The OBC Wine Project is a wine bar restaurant in River District, Fort Collins.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: A working winery hidden behind a brewery patio; most visitors stop at the beer and never find the fermenters next door.
Tip: It shares a patio with the Odell taproom, so a flight of Colorado wine and a 90 Shilling can happen in one sitting.
Address: 824 East Lincoln Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80524
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 love it: An Australian pie counter in a student-strip block on West Elizabeth; drivers pass it daily without registering it exists.
Tip: Every pie is also sold frozen to take home; the lamb and rosemary is the sleeper order.
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 love it: No standalone storefront and a Thursday-to-Sunday evening schedule keep it a word-of-mouth find inside a taproom.
Tip: Hours are short, Thursday to Sunday evenings only, and the crispy-edged pans routinely sell through, so go early.
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 love it: A corner room beside the Armstrong Hotel, it reads as hotel dining from the street and gets skipped for it.
Tip: It 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 has long been Fort Collins' Vietnamese standard-bearer on South College Avenue, from crab cheese wontons to the house fried rice.
Why locals love it: It sits in an unglamorous midtown strip mall far from Old Town foot traffic, so visitors rarely find the city's best Vietnamese room.
Tip: Portions run generous and lunch is the value window; the dining room fills with regulars who have come for years.
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 love it: A container kitchen at The Exchange is easy to dismiss as festival food; the flatbreads are the real Emilia-Romagna article.
Tip: A piadina crisped to order plus a glass of Italian wine on the plaza is one of the city's best cheap dates.
Olive Tree International Market stocks certified halal meat and Middle Eastern groceries on South College Avenue in Fort Collins, open daily to 20:00.
Why locals love it: From the road it looks like any small strip-mall grocery; inside is the city's deepest Middle Eastern pantry and halal butcher counter.
Tip: This is where Fort Collins buys halal lamb, goat and chicken; the shelves cover the Arabic pantry from spices to sweets.
