Gary Lee’s Motor Club & Grub

Hit or miss on the food. I ordered steak and eggs at 1:30 PM and they were out. No big deal. I instead got an order of 12 wings with Carolina Gold sauce. The wings came out and looked bare. The wing sauce was on the plate beneath and was very light — so light I couldn’t taste it. Cole slaw came with it and was totally inedible. It may have been rotten or the recipe but I wasn’t going to keep eating to find out. Others with me had the pulled pork sandwich, which was good. The breakfast items in general were okay (burrito, French toast, eggs).
The space is par for a bar and the waitress was really cool and attentive. The beer selection looked promising. Probably would give the food a 5 if I had several cocktails first.
Cost was a little over $ 10 per person before tip, which would be perfect for the food, had it been as expected.

Yum. Stopped on the fly to grab something to eat before heading out for the evening. I ordered the portobello sandwich and brussel sprouts. The sandwich was good with just the right amount of sauce and roasted red peppers. The brussel sprouts though. Wow. I was gobsmacked by how good they were. A hint of spice, crispy on the outside, succulent in the middle. I have been thinking about them ever since. I need to go back and have them again!

This place sucks. We had never been here before so we checked it out (Friday around 9) and the place is practically empty. At the bar, we were ignored for five minutes then, when the bartender takes our order, he walks away halfway through… twice! The music was also depressing and the beers are expensive. Too many good places in this area to waste your time here.

Okay, so I found this place on Thrillist and had the time of my life. Whether it was the bottomless mimosas for $ 9 or the home-​cooked traditional eggs Benedict, either way, it was an amazing experience. I came on Unilocal to immediately post my review, which is rare unless I find something «review-​worthy». I was very surprised to see the dissatisfied individuals before me and it appears that our dining experiences differ in time of day.
Either way, I showed up for brunch. Holyschmokies, did I enjoy every moment. I mentioned the bottomless $ 9 mimosas right? I had the traditional eggs Benedict and potatoes, which in appearance does not look awesome, but OH.WOW. I was fed with the right proportions and comfort (I even took some home) and my husband and I got into a conversation with a gentleman who appeared to work there and was folding shop rags for the restaurant. (By the way, every thing placed in this spot is detailed. Down to the shop rags) Later the same gentleman introduces himself and it turns out we had been talking to Gary Lee. The guy who refilled my husband’s Bloody Mary and was folding shop rags, owns the place. That’s true business care. You can just tell that this business is his baby. And he does it well. Hats off, Gary Lee. You’ve done fantastically.
With the atmosphere, precise décor and delicious food and drink, this place deserves a 5 star rating.

Went to Gary Lee’s on a Sunday afternoon for drinks and brunch.
The draft beer and other drink selection was appropriate. The attention and speed from the waitstaff were also appropriate.
Then there was the food. Kind of like a motorcycle accident… messy and unpleasant. The food came out quickly, but the eggs were cooked incorrectly, and there was a inadequate gravy/​biscuit ratio. Further, my friend’s breakfast potatoes were gleaming with oil and inadequate crispness.
Because Gary Lee’s strives to be a motor club, I think there are plenty of people that would really enjoy the spot due to ambiance alone, and if you are just going to grab a drink and check it out, I would say its worth a shot. Also, they have a dog hanging out there who is really cute.
Apply the multipliers below to my review to arrive at the correct number of stars, based on your personal situation:
Are you a «gearhead» or enjoy riding motorcycles? 1.5x
Do you not like cute dogs running around while you eat and drink? -.5x
Are you only interested in drinks, and not in food? 1.25x

One of the WORST dining experiences i have ever had… simply awful… From the moment that our waiter told us that the city shut down their smoker and could only serve us smaller portion (no entrees) I should have know this wasn’t going to go well
The service was so poor we had to actually go inside to the bar to get menus because nobody had brought them to us after sitting for 15 mins on the patio.
When we were finally ready to order the waiter said, «we are outta beets so you cant order the beet salad «. …ok…thank you ???
I ordered the smoked brisket sandwich with a memphis bbq sauce and my wife ordered tacos. The brisket did not even taste like it had been smoked… more like boiled and the the sauce applied afterwards. Disgusting preparation and even worse presentation… the brisket on a bun that looked like it was from yesterday and it sitting on a dirty dinner plate. (there was spots of whatever was served on the dish the last time it was used). and tasteless, as was the entire sandwich. I left half of it sitting on the plate. Along with the sandwich, i ordered the garlic mashed potatoes and gravy. When it arrived, the gravy had already congealed on top of the potatoes leaving it hard and crusty… are you kidding me ???
I cant even write anymore since i am so upset that we spent $ 40 for absolute crap !!!
Oh, and for those of you that like eating outdoors on the patio, you will have to share your experience with the dogs roaming around and coming up to your table (that is such a nice touch… OMG) and the staff smoking with their friends/​regulars (?)
I cant see how this place can stay open unless it converts to only a bar. It was that bad !!!

Great patio, awesome food and a decent beer selection. Super unique atmosphere. Best of all, the service has always been on point. I’ve visited this place about four times and I’ll keep coming back. See you soon.

Terrible experience.
I’ve been a fan of this place since it opened. But I haven’t been there in about eight months. Decided to try it for brunch last Sunday. Our experience was sub par at best.
There was one server handling the entire restaurant. He was confused, inefficient, and downright unfriendly.
When our food finally arrived, the order was incorrect. But the server ran off, and there was a long wait before he returned and finally took our order back to the kitchen. Then, another long wait waiting for a replacement. And another long wait after asking for some utensils.
The owner finally came around asking tables about their experience. We told him it was disappointing. He then offered to comp our meals. That was appreciated, but here is the kicker… we were given a check… There was no food charge on the check… But we were charged for our two soft drinks. Really? You offer to comp our meals and charge us for soft drinks? Not classy at all, even for a restaurant like this. It was a very cheap move that only added to the sour taste already in our mouths.

I got to pick the restaurant this week for my regular lunch with the lady friend. We’d been here back in 2012 and she didn’t like it at all and I was kind of neutral about it. But, it’s really convenient for us and the place itself is kind of cool but it really is amateur hour. I think they must be surviving on a bar/​late night crowd because the food and service at lunch were not impressive. I’ve met the owner and he seems like a nice guy and he did a great job with the re-​model but I don’t get the sense that he’s all that interested in serving food or providing timely service — don’t go for lunch if you only have an hour. There was only the bartender doing double duty that I could see but we were there a little later than the normal lunch crowd perhaps and it was s-​l-​o-​w. Prices aren’t too bad but your sides are extra. No rush to return.

Just so… Meh.
Came in with the girl for dinner, kind of a slow weekday evening. Maybe 10 other people total in the place. Bartender brought us drinks and a smile, but no waitress ever showed up. Bartender comes back around to take drink order, is on his way back when a waitress shows up, sees our drinks are taken care of, and never comes back by again.
After waiting for fifteen minutes, I finally go up to the counter to order. Seems they were out of brisket (odd, because a half hour later, the table next to ours got a brisket meal), so I went with possibly the most bland meatloaf ever created. No flavor whatsoever, just meat on bread.
Girl was pleased enough with her pork, but it wasn’t anything special.
Bland and mediocre food, seemingly confused and disorganized staff, and just an average meal at best.
Not coming back.

Great place! Very good bbq and really cool décor. The smoked meatloaf is one of the best dishes on the planet. Nice beer list with Station 26, Denver Beer Co and Milk Stout Nitro on tap.

Oh my… so much awful going on here.
It’s a shame, actually– I was looking forward to trying this place, the space/​décor/​theme is pretty awesome, so I had high hopes.
Came here after a pretty intense day of being active so needless to say I was STARVING, hovering around HANGRY status. You don’t want to see me hangry. it’s not pretty.
We didn’t order anything fancy– I got the brisket sandwich while the rest of the group got a salad, some fries, and brussel sprouts. Easy enough you’d think, but we waited well over an hour for our food. I was pretty delirious and we were close to saying eff this and walking out over to Illegal Pete’s next door.
FINALLY the food comes, and I realize my bbq sandwich barely any sauce on it so I ask for extra. Little did I know this would cost anything extra nor did I think that ordering any of their sauces cost extra. It’s only 50 cents, but they should put that clearly on the menu! And the fact that the guy charged me for bbq sauce that should have been on my sandwich in the first place.
There was zero reason for our food to come out as slow as it did. the place was half empty. Get your act together, guys! I definitely WON’T be back.

1.) 90+ minute wait for one sandwich, one salad, and three sides (two of which were French fries)
2.) beard hair (at least that’s what I’m telling myself it was) sucked up through the straw in my drink (f’ing ugh)
3.) little to no apologies on the ridiculous wait (only citing, «no one realized it was a holiday…»)
4.) charging $ 0.50 per sauce (including one that went with a sandwich…) on top of the other ridiculousness
No more for me, thanks.

Gary’s is a great spot if you love beer, cocktails, motorcycles, cars, good food and rock n roll. Everyone is super friendly and the food is great. I pretty much grew up under a car and really liked the ambiance of being in a chill industrial garage with awesome food and beer. This place is a must if you like to have a good time.

The person who called this place ‘a TGI Fridays for for wannabe Rockabilly greasers’ is spot-​on: I can’t sum it up better than that. Hilariously, I didn’t think people were even still doing the whole Rockabilly subculture thing post Hot Topic commodification in the 00’s, but there were plenty of them to be found here.
My main qualm with Gary Lee’s is not the clientele, but the service — we sat and watched our food under the heat lamp for a full fifteen minutes while our server enjoyed a cigarette and a phone call on the front patio. Eventually, a flustered kitchen staff member brought out our plates. After that we did not see our waiter again, and instead two bar staff came over to fill our drinks and bring the check — which took asking twice and twenty minutes.
The food was in line with the TGI Fridays comment above — the meats were not smoked and seemed like they’d been baked in the oven. The brisket was tough and flavourless and the sides were nothing special (particularly the pickles which tasted of nothing more than white vinegar — bland).
The waitstaff and bar staff seemed completely overwhelmed despite the fact that the place wasn’t at full capacity — so I’m not sure if it’s a case of being understaffed or having lazy servers, but whatever the reason, this isn’t a place I’d come back to — you can find far better, ‘real’ BBQ in Denver — this isn’t it.

I came in a few nights ago for drinks with my roommate. We got to chatting with the bartender, Allister, who was friendly and attentive. The drinks were very fairly priced, I think $ 4 for good draft beer. Allister also told us about their bottomless mimosa brunch on weekends, so naturally I got a group of friends together for brunch on Saturday. We came in, and Aaron and Gina took great care of us. The brunch menu isn’t extensive, but the four of us all found something we liked. I ordered the butternut squash hash with Brussels sprouts, onions, ham and eggs. Delicious! My friends ordered the eggs Benedict with a jalapeño hollandaise sauce, the breakfast burrito smothered in pork green chili, and the brisket red chili. All of the dishes were amazing! Plus, the best brunch I can remember, plus the bottomless mimosa came in under $ 20, which was a nice surprise.
The atmosphere is great, the music is awesome, and the service is very friendly. I think I found my new brunch joint!

Brunch here was fun. Prefect for a holiday girlfriends brunch without any wait. We had a group of 6 and they were very attentive. Food was good so was the bottomless mimosas. We had a vegan with us and they worked with us to make a breakfast burrito. It was so good we suggested that they add it to the menu.
Our whole group would love to visit this place again.

Decent bar, aggressively bad restaurant. The chili street tacos are decent, as is their sausage. That is where the decent ends and the terrible begins.
Their meatloaf seems to be cut before being smoked on the grill. The result is a charred mess that leaves an over smoked and acrid taste in your mouth. Almost inedible and I eat everything usually. The pulled pork someone else ordered was also chewy and bland.
Then there are the sides. The worst offenders on this gastronomic death row. To be fair the mashed potatoes are decent, in large part because of a substantial amount of cheese. The Brussels sprouts are over done and under seasoned. Easily the worst side however is the Cole Slaw. I like salads and slaws lightly dressed but the dressing was applied with an eye dropper and a careful hand. The resulting Slaw is dry and completely devoid of flavor.
Don’t get the wrong impression, I like BBQ, but I am not being a BBQ snob here. This is just bad food no matter how you label it.
The final drink straw that broke the server’s back was that the servers seem to know the food is bad aside from a few items and don’t care. The service itself is OK for the most part but there are some long ten to fifteen minute periods when there is no service at all.
Gary Lee’s Motor Club and… Well, let’s just leave it at that as they should have when they opened the place.

Good BBQ according to my dinner-​mates but nothing spectacular. I’m not much of a meat-​eater but their side dishes are good — collard greens and Brussel sprouts! Yum!
I went on a weekend night and it was busy. They have a big patio with lots of tables, as well as benches for people who just want to drink. The patio was full so I ate inside — it’s an open air place where garage doors open up to let in a breeze. It was LOUD LOUD in there. My ears are ringing just thinking about it.
The décor and vibe is definitely South-​Boradway-​cool. I dig it. Next time I go, I’ll hold out for a patio seat.

My husband and I stopped in tonight for a beer and ended up trying the brisket chili and pulled pork street tacos. Brisket chili is superb — tender and nothing but meat, scallions and sauce/​broth that was perfect. Husband had the pulled pork street taco and loved it.
They had some some good beer selections — Chainbreaker, Rogue Deadguy Ale, Tank 7, Upslope, Breckenridge Vanilla porter. The bartenders were friendly. Definitely will be back for another tasting.