Dostal Alley Saloon

Parking behind the saloon… pizza is amazing and the brewpub puts out great beer. What really made it stand out was that it was a friendly and welcoming place with an established group of local regulars. Staff, owners, and customers were a cool group of people.
I’ll be back and recommend it to my friends and family.

What a find — we jumped the shuttle from Black Hawk to Central City because Central City had a small town feel. We got on the bus and asked him where we could get a micro beer and just hang… he recommend Dostal Alley Brew Pub. Its a small place, and they even have a small pizza/​snack place in the basement (kid friendly-​food only) — did I mention the cooking abilities are limited, if you wanting something quick, call ahead or you will be waiting for a hand made pizza. BUT, we had a calzone and wings… calzone stuffed with veggies & meat, wings were nice and hot-​very tasty. Then the best part — BEER — chocolate stout, shaft house stout and snow line winter ale.
One of the managers explained that Dostal Alley is the only coin operated casino and locally owned — if you want a taste of nostalgia and a great beer to wash it down with — highly recommend you check it out. Also they have beer to go!

I love this place.
We came up to gamble in Blackhawk but decided to walk around central city during the day. This was the greatest find. Though very low key and not too noticeable… this place place is right off the main street and offers gambling, pizza/​food, and most importantly beer.
They brew their own here and even have hops they picked locally off the mountain… hanging from the ceiling to dry.
We tried the light ale, and the porter. Both were excellent and went down a little too smoothly.
This is one of the only places in town that offers places to sit and hang out without having to gamble. They have excelllent service and seem to be the locals favorite hang out.
We will definitely be coming back! Thanks Dostal Alley!

We can’t wait to get back to Central City to eat at Dostal Alley! Best pizza, wings, and calzones in the area by far! It’s a long drive from Illinois, but it’s always our first stop when we get into town! The kids love the root beer floats!

This place is the best! Excellent pizza, Excellent people, Excellent machines! The girls that work here are just great. They work hard; they’re not lazy kids by any means! This place has been in Central City longer than anyone, and that’s not shocking. They know what customer service means, and the quality of the food is great. Next trip we’ll try the craft beer that they’ve won awards for! Long Live Dostal Alley!

Dostal Alley is a small casino in Central City. I like Central City better than I like Black Hawk because I enjoy the small-​town feel and the more historical vibe that Central City has as apposed to the faux Vegas feel of Black Hawk.
Because Dostal is small and doesn’t have table games, the real draw for me is the brewery that they run. If you go to Dostal Alley, you can sit at the bar, put some money in the video poker machine, and drink «free» beer as long as you’re playing. I put «free» in quotes because video poker can be a fickle mistress. Dostal Alley also serves pizza, and they have a restaurant space downstairs where you can eat and drink if you prefer not to gamble.
On my most recent visit, however, I ended up hitting for a net of about $ 180 which I promptly turned around and spent at the tables another nearby casino. Oh, well. Easy come, easy go. If you play video poker at Dostal, I recommend that you make sure to play the game that has the progressive jackpot.
I’ve enjoyed every visit I’ve made to Dostal Alley. Craft beer is a nice addition to Central City, and there’s nothing quite like playing video poker in a bar. With the exception of Colorado’s smoking ban (a cigar would be nice), it hits nearly all of my favorite vices.

SMALL town micro brewery and pizza joint. We walked in with a group of 12 and at first they pretty much didn’t want to serve us. I think they were intimidated by our size. But the bartender took pity and suggested we pull the belly bars up to each other and hang out. We did and it was a blast. He did everything he could do to serve us in a timely manner. He told us jokes and really went out of his way to give us a great experience.
Unfortunately, they can only cook one pizza at a time, so our meal took quite a long time. But we didn’t mind, we were sampling beers! I only liked one, which was the golden wheat. The stout was a huge hit too.
Pretty low-​key, fun place to hang out in Central City if you’re not gambling!

Not sure why there are so many good reviews of this place. The restaurant was run by one woman: she cooked, took orders, waited tables, managed, bussed, etc. I think she was even the slot attendant for the mini-​casino next door.
It took about 40 minutes to receive our wings and pizza. The wings were good but they were from a bag. In fact, we saw the manager/​cook/​waiter/​busser throw them in the microwave to thaw them out before she ran them through the oven.
The pizza was good and fresh and is the reason I left two stars. However, when I’m traveling through town next time, I won’t be back.

Omg best little dive to eat some fresh hand made pizza. Friendly staff. Kudos to Martha the chef

The Dostal Alley is one of the only places to go in Central City and Black Hawk that you can bring your kids to and eat as a family. There were some great aspects to this place, but I wasn’t very impressed overall. The menu is pretty limited. We ordered a large (15″) pizza, and it came on a 16″ pizza tray, but the pizza itself was barely 13″ across. I know there is to be shrinkage when cooking dough, but that should be accounted for and something marketed as a 15″ pizza should be somewhat in that size range after cooking. It was smaller than a medium when it came out. The crust was good– crispy and chewy, and had a good flavor/​texture, but some pieces had over an inch of crust, making an already small pizza even smaller. I thought the sauce had a good flavor, but the toppings were pretty skimpy, especially considering the price per topping ($ 2.25, and on a really shrunken pizza).
The beer was pretty good, but they had a lot of dark beer and not a lot of other choices for those who don’t like dark beers. We apparently couldn’t run a tab, either, even though we were the only people in there and had to run our card separately for the two rounds of drinks we ordered and then again for the food. Service was pretty friendly and quick, but I was pretty disappointed by the tab/​credit card thing. Pretty unaccommodating for their customers (and if they’re paying cc fees on every card swipe, not good business sense either).
Overall, the food tasted good and I enjoyed the pizza. Considering it is the only place in Central City to eat at with your family, I think they could be a little more family-​friendly. Not sure what happened with the size of our pizza or if that is a typical occurrence– perhaps the dough wasn’t docked enough this time, but it was a really small pizza for the price any way you look at it. I may go back and give it another shot, since we’re locals and want to patronize local businesses, but it definitely wasn’t anything spectacular.

I had to give at least a star, because there was no halves. This was the only restaurant near by so we decided to give it a try. There were 5 of us including an 8 yo. We went downstairs, a Lady with the nastiest attitude took our order at the window, since no one really came to our table. She spoke with the meanest manners, looked mad and unhappy. She was a one man show, she took orders, payments, as well as the one crafting and baking the pizza. She never washed her hands when making pizza, after handling money and other things around the restaurant. Save your money and go somewhere where you are valued.

Stop #2 on my Colorado Beercation. The Shaft House Stout was excellent! Plus, it was free as they don’t charge you if you’re playing the video poker at the bar! Free craft beer and gambling in a historic old west saloon. Can’t get much better!

We stumbled upon this place while looking for a rest room on our drive from Leadville to Estes Park. They were dealing with a power problem but warmly welcomed us in anyway. We tried and enjoyed most of the beers on tap and learned about the history of the brewery from the owner. It was a great accidental find.

Really good handmade food made to order. Good beer and it’s crafted here. Great root beer. Friendly service but can be slow but it is worth the wait. Free parking lot which is nice. Would come back and plan too just for the beer. They really need some honey for their awesome pizza crust but still worth stopping for lunch.

Fun little spot, spent a few hours here some Saturday evening a while back. Started off looking for a bite to eat and to take a break from losing my ass at the other casinos. I wanted two things: alcohol (preferably local brewed beers) and something affordable and tasty to eat. I hopped on Unilocal and found this place just a short walk up the hill from where I was staying. Apparently there’s more levels than just the small basement area I was in, but there were slot machines, a little spot to eat and a bar, so I saw no need to venture elsewhere. I was the only patron in this lower level, which I found odd, but after the hustle and bustle of the crowds at the bigger casinos, I welcomed the peace and quiet. Besides, after absolutely sucking at gambling, sometimes I just like to drink my damn sorrows away alone.
After listening to my tummy growl from hunger from not eating anything all day, I decided I’d better eat first. After a quick study of the menu, I saw a sign advertising a new buffalo chicken pizza and decided to go with that. A very friendly staff member took my order at the little kitchen area and said she would come find me when my food was ready. I assume she cooked the pizza for me, but I was in too big of a hurry to head to the bar to wash away my sins with the loving and forgiving flow of booze.
Upon my arrival at the bar, I was greeted by a nice bartender. I inquired about the beers on tap and she gave me the run down of the four they offered: a porter, an ale, a 10% ABV seasonal offering, and something else I forget (maybe a lager? does it matter?). I was informed all of these beers were brewed in house.
Let me take a break here to tell you a poorly kept secret: I love beer. I love the aroma. I love the taste (of most). I love the vast variety of beer and the subtle characteristics that can make each beer unique. And most importantly: I love how it makes me feel. I welcome each drop into my mouth (and indirectly, my blood stream) with a tender embrace.
When I am presented with the opportunity to try several beers on tap that I’ve never had, I get really excited. I told the bartender I’d like to try them all. She suggested something along the lines of a beer flight sampler. I laughed. She seemed nervous. To alleviate her fears, I told her I would be eating there and planned to stay a few hours. I’ve learned that in these opportunities it can be somewhat difficult to decide which beers to try and in which order to try them. I’ve worked out the following two systems, the first of which is to simply order the beers in descending order of funniest names. This system works pretty well if the names are all unique and clever. I don’t recall laughing at any of the names as the bartender read them off to me, so I opted for system number two: 1) Treat the beers as if each one is a word in a book, drinking them left to right in the order of what is on the tap.
I don’t remember which of the beers was leftmost, but I ordered it first. It was pretty good. I recall the middle two beers on tap were also quite tasty, although not unforgettable because I obviously don’t remember anything about them. However, the rightmost beer was the boozy seasonal whatever. With such a high alcohol concentration (as reported by the bartender, anyway), I was expecting that the flavor of the beer would be masked (drowned?) by the level of alcohol. I was wrong, this was a delicious beer, from what I can recall. I told the bartender as much, and she said it was a popular beer, but they had a limit of 3 per customer because of how much alcohol it contained. I decided I’d be drinking a lot of the other beers before my third and final seasonal beer.
Upon completing my first adult-​sized flight of the local brewed beers, my pizza was ready. I took a seat in the small dining area and tucked in. The pizza had surprisingly great crust. Obviously hand formed to a not-​as-​thin-​as-​New-​York but far-​from-​deep-​dish thickness. Some chains call it hand-​tossed but I’m keen enough to know most of these places do not hand toss their dough anymore. The chicken on the pizza came in good sized chunks, but I was not a fan of the sauce. It seemed to be a mix of buffalo wing sauce and ranch dressing. Or maybe it was blue cheese dressing. Who knows. I was getting tanked already. Anyway, it was a decent pie, but I’ll stick to more traditional toppings next time. The individual size was more than enough to fill one increasingly drunk person.
I finished the evening with several more beers (including my 2^nd and 3^rd helping to the seasonal somethingorother) and lost a bunch more money in their slot machines. I had a great conversation with a male bartender, who told me some of the fascinating history of Central City and kept my glass full. He was an entertaining lad and fun to engage in conversation with.
I’ll be back to this place. Come for the beer, stay for the pizza and conversation with the staff.

Wow did not expect the pizza to be as great as it was. Competes with Beau Joes. Try it and you won’t leave disappointed.

This place wasn’t too shabby, but definitely not worth more than 3 stars. With regard to the food, the service was a little slow considering our party of nine was the only one of two groups dining (the other group was a couple).
Our night started with garlic bread and chicken wings. Both weren’t bar, but they were definitely not worth the the $ 5 for a toasted hoagie with garlic butter. The wings weren’t bad, but not star quality. They were a little smaller than I’m used to getting, but I’m also a little picky when it comes to good wings.
The pizza was fantastic! We got two large pizzas — one sausage and one pepperoni. A true sign of good pizza is the crust and Dostal Alley NAILS IT! This was truly the highlight of our meal. The crust was crispy on the outside and a just a little doughy in the center — PERFECT!
The craft brews were really tasty; sadly, of the four they had on tap only two were available. No worries though, I made up for lost ground by having double the amount of their ale — hooray beer! I am looking forward to trying the stout next time I visit.

yeah this place rocks!
Delicious grub, tasty brew, winning slots, friendly service and a parking lot! It is super unique and fun! I dug each beer and the pizza I enjoyed was yummers. The boyfriend destroyed his sandwich and we took some tasty beers home.
I see that empty growler and it hints at the idea of returning! I look forward to another visit to this all in one mountain treasure!

Wow, this is by far the oddest casino I’ve been to in Central City. I would say it would be considered more of a brew pub, but since we won enough money at a slot machine at the place to pay for lunch and beers I can’t.
I have to say, I loved the atmosphere, the staff could not have been more friendly, the beers were delicious and the food was amazing.
We ate some of the homemade pizza and I had a meatball sub… Woah that was good! We sampled all of the beers and were very delighted by all of them, but our favorite was the IPA. I highly recommend anyone wanting a nice little day date to hit this place up. Free parking, patio, slots and beer my kinda of place!

Dostal Alley seems kind of like an odd place to me. The casinos are open all of the time and so we got there fairly late after doing a brewery tour up in the mountains. The building seems fairly old and the dining area is a funhouse of mirrors which is a little uncomfortable. I don’t really like to look at myself while I eat. We ordered a pizza which was actually quite good. Steve and I had their summer seasonal beer which was a wheat with cardamon in it and was surprisingly very good. The staff here was friendly if not a little… out there. I guess they are pulling too many all nighters up there in Central City.