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This is where it all goes down. The bar at the Front Porch. Wednesday is Flip Night, where you flip a coin to see if your drink is free. Take a risk, and you might get lucky. See you tonight!
At the Front Porch, we realize you have many options for what bars to hang out at on any given night in Downtown Denver. Our nightlife scene in the Mile High City is pretty decent. But on Wednesday nights, we try to make it easier on you and your decision making process. We have Flip Night. Every Wednesday. It’s simple – we toss a coin, you call it, and if you guess correctly your drink (or entire round) is completely FREE.
See you tonight at the ONLY bar to be at on Wednesday nights in Denver.
At The Front Porch, we get a good deal of our business from word of mouth. Denver residents recommend our bar to visitors or people not as familiar with downtown as a great spot for after-dinner drinks. If you’re out on the town tonight, or any Friday night, stop by The Front Porch. Unpretentious folks, reasonably priced drinks, and a relaxed but upbeat energy…these qualities set us apart from the rest of the nightlife scene on a Friday night in Denver. See you soon.
It’s almost a new month, which means it’s almost time for a new Front Porch calendar! Will your name be on September so you can drink for FREE for one entire evening?? Stay tuned…
A few of our recent reviews on Yelp:
“Visited from out of town on flip night – one word – brilliant.” – Herman G., Florida
“The waiters & bartenders were great and on top of our orders.” – Meredith G., Colorado
“So the thing to know about the Porch is that it is small and can get really packed!! But I love sitting on the window seats and watching the festive streets of Lodo. The bartenders are amazing minding that one of them is a good friend of mine!! Good night to go is flip night wow you can get wasted so fast… flip for your round!! What a great idea. The bar is locally owned and is really run well. It can get really crowded so if crowds are not your thing go on a weeknight (not Wednesday thats flip night) and you are really in for a treat!!” – Sadie R., Colorado
By Dustin H.
Denver, CO
Stay classy Front Porch. By the crew ever-present outside the door getting their nicotine fix, I figured I would be walking in to a typical dive bar. Candles everywhere, a large communal table, and tree trunks jutting out of one wall let you get your Charlie Sheen on while still feeling more like George Clooney.
Wednesday night is flip night. Order your drinks. The bartender spins a quarter. You call heads or tails, and the bartender slaps the quarter down on the bar. Get it right and you walk away in blissful victory with whatever you ordered. Get it wrong and pay the reasonable price for your drinks. Please, please, please do not forget to tip the bartender. I saw a lot of rude and inconsiderate people just walk away from the bar with their winnings.
It’s fun to watch everyone grow more bold as the night goes on. At the beginning of the night I won two PBRs and we ended the night when my buddy lost buying a round of Patron for the five of us. I had extremely low expectations for this place, but The Front Porch turned out to be the coziest, classiest little dive bar around. See you next Wednesday.
Best Place to Flip Out – 2008
The Front Porch has totally flipped! For starters, the bar hosts Flip Cup tournaments on the first Tuesday of each month. For those who’ve never played — or for those who’ve played but were too drunk to remember the specifics — Flip Cup involves two teams of up to five players; the first team to slam their beers and flip their cups over by gently tapping the bottom of the cup wins. But really, everyone wins, because everyone gets inebriated! If Flip Cup’s not your thing, try Flip Night on Wednesdays: Flip a coin, and if you guess the toss correctly, your drink is free. Or maybe you’re not the flipping kind. In that case, you can take advantage of the Front Porch’s Hello My Name Is drink specials. It’s simple: If your name is on the calendar, you drink free all night long. Rejoice, all ye Toms, Sarahs, Daves, Amandas and Jasons — and woe to those whose hippie parents named them something weird.
Inside: The Front Porch
What’s in a name? Free drinks
Matt Sandy
Special to Metromix
March 27, 2008
Usually name alone is not enough to garner free drinks, unless it carries an appellation such as “Lord,” “Baron” or “Owner.” Not so at The Front Porch, where every month a calendar designates each day to a specific name, entitling the bearer to the royal treatment all night (that means open bar, genius). There are no televisions at this bar making the art of conversation a highly desired skill (a witty anecdote might just reward you with more than just a laugh.) Despite still being a bar in its relative infancy, with creative marketing tactics and a regular crowd, The Front Porch has managed to entrench itself firmly into the LoDo bar scene.
Drinks: The intent with The Front Porch was to create a drinking venue for those wishing to sip a martini or knock back a beer. There’s nothing on tap, but the fridges behind the bar stock a healthy selection of big name beers, Mexican cerveza and local micro-brews. The bottles-only policy adds to the urbane veneer, but also serves a more utilitarian function in ensuring the sometimes-fermented clientele won’t be spilling pints on other patrons.
Décor: Though called The Front Porch, “subterranean lounge” might be more apropos. Sunken below street level, the establishment is a bar/lounge hybrid with couches, earthy tones and softly flickering candles. There is a palpable Southern Gothic aura, which manifests itself though the shadowy lighting and the over sized pictures of cotton plants and plantation houses that adorn the walls. Don’t worry though, it’s purely postbellum.
Crowd: When the bar opens at around 5 p.m. during the week, the crowd usually consists of professionals looking to grab their post-work respite. On the first Tuesday of each month, a flip cup tournament brings in a younger crowd looking to prove their aptitude for alcohol infused games. Wednesdays can get crowded and rowdy as flip night ensures everyone has a fifty-fifty shot of getting each drink for free. The weekends see a young, attractive crowd looking to mingle and maybe more…
Sounds: Music plays a central roll in contributing to the chill vibe at The Front Porch. No grating top 40 or blinged-out hip-hop, just mellow beats from reggae and jam bands. On their website, there’s a photo page dedicated to Widespread Panic so you’ve got your Southern rock, but they do interweave some Phish into the play list, though it tends to be more Farmhouse than A Picture of Nectar. In the song “Paul and Silas,” former Phish frontman Trey Anastasio wonders if someone is a “prep school hippie” or a “hip school preppie,” never fully discerning the difference. Chances are you’ll be introduced to both at the Porch.
Insider tips: Add your name to the chalkboard to the left of the bar when you first visit. Then check the back page of The Onion to see the calendar and if your moniker has made the cut. Then drink and repeat. Also, get your best four to five person flip cup team together on Wednesdays for a chance to win free swag.
Service: The bar staff is extremely affable. Don’t be surprised if they help introduce you to some new companions.
