Last Dollar Saloon
100 E Colorado Ave, Telluride, CO, 81435
Last Dollar Saloon Menu
Sorry, We are updating this restaurant menu details.
Visit below restaurant in Telluride for healthy meals suggestion.
Visit below restaurant in Telluride for healthy meals suggestion.
Sorry, We are updating this restaurant cholesterol menu details.
Sorry, we don't have Q&A for this restaurant.
Sorry, No Coupons available for this restaurant.
-
Address :
100 E Colorado Ave
Telluride, CO, 81435 - Phone (970) 728-4800
- Website https://www.lastdollarsaloon.com
- Click To Get Directions
Opening Hours
- Mon :3:00 pm - 2:00pm
Specialities
- Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Parking : Street
Bike Parking : Yes
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Music : Juke Box
Good For Dancing : Yes
Alcohol : Full Bar
Happy Hour : Yes
Best Nights : Thu, Fri, Sat
Coat Check : No
Smoking : Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
Outdoor Seating : No
Has TV : Yes
Dogs Allowed : No
WE SERVE THE FOLLOWING STATES
Looky Weed - Buy Marijuana Online
Looky Weed is here to help you navigate the maze of legalized marijuana. We provide you with a complete dispensary directory.
John D.
Every town needs a dive bar. The Last Dollar Saloon is Telluride's dive bar and it's everything you hoped it would be. Large space, the smell of beer, & Big Buck Hunter. What more can you ask for? The reason I am giving this place 5 stars is because I left my hat there one night when I was out in Telluride. I went back that same night and couldn't find it and was pretty upset because it was a gift from my wife. I called and left a message on their answering machine and 2 days later received a call that they found the hat. They are mailing it to me in NY. As is typical of everyone I've come across in Telluride, the hospitality here is second to none. Maybe I'm a jaded New Yorker but dealing with friendly people is a really nice change that I could definitely get used to. Thanks Last Dollar Saloon management! I will definitely be back to rack up a large tab next time I'm in town.
(5)Gene H.
Nice place to grab a drink while waiting for your table for Brown Dog. Drafts are $5 at night. Chill vibe dive bar
(4)Rhonda S.
Really like this place. Cheap drinks and good tunes on the jukebox. They don't serve food here but you can bring food in from elsewhere. My friends and I had a really good time here. The bartenders are always friendly. They also have self serve water which I appreciate. Why don't all bars have that? The place is usually hopping and it's a great little saloon to hang out for a while. I was glad to see they had Cabernet sauv as I am not a beer drinker. Don't know what the house wine was but it was cheap and drinkable.
(5)Kimbra K.
OMG! What a fun, funky place. Expect to be in charge of your own service. No one is coming to your table. There is a down to earth, positive vibe about this place. It captures the heart of Telluride.
(5)Amanda Y.
Great local bar. Nothing fancy. Great staff and a great selection of beer. Fun place to share Telluride adventure stories. Can't wait to go back.
(5)Christina L.
I love this bar and have been here many, many times. However, after the service experienced from a bartender named Rob, I will never come here again. Rob lacks basics communication skill and is clearly ill equip to handle even the most basic merchant/customer issues. I came to the great city of telluride with an entire baseball team of parents and I will be telling all of them my experiences with this horrible excuse for an employee in the service industry. Good luck in the future with this jerk behind the bar, he's going to need it.
(1)Andy S.
This bar is great. I didn't get any negativity from locals like people say in their reviews. In fact, I've met some good people here! 1 less star because it's cash only. Come on, the 70s are over.
(4)Michele W.
Fair selection of beer, wine, and spirits. The bartender is friendly and so are the locals who frequent here. FYI: there are no tabs and everything is cash only. They also have a foosball table and Silver Stryke arcade game
(3)S W.
Just spent the weekend in Telluride for closing weekend and I gotta say, this was THE bar that we went to for the 3 nights we were there. It was so fun, a little pricey, but everyone was in good spirits. I felt like the only downside was that everyone knew we were from out of town because everyone seemed to know each other. I know this happens a lot in these small mountain towns but cmon now girls, don't give me THAT look. I guess it's a cash only bar, I accidentally only paid in cash anyway.
(4)Renee W.
COOL BAR! We stopped into the Last Dollar after Day 1 of the Blues and Brews Festival; great selection of beer....and anywhere that is not in California that carries Steelhead Pale Ale is good in our book! Cash only bar and relatively fun vibe.
(5)Dennis L.
Best Long Island or Margs in town bar none! If you want to be were the party is, hit the buck around 10PM any night of the week. Oh and don't forget to ask for Mousa, a longtime local that you will definitely want to meet.
(5)Su-shien C.
This is the kind of place you can come to drink and if you don't want to be bothered, no one will bother you. If you want to chat a few, there'll be more than a few locals to chat you up. Had a car bomber here with friends. Just in case you're wondering what a car bomber is, it's a shot half with Jameson whiskey, half with Irish Bailey Cream plunged into a glass of Guiness. Of course you have to down the whole glass at one time. Was pretty good~ bitterness of the Guiness chased by the sweetness of the Bailey. Local hang out, easy going atmosphere. Cash only. What's there not to like about this place? Nothing.
(4)Michael F.
If you are in Telluride and down to your last dollar, you are out of luck because a can of PBR is $2 here. Explaining that you are down to your last dollar will simply get you a free explanation of their strict anti-vagrancy policy. Go ride the gondolas, they are free, or perhaps you can bet that dollar on something like the amount of week smoked in Telluride on a given day, or you can ask if they offer a half can. Regardless, the Buck is the best bar in Telluride, and that's not necessarily saying a lot because there are not a lot of bars in Telluride, but it's a good bar none the less. It would probably also be the best bar in Dayton, Ohio or Walla Walla, Washington. Expect a mixture of locals, cowboy types, motorcylistas, and tourists. I need no see any Roma people, but I'm sure they would be equally welcomed. Cheap drinks and a diverse crowd: the Buck is the bar for the people!
(3)Rob T.
Fun little bar with a great selection of beer. I was here for a World Cup game once and it was down right rowdy...at 8am! I like that in a bar. I've been a couple times since, and always had a good time. Nice spot for live music. If you want a couple beers you could do a lot worse than da buck as they say. Cash only is a huge pain though....nobody carries cash anymore, that is a -1 star in my book.
(3)Greg W.
Bouncer is colossal jerk. Hates out of towners. We were very polite. Punch him in the balls for me.
(3)Nan E.
Fun watering hole where everyone is friendly and party like atmosphere. Cash only service.
(5)Evan A.
My kind of place. If there was one place I did enjoy was this bar. Cash only like everyone else said which is kind of a bummer but decent drink prices and a lot of locals. Liked what James T had to say about not acting like a tourist. We could defiantly feel that everyone was a regular but the two of us. O well. I'd head back there for sure though.
(4)Alicia T.
Laid back atmosphere, just like the rest of the city. We got our drinks without having to wait forever for the bartender to acknowledge us, so that was nice. It got a little packed, and there were a lot of people standing, but no one seemed to be bothered by it. I'd go back, definitely.
(4)Phil G.
As the story begins, I wish I could rate less than one star. I am not a hard person to please. Quite easy, actually, and that is exactly what Josh and Moussa (Sorry if I misspelled it) did. Easy going, the exact kind of bartenders you'd expect from The Last Dollar. Then this evening happened... Started about 15 after 3 pm, on a rainy Telluride afternoon. The New Sheridan (which I will write another review for) has a lonely bartender named Rob. He's mid-50's, grey hair, and wears the usual oversized plaid kind of shirt. Nothing you'd usually not overlook. Came into the bar with 5 other people for happy hour, paid, tipped, and took off to The Last Dollar. My personal favorite in Telluride until this evening. Funny thing in Telluride, it's a small town, which does not help our story in this case. Rob works at both The Last Dollar and the New Sheridan, and when I closed my tab in Lost Dollar I knew what I was in for. A friendly person who knew a familiar face and would be nice again. Oh was I ever wrong. So there I find myself facing Rob, working back and forth of the bar for about 10 minutes. Its not busy at all. There were people there (locals) for the 'nothing weekend', which is a naked bike ride through Telluride, about 2 blocks. These individuals were all gone by the time I went in to close my tab. I opened it with Josh who was very helpful and took care of our party of 6. When I closed my tab, the addition was Rob. I told him my name again, well because he asked, and there are many tabs open. He swipes my card a few times (which can be tricky) and then proceeds to lean across the bar and tell me "The next time you're in here, your card is not welcome." I was appalled. I said, "Yea, it can be kind of tricky, some people have issues swiping it." Which some card reading systems do. Apparently this broke the camels back. He became very irritated, rude, and basically became a complete jack ass. Apparently my card not reading was too much. He made it very clear that I was not welcome there anymore (unless I used a different card) to which I replied, "Funny, your partner bartender had no issues with it earlier, nor did the co-owner Moussa yesterday." He murmured that it did not matter, and I replied, "If it was such a pain in the ass 1 hour ago at the New Sheridan, then why did you not say anything there?" He mentioned, it was, but you probably don't remember... We had, 2 Stella Artois, 1 90 Shilling, 1 Double Jack on the rocks, and a Karma beer. Ahh and I was drinking the Karma beer, how's that for irony, and memory, clown? All of a sudden you're questioning my memory when you had to ask for clarification (last name and pain in the ass card) at the beginning of another interaction? Who's memory is really slipping here? Granted this review is not even 12+ hours after it happened. The sun is still up and my tab at the Last Dollar was $35.00 for 6 people. We were not obliterated, nor are even close after this happened. Anyway, somehow, MAGICALLY!!! Rob found a way to use the machine in front of him to run a tab. I thanked Josh for his time, and told him I would be back to sing his praises and asked when Moussa would be in to talk to them personally on top of this review. I never wish ill on anyone, and treat local people with upmost respect as I am a visitor, but damn does this experience make it difficult. I wish I could take my 35% tip from the Sheridan experience back for how bad this evening was. From my favorite, to the worst in 1 interaction. Thanks.
(1)James T.
Food = NA Price = 4 Experience = 4 Always a fav... No food? Locals love this place... nice fire when it's cold out.
(4)Cliff T.
Def best bar in Telluride! $2 PBR's? That's my jam! Cash only? Cool, whatevs! Great atmosphere, totally cool bartenders and the only bar not playing bluegrass music. Great! Even after we got a little too crazy, dropping beer bottles all over the place, no one even batted an eyelash. That's my type of place. Obviously, this place was packed during the Bluegrass Fest. weekend, but that just made the atmosphere of the place that much more fun.
(4)Amy G.
We thought this place was great. The owner/bartender, Moussa (sp?), was welcoming. Atmosphere is local & cozy, and they had a live band. Ladies....toilets were spotless. Not sure if the cash-only thing changed, but we (and everyone else we saw) paid with credit cards.
(4)M D.
As a fellow business owner in Telluride, who has resided in this quaint town for a decade now, I had to finally report on a wonderfully old-fashioned bar, where locals have traditionally loved to have had their Happy Hours and their Late Night Last Drinks for decades. This bar was taken over a couple of years ago by Michael Lee...previous proprietor of a happy hour bar that he had to close due to development. For years I have overlooked this person's rude behavior, not just when tending to his Bar, but also out of work, when walking his dog or just passing by in the streets of small town Telluride. In all of my professional life (I was in Sales and Marketing in the "real world" of High Tech both in Europe and in the Silicon Valley for years, as well as eventually founding my own business that has reached success after success due to our heart warming customer service and genuine love of our products and what we do), I have never met such a grumpy, nasty, unpersonable owner of a business- especially a bar which should be the social network of both locals and tourists in a town like Telluride. The final straw came the other night.when I popped in to listen to a quite good band who was playing live at the "Buck" - last dollar. I ordered my first and only drink of the evening (one of their signature Margaritas) and sat myself into a bar stool to watch and enjoy the music. I sipped on my cocktail for about a half an hour, and eventually at some point, when I turned around to have one more sip from my cocktail, I found my not quite finished drink gone. I flagged down the Bartender, who happened to be Mike, the owner, and mentioned that someone had removed my drink which was not quite finished. He politely (to which I was shocked from his typical behavior) asked what I had been drinking and I told him a Margarita. Without another word, he prepared me another drink (which I was not expecting, but thought he must have been to a new schooling for customer service, because he is typically quite not the gentleman, etc.). When he brought me the drink, he slapped it on the bar and said quite gruffly "Five Dollars!". I looked at him quite shocked and said, "but is this for the drink that someone working here took away prematurely whilst I was sitting at the bar enjoying the band? Why should I have to pay...and I did not even ask for another drink." Without a word, he grabbed the glass and said quite threateningly "That's it!" and threw the brand new drink down the sink. He then looked me in my face and said that I was Rude and he did not want to serve me!!! Well, I was most probably the ONLY sober person in the bar, as I had not been drinking prior to coming to see the band, and he or his staff took my drink away WHILE i WAS SITTING THERE with my back turned to watch the music! He could not take any sort of even gentle, constructive criticism, and he felt that by making me a drink (that I had not asked for) and to become aggressive about it, I would become aggressive and be thrown out, as seems to be the nature of many of the drunken people there late at night. Being a travel writer to many large and small cities in the US as well as Europe, I have NEVER encountered SUCH unprovoked aggression from a member of staff...LET ALONE an owner of a business. To top it off, I have much tolerance for people and understanding if they are having a bad day or something, but all of the years I have known Michael, in both his business and upon passing by in this tiny town, I have NEVER seen him smile, light up with joy in encountering anybody, let alone go out of his way to be friendly. I recommend staying away from this bar and going to the Sheridan, OB's, Fly Me to the Moon Saloon, or any other establishment rather than take the risk of the rudest person I have ever encountered on any continent in my life becoming aggressive towards an innocent party. Enough said. I have resisted writing this review for years, but last Saturdaynight was indeed the LAST STRAW, and I just HAD to share it with people planning a trip to Telluride. Visited June 2013
(1)Andrea K.
This place is a pretty cool local hang out. I don't think they serve any food but no drink seems to be over $6. It is really dark in there so - it's truly a late night bar. They have a foos ball table that you can play for free so that's kind of cool. We had a pretty good time here.
(3)Amelia Z.
We highly anticipated our night with the last saloon. Practicing our songs the whole seven hour drive, we were READY to win the karaoke competition. After paying our bored concierge at the River Club to drive us 40 meters for three dollars to the last dollar saloon, ALAS we arrived. HowEVER, to our dismay and serious disappointment, the karaoke competition was falsely advertised (by a website not the bar) Thankfully the owner was in house, and treated us to around of free shots!! Lovin small town love! Definitely come here for a tasty beverage !!
(5)Rylee S.
The place to stop for a beer before, after or in between meals. I love the corner table next to the window, perfect place to people watch!
(3)The Rue D.
This place was pretty cool. My group and I stopped by here on a few occassions when we were up in Telluride April 5-8th. The atmosphere is cool and laid back but man, $5 for a bottle of craft beer? I guess it wasn't any different than any other place in Telluride. I guess if you want to drink cheap, tasteless beer you can go with the PBR's. I'll pass. I seemed to keep going back to the Pinstripe Ale. Pretty tasty. It better be when it's $5 a bottle. I did sneak in and pay for this gals drink before she could pay for it herself. I love being sneaky like that. When I came back to my friends at the bar, she had ordered me a shot of something that was pretty tasty. I should have seeked her out and thanked her but I think she was with a big group of people and I lost track. Could have been my soulmate. Ya never know. LOL
(3)Ty S.
Okay...first let me correct some of the previous reviewers...it's "Da Buck"! I come out to Telluride each year to partake of the great skiing out here...and for some reason, probably because I hang out with alcoholics, I end up at Da Buck each night! Keep in mind that I'm not that much of a drinker, nor that much of a fan of bars in general...but this place is just the right amount of Funky-Cool...and I feel right at home. Let's see, to describe how little I drink, my first attempt at ordering a drink from Moussa (Yep, that's his real name) was a request for a Pina Coloda...okay...stop laughing now bitches! Well, Moussa laughed for a while with my friends, then politely informed me that NO WAY was he going to make such a Foo-Foo drink for me...but in actuality, they don't have a single blender in the entire joint. Now normally, when my ego-clad manhood is being mocked, openly in public, which is actual pretty common and frequent...I take it...in bitter silence....but Moussa made up for my obviously non-manly drink request for a slightly less Foo-Foo drink that I have NO idea what it was...but fruity, slightly sour and tasted bad-ass! With all the bars in Telluride, you can tell this is the bar that the locals call home...and that Moussa was the unofficial Town Mayor, because that guy knew EVERYBODY! Bartenders here were definitely friendlier than any other bar that we went to....although Luisa next door was super friendly and served us unbelievable Lemoncellos! This is the type of bar where Simple is Standard....and Simple is GOOD! They ONLY accept Cash, so if you're sporting your AMEX BLACK to show off here, noone cares...or really knows what the hell that is... I've had some FUN, FUN nights hanging out there...and a good thing that my friend lives like a block away...short-easy-stumbling distance home to crash out! Oh yeah, why do I actually like this bar and not the countless others that I've been to that convinced me that I'm NOT a Bar-Hopper....this was the one bar that wasn't so ridiculously loud that you can't have a conversation with anyone! Music was there, good, but not overly intrusive...and a crazy mix of music too! If you're in Telluride, and you're an aspiring alcoholic, who doesn't have to have a Pina Coloda, want to get to know more of the local scene and inside lines on where to go/be in Telluride....DA BUCK! I'm thirsty now...
(5)Sarah B.
I am told that locals call this rustic watering hole "the Buck," and its look and feel certainly qualify it as a local hangout. Ice-cold brews are the beverages of choice, and the taps flow freely and frequently into the night. Don't expect much in the way of snappy decor, this place is as "bar" as they come. Bring your quarters for the jukebox and head up to the second level in the back and start your own dance and or pseudo-karaoke party. Great place to spend your last dollar
(5)Gusty S.
We spent an evening here during a road trip in Aug 2010. Exceptional music. Excellent beer selection including local CO beer and other microbrews. Cash only. It's worth the stop in.
(4)Joe O.
ahhh "The Buck" - spent many, many nights here stinking of smoke, losing in pool and unwinding after a long powder day. the place, as mentioned, is the quintesentiall bar-bar. no gimmicks, usually no specials, and definitely no attitude. story goes it used to be the last stop before heading up to Tomboy basin (you can still go up to the old mining town - through many, many switchbacks on the north end of town, located at around 11,000+ feet). miners would load up, horse and buggy it to "The Buck", throw back a few whiskeys and head up for the long, winding trek uphill. a little more recent, in the 60's and 70's, there are stories of locals lining up "rails" all down the bar in broad daylight...this before the law had really set in.....damn cops, ruin everything!! ;)
(3)