2026 is a testing time for dive bars. As rent and operational costs tick upward, the time-tested watering holes are dwindling in number, and the niche drinks they serve could be in jeopardy, too — like the Colorado Bulldog. The drink grew in popularity among the dive bar cognoscenti in the 1990s and early 2000s, according to Phoenix-based bartender Aaron Defeo. But now, he says, the Colorado Bulldog is a dying breed. “I introduced some of my bar…
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