Linden and Willow Streets by the Poudre River: New Belgium's campus, Ginger and Baker's Feed and Grain building and the newest maker energy.
The Cache at Ginger and Baker is the steak room in Fort Collins' restored Feed and Grain building on Linden Street, above the pie counter and market.
Signature: Steaks, Seasonal Colorado plates
Order: A steak, then pie from the bakery counter downstairs
Tip: Wine-pairing dinners land on the events calendar most months; the Revana Estate dinner is typical of the programme.
The Cache at Ginger and Baker is the steak room in Fort Collins' restored Feed and Grain building on Linden Street, above the pie counter and market.
Tip: Wine-pairing dinners land on the events calendar most months; the Revana Estate dinner is typical of the programme.
Wolverine Farm Publick House mixes coffee, beer, books and a letterpress in Fort Collins' River District, a nonprofit outpost on Willow Street.
Signature drink: Coffee by day, Colorado beer by night
Tip: Summer 2026 residency concerts run on Wednesdays and the YART cheap-art sales pop up monthly; profits feed the publishing nonprofit.
Bread Fellow bakes sourdough loaves and pastries on Linden Street in Fort Collins, a bakery-cafe from the Bindle Coffee family with online pickup.
Signature drink: Bindle-roasted espresso
Tip: Order loaves online for weekday pickup; the pastry counter sells through by late morning.
Ginger and Baker fills the restored Feed and Grain building on Linden Street in Fort Collins with a pie-first bakery, market, cafe and teaching kitchen.
Tip: The phone number spells PIES for a reason: buy a whole pie from the market counter even if you only came for coffee.
Worth the queue: Seasonal fruit pie
Bread Fellow bakes sourdough loaves and pastries on Linden Street in Fort Collins, a bakery-cafe from the Bindle Coffee family with online pickup.
Tip: Order loaves online for weekday pickup; the pastry counter sells through by late morning.
Worth the queue: Naturally leavened loaf
Cafe Richesse roasts farm-direct Brazilian crops in a Fort Collins unit off East Lincoln Avenue, selling by the bag on weekday roastery hours.
Tip: This is a roastery door, not a cafe: weekday hours only, and the beans come from the family's own low-impact Brazilian farms.
Sources from: Brazil, farm direct
How they serve: Whole bean retail, Wholesale
The OBC Wine Project is Odell Brewing's urban winery on Lincoln Avenue in Fort Collins, its 2023 Colorado Red a Governor's Cup winner on tap.
Signature pour: The award-winning Colorado Red; new vintage lands autumn 2026
Wine focus: House-made Colorado wines, on tap and bottled
Food: Snacks; food trucks on the shared patio
Tip: It shares a patio with the Odell taproom, so a flight of Colorado wine and a 90 Shilling can happen in one sitting.
New Belgium Brewing pours Fat Tire and La Folie at its Linden Street mothership in Fort Collins, with tours, food trucks and the Tour de Fat bike parade.
Tip: Book the 90-minute brewery tour ahead; it ends in the foeder hall where the sour programme lives. Tour de Fat returns 29 August 2026.
Odell Brewing has anchored Fort Collins beer since 1989; 90 Shilling and Lagerado pour at the Lincoln Avenue taproom with live music every Wednesday.
Tip: The OBC Wine Project shares a patio at 824 East Lincoln; run club meets there Tuesdays before discounted pints.
Horse and Dragon Brewing pours small-batch beer on Racquette Drive in Fort Collins and hosts Ciao, Summer!, a festival where every beer stays sessionable.
Tip: Ciao, Summer! lands 20 September 2026 with twelve session beers; the taproom closes early most weekdays, so check before a late run.
Hello Brew Co pours Czech-style lagers and hazy IPAs from a 1904 bungalow on Linden Street in Fort Collins' River District, a 2022 arrival on the scene.
Tip: The bungalow is tiny and the patio does the heavy lifting; no phone, so check the site for tap updates before you set out.
Ginger and Baker fills the restored Feed and Grain building on Linden Street in Fort Collins with a pie-first bakery, market, cafe and teaching kitchen.
Order: A slice of pie, whatever the season says
Tip: The phone number spells PIES for a reason: buy a whole pie from the market counter even if you only came for coffee.