Cafés in West Side

The Fox Den No Waste Cafe and Roastery ★ 4.3

$ Coffee roasterWest Side

The Fox Den roasts in-house and runs a no-waste model on Laporte Avenue in Fort Collins: thrifted mugs, jar deposits and a bulk bean refill station.

TipBring your own cup or jar; to-go pours carry a refundable deposit. Founder Patricia Acheson opened the room in March 2022.

Coffee Roasters in West Side

The Fox Den No Waste Cafe and Roastery ★ 4.3

$ Coffee roasterWest SidePublic cafe

The Fox Den roasts in-house and runs a no-waste model on Laporte Avenue in Fort Collins: thrifted mugs, jar deposits and a bulk bean refill station.

BeansSmall-batch rotating origins

BrewsEspresso, Filter, Bulk bean refills

TipBring your own cup or jar; to-go pours carry a refundable deposit. Founder Patricia Acheson opened the room in March 2022.

Breweries in West Side

Stodgy Brewing Company ★ 4.4

$ BreweryColorado-grown ingredients, west-side taproomWest Side

Stodgy Brewing pours beer made with Colorado-grown ingredients on Laporte Avenue in west Fort Collins and runs the DeTour de Stodgy ride each August.

TipThere is no phone; the brewery answers email only. The DeTour de Stodgy on 29 August runs 09:00 to 20:00.

Intersect Brewing ★ 4.0

$ BreweryWest and East Coast IPAs, goses, lagers, stoutsWest Side

Intersect Brewing pours West Coast and East Coast IPAs, goses, lagers and stouts on West Drake Road in Fort Collins, a west-side taproom since 2016.

TipThe taplist updates weekly on the site; west-side locals treat it as their default room, so parking is easier than Old Town.

Mythmaker Brewing ★ 3.8

$ BrewerySmall-batch rotating taplist, neighbourhood roomWest Side

Mythmaker Brewing keeps an ever-evolving small-batch taplist on South Taft Hill Road in west Fort Collins, a neighbourhood taproom open every day.

TipThe small brew system means the board changes constantly; whatever you liked last visit is probably gone, which is the charm.

Markets in West Side

Fort Collins Food Co-op (Mountain Avenue Market) ★ 4.2

$$ Grocery co-opWest Side

The Fort Collins Food Co-op, founded by CSU students in 1972, now runs Mountain Avenue Market with local groceries daily 07:00-21:00 in Fort Collins.

TipThe co-op moved into the old Beavers Market building in 2026, tripling its floor; anyone can shop, members get the dividends.

Hidden Gems in West Side

The Fox Den No Waste Cafe and Roastery ★ 4.3

$ Coffee roasterWest Side

The Fox Den roasts in-house and runs a no-waste model on Laporte Avenue in Fort Collins: thrifted mugs, jar deposits and a bulk bean refill station.

Why locals goA zero-waste cafe on the residential west side that roasts on a 3-kilo machine behind the counter; no signage shouts about it.

TipBring your own cup or jar; to-go pours carry a refundable deposit. Founder Patricia Acheson opened the room in March 2022.

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