Derby Grille

Sit closer to the door and the noise level is very tolerable. Trying several things to give it a fair shot since this is our first time. Starting with 5 stars and will go from there. Enjoying a Stella draft and, a Vodka and soda. So far so good.
Waitress is nice and friendly.
Good country rock. Traveling Wilburys playing in the background
Wanted to try Prime Rib but that’s only on Fridays. Rats
Starting with Jalepeno poppers. Quite a nice surprise. Very fresh. Not battered. Very spicey. Bacon right off the skillet.
Still 5 stars.
Dropping to 3 stars with the dry meat in the French dip.
Sirloin steak tasty and cooked correctly. Not a huge fan of Sirloin but average for what it was. I prefer filet.
Will retry on a Friday night when they have fresh fish and prime Rib.
Poppers were 8.50 which is double what they should have been and the drinks were pretty high. $ 7.50 for a Vodka soda and $ 4.25 for a, draft beer. That’s fine for city prices but we are out in Farm country and this is a country bar.

I must be missing something. I entered for the first time and it is a strange walk down a narrow hall to the dining area. No one to greet you and guide to seating. The only employee that I could identify was the bartender. I was not apparent if they were serving tables or if you order food at the bar. The noise level was deafening, making me suspect that the BAC level was pretty high with the crowd. I left.

We go here a couple times a month, it’s a nice little local hang out — I won’t say it’s a trendy «dive bar» though :)
The staff is ALWAYS great, and everything is very reasonably priced. I almost always get a burger when I go, and it’s a «double» patty. They appear to be pre-​made frozen patties, but at least they aren’t the cheapie kind so they’re good enough. Most items seem to be pre-​made/​packaged restaurant items. So expect the food to be good, but it’s not great.
They are «color friendly» if you’re looking for a place, and as I said the everything is reasonably priced and the service is always great. Well worth coming to, even if only for drinks.

Killer neighborhood bar. Lots of space inside and out, very friendly bartenders and waitstaff, good selection of spirits, and whoever is cooking in the kitchen really knows their business.
The menu is extensive and includes a lot of normal neighborhood diner food, not just bar food. Everything is cooked perfectly from what appears to be super fresh ingredients. But look even closer: they shake things up and make it their own. The derby wings and the poor boy salad are excellent examples, and it doesn’t stop there.
I’ve only been once, but this is a prime candidate for another local spot in the running for a fifth star. I will gladly drive 20 minutes out of my way to go back to the Derby.

I agree with several of the previous comments: It is indeed a «Cheers where everybody knows your name», everybody is always welcome, regulars or non-​regulars, plus, as far as I am concerned as soon as you have stopped in once, you are now a «regular», there are never any attitudes, wonderful and cheerful personnel that bends over backwards to serve you, good bands and good singers, it has become my «home away from home», it is for me a regular stop on my bike rides, great cooks, the food is NOT your typical bar-​food by any means of the imagination, it is in-​fact as good as (and often much better than) «regular restaurant» food, plenty of TVs to please all visitors … and it is located «off the beaten track» … as a bike rider that is very important to me … and Kelly starts a fresh pot of coffee as soon as she sees my riding up … where else can I get such a service …

First timer and pleasantly surprised with how great the food was! Good selection. Phenomenal price!
Service staff was welcoming and very friendly. The only thing that stopped a 5 star rating was that our food took about 40 –45 minutes to come out… and the appetizers were brought out with the entrees.
I will be back! Want to try Fish Fry Friday!

Stopped in as a stop on a Motorcycle Poker Run. Very strong coffee.
Decent biscuits and gravy. I could have used one more biscuit for the amount of gravy, but I didn’t think of that until after I left. Not at all greasy.
Attentive staff. They clearly do a lot of business with bikers/​motorcyclists (yes there is a difference), and they take good care of those who travel on two wheels.
Biscuits & Gravy + Coffee = $ 5.75.

The «Derby Grille» is a «Cheers» sort of place to us. We go there 3−5x per month. The food is good, the service staff are awesome people, and the patrons are some of the best folks I’ve ever met. Management at the Derby know how to keep their patrons happy!
Yes, especially during the summer, you will see some bikers there but none are ‘greasy’ as described by another reviewer.
During the summer, they have some very well known bands playing out back with the audience filled mainly by locals.

Cheap beer, full bar, great burgers and fries, and Karaōke every Friday night!
The Derby Grill is the kind of place that might seem intimidating the first time you walk in, if you’re not either (1) a regular or (2) a greasy biker. But don’t let that stop you — the staff and regulars are both very friendly.
Make no mistake, this place is a dive bar by most estimates, but welcoming, fun and reasonably clean. The burgers are the best in town for sit-​down burgers (A&W would have to be the best take-​out), I highly recommend The Duke — grilled onions and BBQ sauce. They are served with coleslaw and fries, both acceptable. They have chicken too, and fish and chips on Friday nights.
The cheapest beer on tap in town is Old Style at $ 1.50 a pint (as of May 07). It isn’t much to look at, or even taste, but it’s cheap and it gets you where you need to be on a Friday night.
And where you need to be on a Friday night is at the Derby for karaōke, from 9pm or so until closing. This is a lot of fun, even if you’re not a karaōke type of person. You have a strange mix of clientle, from retired farmers and yokels, to high school drop outs, to bikers, to yuppies and empty-​nesters, and depending on the Friday, lots of in between. The karaōke is run by a really nice Elvis impersonator or his attractive daughter. They have an enormous catalog of songs, and the crowd is almost always small enough and drunk enough to Bondo out any rough edges in your singing. If you’re stumped on what to sing, try some crossover gold like Johnny Cash or the Charlie Daniels Band. At the same time, you’ll find even some regulars humming along with Madonna.
They are very kid-​friendly, with even a kids menu. They often have the big game on their big-​screen TV, or will put it on by request. They now offer weekend breakfasts, which are decent though not stellar. The breakfast burrito is usually a good bet.
They also offer a large patio with seating and lights. This is where the smokers congregate now that Colorado has a full smoking ban. Depending on your tastes this is either really good or really bad. They have a juke box with a good mix of genres.
In the summertime, the Derby hosts at least one very big bike rally, and they often have a full stable of choppers out front on any given sunny weekend afternoon.
My biggest gripe is that they do not offer any dessert options on their small menu. For some reason after a burger, fries and a handful of beers, I just feel like a brownie or something. Maybe they need a special license to serve dessert. Also on weekdays they close up shop around 9pm, which is just pathetic for anybody from a big city, or even Fort Collins. I have been burned a few times by this, but it is understandable given the small size of Berthoud.