Everything’s more fun on wheels, which might be why we’re seeing drink carts rolling through restaurants. From martinis to amari, sparkling wine to gin and tonics, Front Range restaurants are going beyond ho-hum printed drink menus and presenting the liquid goods in showier ways. A nod to classic fine dining, tableside drink service feels like old-school luxury without the stuffiness of white tablecloths and bowtied waiters.

Here, five spots where the good times are definitely rolling.

Carne

  • Where: 2601 Larimer St., Denver (RiNo)
  • Cart options: Customizable martinis (two for $30)

It’s no surprise that a Dana Rodriguez restaurant would be leading the cart charge. After all, when she opened Super Mega Bien in 2018, it was the first non-dim sum restaurant we know of to fully utilize carts to bring small plates to guests. At Carne, her global steakhouse in RiNo, Rodriguez has upped the cool-cart factor beyond ropa vieja and ceviche. Besides delivering ice-cold gin and vodka, dropper bottles of pickle juice, and fresh garnishes straight to the table, Carne’s ultrapersonalized martini cart also comes stocked with vintage Playboy magazines. So yeah, this cart definitely delivers on the swagger.

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Corrida

The gin and tonic cart at Corrida
Corrida’s roaming gin-tónic cart. Photo by Denise Mickelsen
  • Where: 1023 Walnut St., Ste. 400, Boulder
  • Cart options: Gin-tónics ($16 to $20)

Boulder’s Corrida trades a printed menu for a rolling advertisement for its seasonal gin and tonics. (Or, as the Spanish say, gin-tónics.) The cart is loaded up with a garden of fresh herbs and fruit, a handful of gins (including a non-alcoholic spirit), and flavored tonics, so you can choose your own blend or trust the pros to pour something special. How to make a gin-tónic cart even better? Flag it down on Corrida’s fourth-floor patio for perfect Flatirons views.

Frasca Food and Wine

  • Where: 1738 Pearl St., Boulder
  • Cart options: Amari ($10 to $40+)

Count yourself lucky if the digestif cart rolls by your table at Frasca. The Boulder fine dining spot may have very well started the Front Range beverage cart trend with its amari, grappa, and Chartreuse collection on wheels, presented in style in hand-blown bottles and vintage glassware. You’ll find standards like Braulio and Montenegro but also rare bottles from the 1970s. And if you’re looking for a lesson in bitters, the sippables-savvy staff will tell you everything you need to know.

Read More: An Ode to Frasca Food and Wine

Jovanina’s Broken Italian

A red bar cart loaded with bottles of Italian spirits and glassware.
Jovanina’s amari cart. Photo by Sarah Banks
  • Where: 1520 Blake St., Denver (LoDo)
  • Cart options: Amari ($9 to $16)

For a traveling digestivo experience, head to beautifully designed Jovanina’s Broken Italian restaurant and flag down the amari cart. Its selection of bitter bottles rotates, but if you spy a label for Casoni, one of Italy’s oldest continually operating distilleries, you’ll definitely want a taste of the 200-plus-year-old amaro recipe. All of Jovanina’s herbal liqueurs are available neat or as spritzes.

Tavernetta

  • Where: 1889 16th St., Denver (Union Station)
  • Cart options: Sparkling wine (prices vary based on daily selection)

Not to be outdone by sibling restaurant Frasca, Tavernetta has a trolley of its own, but instead of offering up digestifs, it delivers the fizzy stuff. Celebrate on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, when the caviar and Champagne cart winds through the dining room with bumps and booze. Although the restaurant’s wine list is 100 percent Italian, its bubbly roster covers France’s Champagne region, too.

Allyson Reedy
Allyson Reedy
Allyson Reedy is a freelance writer and ice cream fanatic living in Broomfield.