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Bad Daddy's Burger Bar ~ national chain : Colorado Springs, Colorado


Latest visit: Jul 2024 (Promenade)

First visit: Aug 2018 (Promenade)

HQ: Golden, CO (founded: 2007 in Charlotte, NC)

Locations: Another useless "Location Finder", only good for a specific spot on the map. One source says they exist in the following states: North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Alabama, and.... Colorado. There's just this one here and many more in the Denver area. 

It's been well over three years since I last stepped foot into Bad Daddy's, a restaurant chain I was more bullish on pre-pandemic. It was a rare Tuesday night visit as I had some music business to go over with Dr. Boom. We took a spot at the bar and yammered non stop while enjoying drinks and a burger. He went for the hard stuff, decrying its rather small pour. I had two craft beers with the Bad Daddy's name on them but they are made by Sweetwater of Georgia. As noted below, the restaurant continues to be lazy with local craft options. On this visit I tried their Fried Mozzarella Burger which is essentially a pizza burger, though it doesn't look like their website picture. I liked the originality and flavor. Excellent service on this visit. I conclude as I did on my initial review - go for the burgers - go somewhere else for the beer. Bad Daddy's stays out of the rotation but it's a reliable option when in a pinch to name a place to meet with friends / business associates.

---original 2/6/21 review

Bad Daddy's is a chain started in Charlotte, North Carolina going back to 2007. They're one of many places to capitalize on the craft beer movement while pairing it with a specified type of food - in this case the familiar hamburger. As for the latter element, this is where Bad Daddy's shines, offering up thick cut, but well made and great tasting burgers. They offer a plethora of toppings, and you can be quite creative if you want to make your own burger. The craft beer? Not so much. On our first visit they seemed to celebrate more local beers, but over time, they've gotten lazy and mostly offer "mainstream craft" breweries such as Breckenridge and Lagunitas. They do have their own signature beer, made by Oregon's Full Sail, that's a quite tasty Amber. If looking to explore new beers, this isn't where you point your radar. If just looking for a great hamburger in a rustic, yet comfortable setting, Bad Daddy's fulfills that requirement quite well.

8/30/18; 6/9/19; 2/6/21 (new entry); 7/16/24
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