Silver Eagle Saloon

If you want a dirty place that smells like an ashtray with a asshat for a bar tender this is your place. I love me a good dive bar but this one doesn’t dive it sinks and stinks. There use to be a cute short hair girl behind the bar, pray you get her. Otherwise it’s a crusty old man that grunts at you if ask for anything other than warm over priced shit beer. A smoke out side rule and a half way decent alcohol selection would make this place acceptable by small town standards. Unfortuently it’s the only bar open in this one horse town past 8. My suggestion find a parking lot with some friends, get some beer and you’ll have a better time. Your lungs and eyes will love you for it.

The locals were friendly, nice people. Hence the 2 stars.
This Old times Bar with old time era décor, allows smoking, it’s smokey and I am not kidding when I say smokey, I mean my eyes were burning with cigarette smoke in the establishment. I don’t smoke but my friends did and it wasn’t much fun for them either.
Didn’t eat there, but the drinks were not cheap and only except to pay cash at the bar.
{{We are not crazy party animals but it was a Saturday night and there was nowhere to go dance. Music was played by the Jukebox in the corner and volume was adjusted by the bartender according to the songs he liked. If he found them offensive (I Like Big Butts) the volume was lowered… ($ 1/​song).
No Dance floor, just play your song on the Jukebox and dance by it. I haven’t rated the place by the above comments as this is not a dance club. }}

Being that we were in a town with a population of about 1000, there were no bars open super late, so this was the only place to go in the town late at night. The bar only takes cash which was kind of a bummer and the prices weren’t as reasonable as you would expect them to be. Music on the jukebox could be changed for $ 1 per song, but nowhere to really dance except in open spots you found surrounding tables. Actually tried moving a table and bartender was upset and made us move it back. Don’t think they’re used to city folks coming in and partying it up ;) I would say the biggest downfall is that it was SUPER smokey inside. I smoke when I am drinking, but I couldn’t even light up a cigarette in there because I was already overwhelmed with the smoke!
Overall had a good time because WE made it a good time and met some really nice people… but if I had the chance to go somewhere else, I would have.

Here’s the straight up.
If you’re looking for a yuppy place with fancy craft beers or looking for horribly over-​priced mediocre food or a family establishment, this ain’t your place.
However, if you’re looking for a biker’ish bar that, get this, allows smoking, and you feel like hanging out with what I’m gathering are unpretentious people and shooting a game of pool, then this is your place.
I hate cigarette smoking as much as I hate pretentious places, so this was a toss up for me, but if you don’t want to be around smoking, come early.
We were the first patrons of the early afternoon and enjoyed a smoke-​free environment since we were the only customers. We also enjoyed shooting the B.S. with the owner then treated ourselves to a game of pool.
Old school, dive tavern with early 70’s décor – and thank goodness for that.

How to rate this place has a lot to do with what you’re looking for I guess. It’s pretty much dead in the winter. Old school tavern, catering to locals rather than tourists, which I can appreciate. It’s also apparently grandfathered in as one of only around 20 bars in Colorado that you can still smoke in.
That said, it’s smokey and reeks like an ashtray. And since I don’t smoke I don’t see that as a plus. If you smoke you’ll probably like the opportunity to chainsmoke indoors just like old times.
Taps: Coors or Coors Light. That’s it. If you drink watery American lagers you might like the place. I like real beer, so this wasn’t a plus.
In the end the place wasn’t for me. But it might be for you.

We went to this bar basically to play pool. It is the only place in town (that I know of) with a pool table. It was a good table too — the felt is not worn too badly, the cues are okay, etc. It is a Valley table in case anyone is interested in size (size does matter you know) — LOL!
The drinks were good — I had margaritas and my man had beer one night and Jameson the next. Hard to mess up any of those drinks.
The first night we had a lovely bartender who was on the work + travel program. She was nice and made good drinks. The other night we had the owner who is a bit standoffish and not that friendly. I would think if you own a bar you might try to be more friendly but who knows? Maybe you get sick of drunk people. It’s very dark and dank in this particular bar but some folks like that. The atmosphere wasn’t very joyful — but again if you want a quiet drink in a dark location this is your place! Maybe it’s a more happy place in the middle of summer???
I will likely be back to practice pool when I am in town again but honestly for a drink I’d rather hit one of the breweries, The Outlaw, O’Brien’s or some of the other places before coming back to this one. The only reason I would come back here is if I want to practice pool.