August in Colorado means Palisade peaches, and Fort Collins folds them into pies, festival plates and even its famous cinnamon rolls while the season lasts.

Palisade, on the Western Slope, grows the peaches Colorado plans its late summer around, and the Front Range towns compete to celebrate them. Fort Collins throws a Peach Festival in Civic Center Park each August, run by local Rotary clubs, with peach pie and peach cocktails as the headline acts. Buttermilk Bakery and Pie Shop builds its fruit pies on local fruit and family recipes, and Ginger and Baker's pie counter marks the season, while the Silver Grill's August Roll of the Month goes Peaches and Cream.

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Ginger and Baker ★ 4.6

$$BakeryRiver District

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.

TipThe phone number spells PIES for a reason: buy a whole pie from the market counter even if you only came for coffee.

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Buttermilk Bakery and Pie Shop ★ 4.2

$$BakerySouth Fort Collins

Buttermilk Bakery and Pie Shop rolls grandmother-recipe pies with local flour and farm eggs in a South College Avenue shopfront in Fort Collins.

TipSummer hours run Thursday to Monday 09:00-15:00; whole pies for holidays need ordering well ahead.

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