Old Haunts: Cart Driver

erica and i were working nights at the brewery when we first started dating so we had to find late night spots for date nights. at some point we discovered cart driver in denver’s lodo neighborhood. they have a late night happy hour from 10PM - midnight with margarita pizzas for $7 and a craft beer and shot of fernet for $8. erica would get the beer and i would get the fernet and we would share the pizza. eventually this routine evolved into an after gym ritual. for our ‘gym-date’ i would drop erica off at a gymnastics gym and then go lift weights at a nearby 24 hour fitness and then we would go to cart driver but switch out the $7 pizza for a $7 tin of sardines (you know for the gains) with fresh baked bread and compound butter (you know for the soul). they also have (sometimes) cheap west coast oysters and make amazing hot sauces and chili oil in house. definitely one of our favorite spots in denver.