hip to hippie - View this location on map  'lobar (970-349-0480), a lounge/sushi restaurant that opened in november, adds a hipster element to crested butte's traditionally downscale bar scene (though its unprecedented $100 cover on new year's eve turned heads). sink into one of the black microsuede sectional sofas and sip a chaitini (bacardi, green chai tea and godiva white chocolate liqueur, $9) while you consider the pros and cons of progress in the butte. for a study in contrasts, pop into kochevar's (127 elk avenue, 970-349-6745), one of crested butte's oldest bars (butch cassidy allegedly left his gun here when scurrying out the back door to avoid capture) for a round of pool and a bottle of budweiser ($2.50). close out your night at eldo (215 elk avenue, 970-349-6125), an upstairs brew pub that also plays host to the sort of up-and-coming roots rock/funk/jam bands that mountain folk love to groove and twirl to ($3 to $10 cover).'' New York Times 303 elk avenue, Crested Butte, CO Nightlife |