Colorado's pork-and-chile stew doubles as a sauce in Fort Collins, ladled over burritos and burgers; ask for anything smothered and this is what arrives.
Green chile follows the Front Range's Mexican-American cooking north from New Mexico and southern Colorado, thickened with pork and roasted green chiles rather than served thin. In Fort Collins it functions less as a dish than as infrastructure: Big City Burrito smothers its potato burritos in it, Illegal Pete's ladles it across the bar menu, and Lucky Joe's keeps a green chili pot going for the Old Town Square crowd. Every autumn, roadside roasters tumble fresh chile in propane drums and the whole city smells faintly of char.
3 editor picks for Colorado green chile in Fort Collins, ranked by editorial score. All Fort Collins signature dishes · Colorado green chile across every city.
Big City Burrito ★ 4.3
midtown · 510 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Big City Burrito wraps its famous potato burrito on South College Avenue in Fort Collins from 07:00, the original counter of a homegrown institution.
Illegal Pete's ★ 4.1
old-town · 320 Walnut Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Illegal Pete's builds mission-size burritos with a full bar on Walnut Street in Fort Collins, the Colorado indie chain that pays a living wage.
Lucky Joe's Sidewalk Saloon ★ 4.1
old-town · 25 Old Town Square, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Lucky Joe's Sidewalk Saloon puts an Irish pub in an old western saloon on Old Town Square in Fort Collins, open to 02:00 with green chili on the stove.