The Harmony corridor and Front Range Village: family restaurants, a Sunday farmers market and brewhouses built for the suburbs.
Suehiro Japanese Restaurant, a longtime Fort Collins sushi room, now rolls its nigiri, tempura teriyaki combos and katsu at Front Range Village.
Signature: Sushi rolls, Chicken katsu
Order: A roll selection with the tempura teriyaki combo
Tip: The Old Town branch closed; Front Range Village on Corbett Drive is the one operating address. Happy hour keeps rolls affordable.
Himalayan Bistro brings Dawa and Tashi Sherpa's Nepali, Tibetan and Indian cooking to Council Tree Avenue in Fort Collins, est. 2016 at Front Range Village.
Signature: Momos, Himalayan curries
Order: A plate of momos, then a Sherpa-spiced curry
Tip: The owners come from Nepal's Solukhumbu Valley and also founded Mt Everest Cafe in 2004; order momos before anything else.
DC Oakes Brewhouse and Eatery brews its own IPA and Mexican lager on the Harmony corridor in Fort Collins, with burgers, brunch and a late kitchen.
Signature: Smothered witbier fries, Elote lobster roll
Order: Smothered witbier fries with a house Mexican lager
Tip: Weekend brunch runs 09:00 to 12:00; the kitchen closes an hour before the bar, which stays open to midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Suehiro Japanese Restaurant, a longtime Fort Collins sushi room, now rolls its nigiri, tempura teriyaki combos and katsu at Front Range Village.
Signature: Sushi rolls, Chicken katsu
Order: A roll selection with the tempura teriyaki combo
Tip: The Old Town branch closed; Front Range Village on Corbett Drive is the one operating address. Happy hour keeps rolls affordable.
Himalayan Bistro brings Dawa and Tashi Sherpa's Nepali, Tibetan and Indian cooking to Council Tree Avenue in Fort Collins, est. 2016 at Front Range Village.
Signature: Momos, Himalayan curries
Order: A plate of momos, then a Sherpa-spiced curry
Tip: The owners come from Nepal's Solukhumbu Valley and also founded Mt Everest Cafe in 2004; order momos before anything else.
Buttermilk Bakery and Pie Shop rolls grandmother-recipe pies with local flour and farm eggs in a South College Avenue shopfront in Fort Collins.
Tip: Summer hours run Thursday to Monday 09:00-15:00; whole pies for holidays need ordering well ahead.
Worth the queue: Fruit pie from the family recipe book
DC Oakes Brewhouse and Eatery brews its own IPA and Mexican lager on the Harmony corridor in Fort Collins, with burgers, brunch and a late kitchen.
Tip: Weekend brunch runs 09:00 to 12:00; the kitchen closes an hour before the bar, which stays open to midnight on Friday and Saturday.
The Fort Collins Farmers Market sets up Sundays at Harmony and Lemay in Fort Collins from May to November, with a midweek Wednesday market in summer.
Tip: A winter edition runs Saturdays at Foothills Mall from November to April, so the market year never fully stops.
DC Oakes Brewhouse and Eatery brews its own IPA and Mexican lager on the Harmony corridor in Fort Collins, with burgers, brunch and a late kitchen.
Order: Smothered witbier fries with a house Mexican lager
Tip: Weekend brunch runs 09:00 to 12:00; the kitchen closes an hour before the bar, which stays open to midnight on Friday and Saturday.
DC Oakes Brewhouse and Eatery brews its own IPA and Mexican lager on the Harmony corridor in Fort Collins, with burgers, brunch and a late kitchen.
Try: Kitchen till an hour before close
Tip: Weekend brunch runs 09:00 to 12:00; the kitchen closes an hour before the bar, which stays open to midnight on Friday and Saturday.