Restaurants, bars expand offerings with rooftop patios

A few Northern Colorado restaurants and breweries are taking their bars to the sky to add some fun and sun to the dining experience.

Rooftop patios or sky bars combine outdoor dining with great views of the city landscape from a new angle — the bars are built on the rooftop of a building and either have a separate bar, or the food and drinks are brought up from the main level. Around for decades, the rooftop spaces offer an alternative to the typical sidewalk or restaurant patio and can expand the seating or ambience that eating…