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.
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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.
Estes Park ★ 4.2
Estes Park stacks locally owned restaurants, wild-game dining rooms and a craft beverage boom at the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park.
Boulder ★ 4.5
Boulder brings a Michelin-recognised bench to the Front Range: Pearl Street ranks among America's best food streets, with Rosetta Hall and Chautauqua nearby.
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.