CuisineCoffee roaster
Price$
NeighborhoodRiver District
HoursMon-Thu 09:00-14:00; Fri 09:00-12:00
Last verified

Why locals love it: A farm-direct Brazilian roastery trading from an industrial unit on short weekday hours; wholesale is the main trade.

Tip: This is a roastery door, not a cafe: weekday hours only, and the beans come from the family's own low-impact Brazilian farms.

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Location

Address: 1713 East Lincoln Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80524

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The OBC Wine Project ★ 4.3

$$ Wine barRiver District

The OBC Wine Project is Odell Brewing's urban winery on Lincoln Avenue in Fort Collins, its 2023 Colorado Red a Governor's Cup winner on tap.

Why locals goA working winery hidden behind a brewery patio; most visitors stop at the beer and never find the fermenters next door.

TipIt shares a patio with the Odell taproom, so a flight of Colorado wine and a 90 Shilling can happen in one sitting.

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The OBC Wine Project ★ 4.3

$$ Wine barRiver District

The OBC Wine Project is Odell Brewing's urban winery on Lincoln Avenue in Fort Collins, its 2023 Colorado Red a Governor's Cup winner on tap.

Why locals goA working winery hidden behind a brewery patio; most visitors stop at the beer and never find the fermenters next door.

TipIt shares a patio with the Odell taproom, so a flight of Colorado wine and a 90 Shilling can happen in one sitting.

Waltzing Kangaroo ★ 4.3

$ AustralianCampus West

Waltzing Kangaroo hides an authentic Australian pie shop in Campus West, hand-making steak, curry, chicken and lamb pies in five-inch pastry shells.

Why locals goAn Australian pie counter in a student-strip block on West Elizabeth; drivers pass it daily without registering it exists.

TipEvery pie is also sold frozen to take home; the lamb and rosemary is the sleeper order.

Postcard Pan Pizza ★ 4.4

$ PizzaOld Town

Postcard Pan Pizza bakes Detroit-inspired pans only four evenings a week from 133 Remington Street, the address it shares with Equinox Brewing in Old Town.

Why locals goNo standalone storefront and a Thursday-to-Sunday evening schedule keep it a word-of-mouth find inside a taproom.

TipHours are short, Thursday to Sunday evenings only, and the crispy-edged pans routinely sell through, so go early.

Choice City ★ 4.0

$$ AmericanOld Town

Choice City has cooked American comfort food next door to the historic Armstrong Hotel since 2004, a locals' room that visitors routinely walk past.

Why locals goA corner room beside the Armstrong Hotel, it reads as hotel dining from the street and gets skipped for it.

TipIt sits at Olive and College beside the Armstrong Hotel, so it works equally for a sit-down dinner or a pre-show plate; note the Tuesday closure.

Young's Cafe Vietnamese Cuisine ★ 4.2

$$ VietnameseMidtown

Young's Cafe has long been Fort Collins' Vietnamese standard-bearer on South College Avenue, from crab cheese wontons to the house fried rice.

Why locals goIt sits in an unglamorous midtown strip mall far from Old Town foot traffic, so visitors rarely find the city's best Vietnamese room.

TipPortions run generous and lunch is the value window; the dining room fills with regulars who have come for years.

La Piadina ★ 4.1

$ ItalianOld Town

La Piadina griddles Emilia-Romagna flatbread sandwiches from a container kitchen at The Exchange in Fort Collins, with Italian wine and local beer.

Why locals goA container kitchen at The Exchange is easy to dismiss as festival food; the flatbreads are the real Emilia-Romagna article.

TipA piadina crisped to order plus a glass of Italian wine on the plaza is one of the city's best cheap dates.

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