The Summer of Cerveza Sundays, Special Edition: The Dark Horse

Unique does not mean different. 

It does not mean unusual. 

It does not mean rare. 

It means one of a kind. It means unlike anything else. 

The Dark Horse is unique. 

And, as disappointing as it is unsurprising in 2024, The Dark Horse is endangered. 

I will tell you what developers want to put up in its place, but I suspect you already know before I write it: a mixed-use development. 

This is what The Pony looks like: 

This is what developers want to put up in its place: 

I am reminded once again of the closing lines of Bill Bryson's memoir of growing up in the middle of America in the middle of the American Century: 

"Imagine having a city full of things that no other city had. What a wonderful world that would be. What a wonderful world it was. We won't see its like again, I'm afraid."

Boulder has had something for 49 years that no other city has. 

Soon, it will have a mixed-use development that literally hundreds of other cities have. 

I could go on but will not. I will merely point out that one of these trips will likely be the last time I ever visit my favorite bar to which I have ever been in this world. 

And I have been to a lot. 

But that will be then and this is now. And now is the first Sunday of summer so we shall turn this into a celebration of the now, rather than a dirge for what will likely come. 

WIBBY BREWING "LOCO LAWGER": 5

A wonderful, refreshing Mexican lager. Not trying to be anything more than that, and succeeding perfectly. 

COORS LIGHT: 6

It's not a Mexican lager. I don't care. My blog, my rules. 

I hope this isn't my last trip to the Pony, but who knows? The future is promised to no one. Not me, not you, and not the greatest bar to which I have ever been.