Satellite Bar

We always try to look for a small dive bar and this is definitely the place. Mookie was our bartender and he was really nice and gave us some good travel recommendations! They also have a fabulous selection of chips!

Why are the straws all different sizes? This really stresses me out. Also why is the bartender so damn sexy?

The bartender was nice. Not terribly crowded. My only reason for the 2/5 was some weird fascist-type stickers on the table. "Don't feed the bums" or some weird shit like that. Also a picture of the Chinese president over what appeared to be a germ. So uh...yeah...kinda sus. Lol.

Satellite bar is a great little dive bar. Cold beer, great service and local patrons. How can it get any better?! I'll be back next time I'm in town!

I remember when I stumbled in here on a Friday or Saturday afternoon with my best friend. The bartender tried to convince us that he owned the bar. Nice try, dude. I have since learned better (not that I believed the unnamed drink slinger to begin with).Satellite is what it is. I feel dirty writing a review for them, but it had to be done. The negative reviews on here make me laugh because 1. They may be true 2. It's a bar on Colfax. What do you expect? This is not the place for uptight sticks in the mud who can't handle a good time. Be laid back and enjoy.Heading from Downtown, this is the first bar that you may encounter as you head to the East Side of Colfax. Sure, there may be some scum that happens upon this fine establishment, but the bartenders are quite astute to keep the riff raff out. If you want riff raff, head down a few doors or blocks to that other bar. The dark one that opens at 8 AM every day. On the other hand, riff raff keeps the place interesting, most of the time. It's a give and take.The bartenders are great. They treat everyone with the utmost respect, pour very healthy strong drinks, and are only a dick to you if you a dick to them. Perfect give and take.Drinking tip? Never treat the bartender or owner like a dick. This is a general rule for all bars. Every bartender here is sweet and nice and cuddly like a teddy bear.Pool table, pinball machine, skeeball. Three things that make a bar what it is (among other things). Add that to the kind bar patrons that come here, and I promise you will have a wicked good time.

Great dive bar. If you like beer and shots with a good bit of local conversation this place is it!

Let's be clear, I'm easy to please when it comes to dive bars. I love canned beer, Duck Hunt, Golden Tee, billiards, and good music. Satellite Bar has those plus some good times. Great craft beer selection(cans and draft) as well as most of the non-craft style! They even have Labatt! I'm in heaven. I also love dive bars with Touch Tunes. Nothing better then throwing in some great music when you are the only ones in the joint. I was there on a Sunday evening for a running group, so I'm not sure what the vibe is at other times. However, I will be back and keep you up to date.

Sam Nordstrom!!! Amazing! Best drinks, best service, 10/10 We had a buttery nipple tonight... delicious

I would give 0 stars if I could. 23 years old, valid up to date license from another state and the bartender told me he couldn't serve me because my license didn't have "bumps on it" and there's a new thing where all real licenses have bumps on them. He didn't scan it or anything. Don't go here unless you plan on being turned away with a valid ID and needing to find a plan B. I offered a second ID and credit card too and he still refused service. AVOID. (Bartender was so rude I literally had to create a Yelp account and leave my first review)

HOMOPHOBIC OR JUST PLAIN STUPID. Went to this bar literally once a week for months until suddenly i show up one night with a group of friends (all lgbtq+) and the bartender decides to openly say bad things about people I'm with in front of me, very abrasive language about them, and eventually said "i wish they would f***ing leave now". When he realized I was with them he quickly tried to correct himself and went to take my card to give me a drink as I had been patiently waiting without saying a word. I pulled my card back and asked if he would like us to leave. To which he replied "please, yes tell them to get the fuck out" TO WHICH I REPLIED, "okay no problem, wasnt our first choice anyway." So i walked to my friends seated at a table and told them what he said. He then ran over to our table and said "yeah get the fuck out your friend is being a piece of shit, you're done" referring to me. All I did was what he asked. We went in there ready to spend money at a bar I had spoken so highly of prior. I'll never return. Shame. As a skateboarder new to the area, this place was one that made me excited for random nights out. Now Ill forever have a bad taste in my mouth. I'll give my money to the RiNo bars you so desperately wish didn't exist instead. Let them drain your income day by day. Losers