Poudre Canyon and LaPorte ★ 4.4
Drive up the Poudre for riverside plates at the Mishawaka amphitheatre, stopping in LaPorte at Vern's Place, frying chicken and icing rolls since 1946.
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Longmont ★ 4.0
Longmont means Left Hand Brewing at 1265 Boston Avenue, pouring Milk Stout Nitro and Peanut Butter Milk Stout daily beside the St Vrain River trail.
Timnath ★ 3.7
Tiny Timnath rewards a short hop east: Timnath Beerwerks pours daily at 4138 Main Street, and the old grain-town strip makes an easy cycle from Fort Collins.
Denver ★ 4.4
Denver is the full-scale eating city an hour down I-25: Michelin-recognised restaurants, James Beard winners and food halls such as Milk Market downtown.
Loveland ★ 4.0
Loveland pairs craft breweries and distilleries with a walkable downtown and the Benson Sculpture Garden, whose August show draws worldwide sculptors.
Greeley ★ 4.1
Greeley earns the drive for WeldWerks Brewing, the award-winning 2015 brewery behind Juicy Bits, plus downtown taco counters and autumn's Oktobrewfest.