Lucile's Creole Cafe is a creole brunch spot in Old Town, Fort Collins.
Editorially verified August 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Beignets, then Eggs New Orleans
Tip: Start with an order of hot beignets for the table; the Pain Perdu is the sweet main worth the queue.
Address: 400 South Meldrum Street, Fort Collins, CO 80521
The Regional runs a from-scratch American kitchen on Mason Street in Fort Collins: half-shell oysters, lamb merguez meatballs and gluten-free fried chicken.
Order: Shrimp and grits with an oyster starter
Tip: The gluten-free fried chicken is a Wednesday special; weekend brunch runs 09:30 to 14:00 and books out on Resy.
The Emporium Kitchen and Wine Market serves brasserie plates and bison short ribs inside Fort Collins' Elizabeth Hotel, with a retail wine wall to browse.
Order: A brasserie benedict with a wine-market pour
Tip: Late-night menu runs to 23:00 nightly and the Bowerbird coffee counter opens at 06:00, so it covers both ends of the day.
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.
The Regional runs a from-scratch American kitchen on Mason Street in Fort Collins: half-shell oysters, lamb merguez meatballs and gluten-free fried chicken.
Order: Shrimp and grits with an oyster starter
Tip: The gluten-free fried chicken is a Wednesday special; weekend brunch runs 09:30 to 14:00 and books out on Resy.
The Farmhouse at Jessup Farm plates chef Michael Gillam's modern farm fare in a restored farmstead at Jessup Farm Artisan Village in Fort Collins.
Order: A farm-fare brunch plate from chef Gillam's board
Tip: Weekend brunch runs 09:00 to 14:00; walk the artisan village afterwards for Bindle Coffee and the shops.
The Emporium Kitchen and Wine Market serves brasserie plates and bison short ribs inside Fort Collins' Elizabeth Hotel, with a retail wine wall to browse.
Order: A brasserie benedict with a wine-market pour
Tip: Late-night menu runs to 23:00 nightly and the Bowerbird coffee counter opens at 06:00, so it covers both ends of the day.
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.
Music City Hot Chicken fries Nashville-style birds on Prospect Road in Fort Collins across a ladder of heat levels, from Southern to the Flammable Solid dare.
Order: Chicken and waffles at Southern heat
Tip: Vegans get crispy fried tempeh in any heat level; weekend brunch adds chicken and waffles plus a Monte Cristo.
