Trailhead Tavern is a bar in Old Town, Fort Collins.
Editorially verified August 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Bar food
Tip: It closes only for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Sunday after the Super Bowl; expect a CSU crowd on weekends.
Address: 148 West Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Magic Rat books free live music four nights a week off Firehouse Alley in Fort Collins, the Elizabeth Hotel's gritty indoor-outdoor stage and bar.
Signature drink: Creative cocktails
Food: Bar bites
Tip: No cover, ever; the calendar posts on the hotel site week by week. Enter through the hotel or the alley.
The Crown Pub is Old Town's English-style public house on College Avenue, pouring pints over hand-crafted food and staying open late weekly.
Signature drink: Pints of British and Colorado beer
Food: Full pub kitchen daily
Tip: It keeps proper pub hours, to midnight Sunday through Wednesday and 02:00 Thursday to Saturday, with the kitchen doing real work.
Bondi Beach Bar brings an Aussie beach-bar mood to Old Town Square, family-friendly on the patio by day and a club-style dance floor after dark.
Signature drink: Frozen and tropical cocktails
Food: Bar and grill menu until late
Tip: The wrap-around patio has the best sightline to the Old Town Square stage; Sunday opens at 10:30 for daytime drinks.
Ace Gillett's mixes cocktails in the basement lounge of Fort Collins' Armstrong Hotel, a supper-club room under College Avenue since the hotel's revival.
Signature drink: Classic cocktails
Food: Lounge plates
Tip: Happy hour runs 17:00-18:30; the street-level Ace Cafe upstairs handles daytime service.
Social pours an award-winning seasonal cocktail list in a Prohibition-styled cellar beneath Old Town Square in Fort Collins, open daily from 16:00.
Signature drink: Seasonal craft cocktails
Food: Small plates
Tip: Look for the stairs off the square; the Great Gatsby anniversary party lands 10 September 2026 and sells out.
Magic Rat books free live music four nights a week off Firehouse Alley in Fort Collins, the Elizabeth Hotel's gritty indoor-outdoor stage and bar.
Signature drink: Creative cocktails
Food: Bar bites
Tip: No cover, ever; the calendar posts on the hotel site week by week. Enter through the hotel or the alley.
The Crown Pub is Old Town's English-style public house on College Avenue, pouring pints over hand-crafted food and staying open late weekly.
Signature drink: Pints of British and Colorado beer
Food: Full pub kitchen daily
Tip: It keeps proper pub hours, to midnight Sunday through Wednesday and 02:00 Thursday to Saturday, with the kitchen doing real work.
Bondi Beach Bar brings an Aussie beach-bar mood to Old Town Square, family-friendly on the patio by day and a club-style dance floor after dark.
Signature drink: Frozen and tropical cocktails
Food: Bar and grill menu until late
Tip: The wrap-around patio has the best sightline to the Old Town Square stage; Sunday opens at 10:30 for daytime drinks.
Ace Gillett's mixes cocktails in the basement lounge of Fort Collins' Armstrong Hotel, a supper-club room under College Avenue since the hotel's revival.
Signature drink: Classic cocktails
Food: Lounge plates
Tip: Happy hour runs 17:00-18:30; the street-level Ace Cafe upstairs handles daytime service.
Social pours an award-winning seasonal cocktail list in a Prohibition-styled cellar beneath Old Town Square in Fort Collins, open daily from 16:00.
Signature drink: Seasonal craft cocktails
Food: Small plates
Tip: Look for the stairs off the square; the Great Gatsby anniversary party lands 10 September 2026 and sells out.
The Mayor of Old Town runs 100 taps on Mason Street in Fort Collins, the deepest draught wall in Northern Colorado with pub food to anchor it.
Signature drink: 100 rotating taps
Food: Pub kitchen
Tip: The 100-tap wall rotates constantly, so ask for the fresh-on list; despite the name it sits on Mason near Laurel, not the square.
