rockyard american grill & brewing company

located close to the castle rock outlets and just off the freeway, we find ourselves eating here vs the food court whenever we go shopping or pass through
castle rock. with their excellent food, great service and decent prices,rockyardis a great way to top off a good day of shopping!rockyardhas also been here longer than most of the other chain restaurants that have appeared more recently, so my habit is set. plus, they have a great selection of beer and we love their pizzas!

falls way short.. i arrived at around 9pm on a tuesday evening the host station was not "manned" and waited for a very long time before anyone paid any attention to me at all.

the restaurant is large and cafeteria like, my own preference is for a more cozy setting.

i ordered the “fish and chips” and they were very acceptable. however the beverage was very disappointing especially sincerockyardmarkets itself as a beer enthusiasts emporium. i chose the redhawk ale and was presented a glass of freezing cold fizzy brown liquid that tasted slightly of toffee. i have grown accustomed to drinking the pasteurized, sterilized, filtered, and pressurized beer that appears to be so popular on this side of the atlantic and am judging it as such and not trying to compare it to real cask conditioned ale.

the overall experience fell well short of my expectations.

great place, even better location. went on vacation to colorado and stayed in castle rock. our hotel was a block away from this place so it was a no brainer to eat here. this kinda reminded me of a place back home called "the yardhouse" if you are traveling from denver to colorado springs, stop in castle rock and go to therockyardfor some good food and homemade beer. my beer of choice was the red hawk amber ale.