Entry No. 9 — the Pueblo file — filed under: speakeasy-bar
Gus' Place
“Ripley's featured it three times for pouring more beer per square foot than any bar on earth.”
The corner building at Elm and Mesa went up as a church in 1892, became Gus Masciotra's grocery in the twenties, then, the moment Prohibition died in 1933, took out Pueblo's first liquor license and never looked back. Steel-mill crews from the CF&I works drank here between shifts, and the routine survives: schooners frosted near-solid, and the Dutch Lunch, cold cuts, onion, tomato, white bread, mustard, assembled yourself at the table. Ripley's featured it three times for pouring more beer per square foot than any bar on earth.
The move: Split a Dutch Lunch and two frosted schooners in a booth, then walk a block to Eilers' Place to compare Bojon Town's two surviving taverns.
📍 Before you go Look for the old church building where Elm Street meets Mesa Avenue in the Eilers/Bojon Town pocket on Pueblo's south side, near the steel mill; street parking along Elm is straightforward. The Dutch Lunch spread is essentially the whole kitchen, so come for cold cuts and beer or eat a real meal elsewhere first. Eilers' Place, the neighborhood's other century-old tavern, is a block over on Mesa and pairs naturally with a visit.
- 📍 Pueblo
- 💸 $$
- ⚡ Up for anything
- 🌗 Indoors
Where: 1201 Elm St, Pueblo, CO 81004
Hours: Added 2026-06-11 — confirm current hours before you go.
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Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3
last checked: 2026-06-11