Raise a glass (of something strong than 3.2 beer) to the Sink, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
Colorado's truly legendary restaurants are few and far between, and they are becoming scarcer. Between notoriously minuscule profit margins, ever-increasing costs and the many, many rigors of the 2020s, it's not surprising that many well-established joints — even those that have served customers for decades — are bowing out of business when buildings are sold, leases are up or owners just plain need a rest.
Heinritz didn't necessarily consider the restaurant's already impressive history when his crew purchased it."We signed a ten-year lease, and that seemed like a lifetime," he recalls. At the time, Heinritz was living in Fort Collins and working in a cabinet factory, and none of the family had much restaurant experience."My brother James was living in Boulder," Heinritz recalls."He was talking to [then-owners] the Kauvars about property listings.
The consequences of serving alcohol to underage patrons have changed drastically as well."Back in the '90s, it was a little wink and a nod. ...Keep it in balance, don’t be a jerk about it," he says. Now, serving a brew to a twenty-year-old could mean a total shutdown for three to ten days. Those 3.2 days are long gone.
With only a couple of watering holes on the Hill at the time and no cell phones to coordinate plans, customers converged upon the bar at the beginning of the weekend, and the Friday Afternoon Club was formalized in the late 1960s: Guests would rent formal wear from a shop up the block before settling in for brews and music and 3.2 beer, which" the activity," says Heinritz."At some point, the Sink sold more Coors than anywhere else in the country.
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