Dark Horse

Dark Horse is a bar in Boulder, CO. Operating as a bar and grill since 1975, the establishment serves burgers, wings, and a full menu of American fare alongside a rotating selection of beer, including local micros, and premium spirits. The venue is recognized locally for its Jiffy Burger and three-joint wings, and USA Today has named it among places to eat a burger worthy of paradise.

The menu covers a wide range of starters, salads, vegetarian options, and full dinners. Starters include quesadillas, red chili poppers, beer-battered chicken fingers, breaded onion rings, breaded mushrooms with beer-battered zucchini, and Rocky Mountain oysters. Vegetarian diners can choose between a Garden Burger and a Mexi Bean Burger, each served on a toasted roll with standard fixings. Salads run from a small Caesar or house salad to a full Caesar with garlic bread or a chef salad built on smoked ham and turkey. Dinners feature St. Louis-style BBQ ribs, an eight-ounce charbroiled flat iron steak, and breaded cod fish and chips, with each plate served alongside a choice of fries, green salad, pasta salad, or coleslaw.

Dark Horse sits on Baseline Road in Boulder, near the junction with 30th Street and the Denver-Boulder Turnpike, with Skunk Creek running just to the south of the property.

Holding a rating of 4.50 from customer reviews, Dark Horse draws on nearly five decades as a Boulder landmark, with its interior decorated from top to bottom with movie props and turn-of-the-century antiques.