.
7/19/2011 1 Check-in Here
Oh, Ace.
Great place for midnight shots on your 21st. Cheap beer when all you want to do is drink away the sorrows of a long day. Random music from all over the spectrum. Bartenders you can get familiar with and a bar crowd that never really seems to go away, even on the nights when students nearly take the place over.
I've had some good times at the Ace, some not so good times, and a few "what the hell just happened? times. The Ace is a place where memories are made - if you're not there to forget, that is. -
Review from Polly P.
7/13/2011
Quickly becoming my dive favorite (along with Buffalo Rose) on my treks to Golden!
Good drink deals and a VERY tasty Caucasian. -
Review from Peter M.
9/15/2010 1 Check-in Here
We were meeting some friends for lunch at Woody's across the street and had arrived a half an hour too early. "Oh no!", we thought, "What ever will we do with ourselves?!?". So we Yelped up the nearest watering hole and Ace Hi was clearly the spot.
We figured it was Saturday around noon, so Bloody Marys were probably in order. We sidled up to the bar and ordered two.
The place is rather narrow and long - typical of old western town construction, and hosted a bevy of local regulars - a few of them clearly well on their way to Tipsyville.
A delightful gal brought us our libations. Delicious. One of the better Bloody's I've had in a while.
Within moments, a friendly banter was struck up between us and a couple of old timers. Good times.
Ok, this is not meant to be a story... Good drinks, gracious people, great prices. This tavern is Aces! -
Review from David M.
Littleton, CO
8/18/2011 1 photo
I live in Littleton but make it to Ace-Hi at least twice a month for their happy hour... 1.25 Killians Red on draught! The locals hand out here to catch up on life and watch whatever Colorado sports is on TV!
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Review from Melissa H.
Arlington, VA
7/20/2009
My husband and I went to Ace Hi Friday night because he had been there once before and had told me that I would love it. I think I died and went to dive bar heaven because Ace Hi delivered!
It had all the elements that make a great dive bar - mixed clientele, a TV that had baseball on for the sports lovers, TVs with a random movie (Saving Private Ryan on Friday night) that seems a bit out of place, a jukebox with killer music, cheap drinks, and a friendly staff.
We chatted during the night with some of the people sitting at the bar, and rocked out to the tunes from the jukebox. This is a no-nonsense bar and just has a great vibe to it. Plus any place with a Dale Jr clock and horns mounted behind the bar has to be worth checking out! -
Review from Chris W.
Golden, CO
10/28/2010
The Ace has been a friend of mine for quite some time. I've always had a good time there. And there is one person that always made it a great time. The bartender Bonnie. She makes the best chocolate cake shots in Colorado hands down. I don't know what her secret is but I hope she doesn't ever change her recipe.
I frequented this bar often back around 2003 and boy has this place changed. They really spruced it up inside and started to cater to the Mines crowd. A good business move for them. But it somehow just changed the overall feeling this place used to have.
Still you can't beat Bonnie and their drink prices are awesome! -
Review from The D.
Golden, CO
9/28/2009
A weird mix of old-timers, crusty bikers, college nerds and semi-normal people. They actually pull it off though. The sound system is good, the bar staff have been there forever, and its not hard to strike up a conversation with anyone. You must try the pig hocks.
$4 pitchers after 9pm, beer pong (beirut) on Thursdays, and Golden's worst bathroom. -
Review from Anna F.
8/15/2010
Dear Ace-Hi Tavern,
I had fun at yours last night. It was buzzing with people and I liked that ladies (or sluts and whores as your charming bar tender put it) drank free and pitchers of beer were 4 dollars.
I had never played beer pong before. Thank you for introducing this great American sport to me - my American experience is now nearly complete(minus American footie and a bbq), although I must say I do not like the super competitive folk we had on our second game. This however is not your fault so I cannot hold this against you.
Your shot ski was deadly in the way shot skis really should. The group of gentlemen in bathrobes and shower caps were quite entertaining and we talked to a lot of friendly (if not too intoxicated) people.
I wish you had more rest rooms though dearest Ace- Hi, as our bladders are not what they used to be, and your beer is ... well plentiful to put it that way.
Dearest Ace-HI thank you for one of the funnest nights I have had here so far. However, I do have a return to make: my hangover. -
Review from Lane C.
Denver, CO
5/5/2011 1 Check-in Here
Local dive bar, but with nice Tv's and Billiards. Great deals on drinks and they accept the golden tickets you get from visiting the Coors brewery.
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Review from Dan T.
IL
2/9/2007 ROTD 9/5/2007
This place is a no-nonsense dive -- and it's great! Golden is a great town (and thanks to its location in a canyon, relatively cut-off from the suburban sprawl nightmare that is metro Denver). I worked there and lived in central Denver, and always came to this place if it was decided to stay around town after work for a beer. The crowd is as mixed as you can get -- students from the School of Mines come here after mooching three free beers by cutting through the Coors brewery tour to the company tour bar, (a good tip -- try it out, if it's still allowed) truck drivers and Coors brewery employees, and bartenders and waitstaff who just got off work from their bs/yuppy bars down the street. For a town with the constant smell of hops and barley (yet another reason to stay), this is the best place in town to catch a cold one, shoot some pool and relax.
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Review from Jordan A.
Denver, CO
8/23/2007
I give it five stars only because I recognize it for what it is--a total dive. The Ace's usual crowd is the most unlikely mix of tough-looking bikers and geeky Mines students. I celebrated my 21st birthday there a million years ago. We lived within walking distance, and I don't remember getting home... I was still drunk when I showed up for classes the next morning. They also used to have some kinda crazy-cheap pitchers of Budweiser beer if one had a Mines ID. I am too snotty and sober to go anywhere near the Ace these days (or the last 15 years), but I still get all nostalgic and sentimental every time I see it.
Listed in: Having choices in Golden!
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Review from Tim S.
Golden, CO
6/10/2008
If you ever come to Golden, this place is a must see!!! Dive bar all the way. They have beer pong tournaments for the Mines students, a pool table, pinball...and a Nascar pool. This place even opens at 7am so if you ever feel the alcoholic need for a beer that early, this is the place to go.
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Review from Becky S.
Denver, CO
1/13/2007
The Ace is hands-down the best dive bar ever. The place still smells like stale smoke, six months after Colorado banned smoking in bars. The people there are fun to watch, and they're easy to get along with. The bartenders are prompt, personable, and fun to chat with. Their happy hour specials can't be beat, and their normal prices are pretty good too. There's pool and arcade games, and of course a jukebox. Be careful what you play on the jukebox, though, the locals can get rowdy when their favorite songs get played!
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Review from Mark B.
Golden, CO
3/30/2009
The Ace-Hi Tavern is a Golden gem and every small town should have one like it. The smoke smell is starting to go away they have a friendly staff cheap drinks and a good juke box.
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Review from Tamara S.
Hilo, HI
2/24/2009
This place is good for the LOLZ. It still smells like smoke so I don't go there anymore, but I think its like that dive bar from movies.
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Review from Emily P.
Dillon, CO
2/3/2010
A Golden classic, gotta' love Thursday ladies' night. They have pool tables, great drink specials and a generally laid-back crowd.
