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Colorado Bar

 

The ultimate dive bar

  • Address: 2226 E. Colorado Blvd [ map ]

    Cross Street: N. Vinedo Ave

    Phone: (626) 449-3485

    Hours: 10 am-2 am, seven days a week

  • Cost: $3.50 per drink

    Parking: free lot, street

    Tips: Smoking allowed

This is the place you think of when you picture a dive bar: the maximum amount of grime on the floors has far exceeded any other in town. But that's only part of it. Cheap drinks, a friendly, cute staff, pool tables and the fascinating characters galore. And what would a dive be without 'Smokin' in the Boys Room' playing endlessly for a crew of original bad boys? Speaking of smoking, Colorado Bar is the anomaly that says 'yes' to lighting up inside. Well, I never...
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