fresh beer and dobros - View this location on map the southern sun pub and brewery (303-543-0886) may live in a corner of a strip mall, but it hasn't abandoned the age of aquarius roots of its sister, the mountain sun (1535 pearl street, 303-546-0886), boulder's first brewpub and a lefty hangout. bumper stickers on the wall berate the bush administration, and the mountain sun's communal approach lives -- your waitress today may be a cook tomorrow, or even the manager. at 10 p.m. on saturdays, about 15 chairs are put in a circle, and anybody with an instrument, be it fiddle or washtub bass, can show up for improv bluegrass jams. NYT 627 south broadway, Boulder, CO Srestaurant

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