Sand Box Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Lochbuie

Surprisingly good food for a local dive. When you factor in the prices it’s 10/10 for value. The $4 bean and cheese burrito was better than I’ve had for 2-3x the money at Mexican restaurants. Kitchen staff seemed really great.

Roll a die for a free shot is a cool gimmick. Cool divey atmosphere with two pool tables and the ability to rent tables for 30min, 1hr, or 2hrs on your tab so there’s no waiting for quarters.

I will say the young blonde bartender left much to be desired, she seemed cold and standoffish, as if my presence was an annoyance. She spent 95% of her time with super loud older regulars at the bar playing some sort of dice game. By “dice game” I mean they were slamming dice from a cup as hard as they could on the bar, which is ridiculously loud and jarring as it happened every few seconds for the entire hour I was there; imagine the sound of three racks of pool balls being broken at almost the same time, but a little louder. It also seemed like every third word out of her mouth rhymed with truck.

I wouldn’t fault the owner for that as good help is hard to find so for the prices, the pool, and the food, this is still a five star...

A 20 year old kid runs this place for "mommy." Her friends get hired and pThe place is filthy. Before ordering a meal here, check the kitchen and all the nastiness there. Have them show you around their kitchen and then eat. They claim the health department approves yet the kitchen is gross and flies inundate all the open packaging they leave all day long. They don't take kindly to a mention of the catastrophic conditions. Before eating here observe the ingredients especially the vegetables as they wait til the last possible time to throw away wilted, yellowed lettuce. When packages can't be open because there are so many layers of grease on them, it is a problem. This town has flies on top of flies and these people continue to kill the flies on top of their own tables. Mention anything and they'll turn on you like village people. Makes one wonder if they know the health department person enough to pass inspection just like that. The 711 off 168th less than 1/4 Mile has clean food and great beer and cigarettes, everything to not need to visit The Sandbox's...

Great place for after work beers!

I was in Denver for work last week and my coworker and I had a pretty rough day on Monday. On the drive home we both were saying, I need a beer, let’s find a place. Her only requirement is that they have Bud Light in bottles. Not cans, not on tap but in bottles.

Well, the Sand Box fit the bill and when we pulled up I was all, Hell yes! I could tell right away this was a locals only kinda spot and it did not disappoint.

Shout out to the bartender, Angel??, for giving me a disappointed look when she came to see if we needed another round and my female coworker had finished her beer while mine was still half-full! Seriously made my night!!

Next time I’m local I will be back for some more Bud Light, more chicharrones, and more judgement from the...