4 Best Bars in Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado

This intimate, live-concert venue has hosted musical acts ranging from country-western legends to '80s rock bands to Jack White for crowds of just over 400.

You can't say you've seen Aspen until you've set foot in the historic Hotel Jerome's lively J-Bar, with its textured leather walls and decorative tin ceilings. The centerpiece is the wooden, original (circa 1889) bar, where the Aspen Crud, a bourbon milkshake, was invented during Prohibition.

A huge patio with warming fire pits makes this casual bar and restaurant a prime après-ski location at the edge of the Snowmass Village Mall and the ski hill. Look for happy-hour specials and dozens of tequilas and mezcals to sample into the night.