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Trendy and tasty –
A winning formula for
Great Divide Brewery & Roadhouse By Chris Michlewicz
A trendy downtown Castle Rock
eatery with an eclectic menu and a laid- back vibe has quickly built a regional following, and all it takes is just a taste to see why.
Great Divide Brewery & Roadhouse, on the northwest corner of Wilcox Street and Second Street, has built a menu so filled with unconventional, must-try offerings that it’s near impossible to not make multiple return visits.
With an expansive patio and a wide open indoor concept that perfectly establishes a social atmosphere, Great Divide has found a niche that appeals to a broad audience. It fits in well in its location smack dab in the middle of Riverwalk Castle Rock North, an urban “live, work, play” mixed-use development.
It looks modest from the outside, but
in fact it’s one of Castle Rock’s largest restaurants, with capacity for 415 people. Being right across the street from Festival Park, which hosts a number of public events each year, many locals have already organically found their way to Great Divide.
What they’ve discovered is a forward- thinking eatery that serves a variety of modernized, made-from-scratch American food – everything from breakfast and brunch favorites to
The restaurant/brewery combines its comfortable setting with a well-run kitchen that cranks out unique flavor profiles by the hundreds. This is in addition to an impressive lineup of 16 craft beer offerings from Great Divide Brewing Company, an award- winning Denver-based
specialty pizzas to 1855 angus beef burgers, as well as succulent steaks, tasty tacos, ultra-fresh salad entrees, and a range of mouthwatering starters.
The app menu includes items like Thai cauliflower made with Bangkok Thai seasoning, voodoo aioli, peanuts and green onions, and tuna tartare,
brewery that uses the Castle Rock location as an experimentation lab.