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<\/p>\nAfter more than a year of construction and renovation, a much-loved watering hole reopened last week in the town of Minturn, which is located two miles up a valley from Interstate 70 near Vail.<\/p>\n
The Minturn Saloon — which The Denver Post named in 2018 as one of Colorado’s most iconic bars — had a busy first weekend back in business as both locals and leaf-peepers made their way over to check out the changes over a few margaritas.<\/p>\n
Built in 1901, after a fire burned parts of the 1880s-era mining town, “the building has always housed a restaurant and bar, as well as serving as a pool, boxing hall and gambling joint at one point or another,” according to the Minturn Saloon’s website.<\/p>\n
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In the 1970s, it became a popular, sometimes rough-around-the-edges hangout for ski bums and Vail Valley locals, but by 1986, a group of new owners had turned the saloon into a popular apres-ski joint with Tex-Mex fare, as well as the destination for “the Minturn Mile,” a bucket-list backcountry ski run that downhillers could access via Vail’s lost Boy trail.<\/p>\n
In 2021, Vail Valley restaurateurs Anthony and Connie Mazza — who also own the Village Bagel in Edwards — bought the Saloon after other attempts to save it failed. They closed it in April 2022 to begin renovations, but ran into several construction issues, according to the Vail Daily.<\/p>\n
It reopened on Sept. 28, and is now serving Tex-Mex and drinks Tuesdays through Saturdays.<\/p>\n
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