content=Sometimes the most important thing on the menu isn't the food, it's the drinks. And just because you have a glass of wine or a bottle of beer at lunch-or a cosmo or two-doesn't mean the rest of your day is shot. There are days when a drink is exactly what you need to remind yourself that you have a sense of humor, no matter how poorly work is going.<br><br>A lunch at snazzy <b>Tamayo</b> <i>(1400 Larimer St.)</i> seems incomplete without guacamole and at least one of its award-winning margaritas, which are served frozen, neat, or on the rocks. And what would be a power steak lunch at <b>The Broker</b> <i>(821 17th St.)</i> or <b>Bob's Steak and Chop House</b> <i>(121 Clayton Lane)</i> without a couple of large, dry and super-cold martinis? Likewise, that Atkins-friendly bowl of moules Provencal (mussels with garlic, Pernod, and parsley) over at <b>Le Central</b> <i>(112 E. Eighth Ave.)</i> goes down way nicer with a glass (or two) of Lillet, garnished with an orange slice for vitamin C.<br><br>When only Scotch or ale will do, the <b>Celtic Tavern</b> <i>(1801 Blake St.)</i> has a great selection of both, and good bar food too. Or get something big, fruity, and tropical to wash down the popcorn shrimp at the <b>Samba Room</b> <i>(1460 Larimer St.)</i>.<br><br>Beer drinkers shouldn't even consider a lunch plate of weiner schnitzel and sauerkraut at <b>Cafe Berlin</b> <i>(323 14th St.)</i> without a hearty German beer or five. (This place offer "samplers," or tasting flights of all five beers on draft for only $7.50.) Tech Center sports fans can throw back domestics at <b>JD's Bait Shop</b> <i>(9555 E. Arapahoe Road)</i>, which are the best salve for their white-hot "bait shop bobbers": jack cheese-stuffed jalapenos wrapped in bacon and deep fried.<br><br>Finally, wine aficionados (and their admirers) will love the expansive list of wines by the glass offered at <b>Mel's Bar and Grill</b> <i>(235 Fillmore St.)</i> which encourages liquid intake by offering 25 percent off wines during
lunch.