Bean Cycle Roasters is a cafe in Old Town, Fort Collins.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The room doubles as a maker space and gallery, so the tables turn slowly; buy a bag of the small-batch roast on the way out.
Address: 326 Walnut Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Mugs Coffee Lounge has poured fair-trade espresso and blended breakfast burritos on College Avenue in Fort Collins since 2002, doors open at 06:00.
Signature drink: Fair-trade espresso and smoothies
Tip: Open at 06:00, the earliest sit-down coffee downtown; the second Mugs on West Laurel Street serves the campus side.
Starry Night Espresso Cafe has anchored College Avenue in Fort Collins since 1992, pouring locally roasted espresso with soups, sandwiches and bakes.
Signature drink: Espresso on locally roasted beans
Tip: Evening hours to 20:00 or 21:00 make it the downtown option after most cafes close; the baked case is made in-house.
The Little Bird Bakeshop bakes everything from scratch just south of Old Town Fort Collins, pastries and handcrafted drinks until the case empties.
Signature drink: Locally roasted drip and lattes
Tip: Closed Tuesday and Wednesday; go before 10:00 on weekends or watch the pastry case go bare in front of you.
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.
Alleycat Coffee House keeps its second-floor room by CSU in Fort Collins open until midnight daily, running on its Famous House Chai and focaccia.
Signature drink: Famous House Chai
Tip: The house chai outsells the coffee; Tuesdays it is a dollar off. The stairs are easy to miss, look for the door on Laurel.
Mugs Coffee Lounge has poured fair-trade espresso and blended breakfast burritos on College Avenue in Fort Collins since 2002, doors open at 06:00.
Signature drink: Fair-trade espresso and smoothies
Tip: Open at 06:00, the earliest sit-down coffee downtown; the second Mugs on West Laurel Street serves the campus side.
Starry Night Espresso Cafe has anchored College Avenue in Fort Collins since 1992, pouring locally roasted espresso with soups, sandwiches and bakes.
Signature drink: Espresso on locally roasted beans
Tip: Evening hours to 20:00 or 21:00 make it the downtown option after most cafes close; the baked case is made in-house.
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.
