The Rackhouse

We stumbled onto this place because one of the employees was told to roam the streets near a concert and hand out «free drink» cards. Glad she did because we got two free beers and some delicious food in a repurposed paper mill with great views of the Rockies. Super cool industrial vibe and they make their own ciders which were really good. They are jsut getting their brewery operation started. We only had the duck fat fries and kimchi meatballs. Both were quite good. Staff really friendly too. We wanted an empty growler (glassware was really neat) and even though the pricing for it empty was not on the list, he was able to enter it manually.

Had the dip lotsa meat big pcs of bacon. Sandwich was really good. Doesnt come with a side though so i also ordered the succatach its was ok. Might try the caprese next time instead

Visited a couple of months ago and will most likely not be back. The bathrooms are downstairs and the resaurant/​bar is upstairs. This is neither practical nor customer-friendly…especially when you have knee issues and stairs are dificult. I can’t imagine how many people with disabilities are turned away because of this.

I’ve been here a few times now. It’s a cool place, good staff, but the food is hit or miss. I just don’t think I’m a fan.

Sadly, not an improvement over their previous location. The space is nowhere near as inviting — much more industrial.
Seating is upstairs, but bathrooms are only downstairs. Big plus that ladies room had tampons (sometimes that time can sneak up on you).
Mac & cheese is just as good as ever. We went with a side of the regular. They have weekly special versions: veggie, meat, and seafood. None of the special offerings appealed when we were there. BBQ chicken sandwich was ok, but bread was too thick for my taste. Jägerschnitzel was very good — thin pork cutlet over absolutely delicious mustard potatoes. «Big ass pretzel» was disappointing. Pretzel was only ok and Obatzda was more like Camembert spread rather than a good blend of Camembert, butter, and paprika (not like the good stuff in Bavaria). I did like the sweet cider. They were out of a liqueur I wanted to try and only had 1 of the 3 desserts on the menu — apparently in process of changing menus.
Overall it was fine & food was good, but it’s not a place I’d seek out and go out of my way (last location I would have).

Great atmosphere! I hope this place gets busier. First time I had the mac and cheese. Holy crap was it good… and incredibly filling. My wife and I are fans because of all of the gluten free options. I’m also excited for them to start serving their own beer.

Duck fat fries– INSANE! Mac and Cheese– Insane! Very YUMMY place! Will go back for sure. Lila Cider was delicious; Comrade IPA had a great taste and perfect finish! We heard– rooftop deck in the plan for 2017, stay tuned! Roomy inside booths have great view of mountains.
Head there before your Rockies games, you will love it; we did.

As places change, there are always pluses and minuses to those changes. Here they are for the Rackhouse’s new location in RiNo
Pluses: That location… larger parking lot, cooler area suspended over the cidery. Love the use of old printmaking equipment and the just awesome vibe of the new place. They even kept their kick-​ass Big Lebowski painting.
Minus: Some aspects of the new location are a bit annoying as the whole bar is on the second level, so you have to walk up stairs to get to it and walk back down if you want to say go to the bathroom.
Pluses: Cider is better than whiskey any day in my opinion… love C2 ciders. And they still have a good selection of craft cocktails.
Minuses: I feel the beer list is a actually a little lacking. They didn’t have a porter or stout for example on my last visit. But as it is in a cidery, I guess that should be expected.
Pluses: The food is still great, chef-​inspired pub food. I really like the duck-​fat fries and many of their sandwiches are fantastic. They kept the legendary mac and cheese from the old place as well, which is great. The bacon on their bacon cheeseburger is a gift from the bacon gods, I’m pretty sure.
Minuses: They also got rid of their amazing beer-​cheese pretzel and replaced it with something not as good in my opinion. I like Rackhouse’s food generally, but it is very messy/​greasy. I had a chorizo taco and squeezed enough grease out of two tacos that it left a pool that filled my plate in grease (of course chorizo is notoriously greasy, but still). The bacon cheeseburger was also super-​messy with sauces and grease coming out all over the place and getting on my hands. Good thing they have cloth napkins, cause you’ll need that and then some to clean up after eating here.
Pluses: The service here is great as always. Chris is a great owner who has come and chatted with me on one visit and the servers are knowledgable and friendly. Same was true with the old Rackhouse, so I am glad that hasn’t changed at all.
The old Rackhouse was one of my favorite bars/​restaurants and while the new one isn’t the same, I think it is still one of my favorites.

WooHoo! I’m glad the Rackhouse is back! I loved the place when they were @ Stranahans. I stopped in last night and tried the house beer which was top notch. The Porchetta sandwitch was on point and the duck fries are the best in town. Yes, I just wrote that, the best in town! This is a very cool re-​purposed industrial space too. Give them a go! I will be back many times, I just know it!

Serious potential, needs some tweaking to be ridiculously fantastic.
NOTE: the action is all upstairs, there is a chair lift but it is by no means universally designed nor obvious. And the restrooms are downstairs, along with a store that sells shirts and to go booze (at crazy prices, crazy high).
I loved the old Rackhouse and I love cider, so this is a no-​brainer. But, it isn’t quite up to snuff. Yet, I hope. First off, you can’t do a cider sampler. What?! Ridiculous, but our server hooked up some ‘tasters’. Regardless, their ciders are all delicious, despite their heavy price tag (around $ 6 for about 14 oz maybe?).
They have some beers available too and I think they are going to expand to brew on site at some point. They have a large bar area and a variety of tables for seating. There was also a fun large screen showing old timey silent films and an oversized antique liquor sign. I like the vibe and feel, plus we had a great server.
The menu feels like it is trying too hard. Burgers are a solid bet, but I got a salad with a crab cake and it wasn’t great or large. What happened to the old menu of amazingness? Can we at least have less ‘burned’ items with trendy ingredients and no real substance? Throw some wings or nachos on that list for the rest of us who need to build a base for drankin!
Plus, being it is a new business it would’ve been nice if the managers walked around and chatted us up. Our lovely server pointed out that the two gentlemen arriving shortly after us were owner/​manager types and that they often come hang out at the bar. There were only a handful of others there when we arrived and these guys went straight to their spot. Lucky for them, our server was amazing.
I think this place can become amazing if they want to make some improvements. It is a large space that can host events or parties, but I hesitate to recommend it currently due to the high prices and small menu.

Thanks to Unilocal!I’m so glad we came here for dinner. We were touring a lot of breweries and this was in the neighborhood. I was excited to try their cider which was C2 cider downstairs. The Nona cider was the best cider I’ve ever had. It reminded me of a cidery champagne, not sweet and just right! Had to get a growler to take home, it was that good. The food was really good. We enjoyed the crab cakes and the pork belly sandwich which my husband devoured. The fries were also so good! Great atmosphere and staff were friendly and nice!

Love this new place in the hood!
There is parking, there is atmosphere, there is local cider and local beer!
It is nice to have a place with good eats within a stones throw of home!
It sounds weird but the mussels were fabulous!
I like the views out the big windows across the parking lot!
The different levels, cool lighting, neat bar in the middle.
It’s a fun place to have in the hood!

We have been waiting for the rackhouse to reopen since our last delicious meal at the last place. I couldn’t wait to tuck into their ribs which were fantastic. I was beyond disappointed that they are no longer on the menu.
We went for the Chateubriand with a side of duck fat fries and mac n’ cheese. While good, it was not in the same ballpark as the ribs were. It was solid, but not outstanding. Mac n’ cheese was great, but that will never be something that will drag me to a restaurant.
The beer selection was tiny compared to the old location. No doubt that will change. I’m sure we’ll be back at some point but certainly not as often.

How happy I was to see that the Rackhouse Pub has re-​opened in a new location north of downtown. The space is shared with a brewery — and is full of funky old equipment salvaged from a former book bindery next door. The food is just as good as it always was, and the service was smart and efficient. The «Brick Chicken» is a generous portion. The mac and cheese was excellent as usual. Plentiful off and on street parking makes this place a no brainier for small and large groups.

I LOVED the old RHP. The mac n cheese, ribs,…everything you ate was phenomenal. My return to the new RHP meant my expectations were high and the moment I started reading the menu expectation took the path of disappointment — quickly. Between me and the manfriend we ordered: side salad, mac n cheese, a pretzel, the brick chicken, the dip sandwich and mussels. The mac n cheese was good, not great; the pretzel came with the strangest cheese concoction and was rather off tasting; the brick chicken left a lot to be desired, such as moisture; (not going to review a side salad); manfriend reported the dip and mussels were delicious.
If RHP’s menu was haunted by the ghosts of the old RHP, bringing back the delicious ribs and bbq, I’d be returning promptly; but, it doesn’t have these key features and unfortunately I won’t be hurrying back for mac n cheese.

We loved the old Rackhouse! Went there often, service was great, food was amazing. We tried the new Rackhouse for the first time last night. I was excited to see they still had Mac n cheese on the menu as I firmly believe it’s the best mac in town! Sad to see that some of our other favorites from the original menu were gone though, but I guess it’s to be expected that some things would change.
All in all, the food was good, but nothing to write home about. Our pretzel came out so crispy and hard that I was concerned about breaking my tooth on it. I was told the By the Earth (veggie) mac of the week was broccolini, but it came out with zucchini and onions. The mac and cheese itself was good. I missed the amazing garlic bread they served with it at the old Rackhouse though.
Service was mediocre at best. It wasn’t busy so I don’t understand why everything took so long. Our server was friendly, but had absolutely no sense of urgency and wasn’t very attentive.
I hope they can work out their kinks. If we go back again it will probably only be to try Bierstadt when it opens in there.

I was a huge fan of this establishment at it’s old location and was sad when it closed up. I always had a great experience. There was plenty to drink and eat and the service was usually very good. It was a place that I would go out of my way for and I often did. I would bring people there from out of town and they would rave about it.
The new Rackhouse is gorgeous on the inside. The seating area and bar area are both on the second floor and it overlooks a brewery and cider company operation below. It has that modern industrial feel that’s everywhere now. The windows facing west offer great views. It was a little dark and it wasn’t crowded. The service was excellent. Everyone was helpful, informative and excited about the place, which is great to see from the staff. There are TV’s in the bar area, but from where I sat by the west windows we couldn’t see them.
For food, I started with the pretzel which was perfect. The mustard and cheese that comes with it were both excellent. I had the Schnitzel for my main course and while it was good and an interesting take on a classic dish, it had it’s flaws. I don’t think the pork was thin enough and it was tough in some places. Probably not tenderized the way it should be. It was served with some potatoes which weren’t very tender so maybe they weren’t not cooked enough, but they were flavorful. The dunkel mushroom gravy was really tasty and I found myself wishing I had more. For dessert I had the Smores which was pretty good. I did manage to sample the O.G. mac n cheese and it’s very good.
Overall, if you liked the original Rackhouse you need to go try the new incarnation so you can decide for yourself. Personally, I don’t think I’ll be coming back to this location as often as it’s farther away and I feel like it offers less. I applaud them for coming back and making it truly their own slice of paradise, but I left still missing the old Rackhouse.

Welcome to the neighborhood!
So happy to have these guys down the street. We went shortly after they opened, and loved it.
The Mac-​n-​cheese of course aren’t to be missed but even the sandwiches are amazing.
Yummy cider and local beers, tasty food and good people. We’ll be back.

We have been waiting for the reopening in RiNo. Great building with the brewing and fermenting on display for a self-​guided tour. The view to the west is lovely too.
They had a short-​but-​decent tap list awaiting the lagers. New chef with the ‘brew food’ concept. No more pizza or chili on the menu. My fave was the chili-​mac :(We ordered the pretzel. It came with tangy course mustard and this amazing cheese spread that had chunks of brie in it and topped with pickled red onion (SO GOOD). We split the porchetta sammich. The meat/​veggies/​bun were very fresh. The candied bacon was a great compliment. I suggest asking for a side of the course mustard for this sammich. The mustard tang, sweet bacon, tender pork and buttery brioche-​type bun all combined perfectly. I’m really looking forward to heading back for lagers.
Also, the baby devoured the mac n cheese.

I’ve been coming to the Rackhouse at the old location for years… Always had a great experience.
Today I came to the new location for the first time, and it was incredible. The mac’n’cheese is still the best I’ve ever had and the service was great. Came on a Friday afternoon and between the great ciders, the excellent food, and the amazing views of the Rockies, it was just as good as I remember it.
Strong work Chris R. (Owner) and I look forward to being back frequently.