Dive bar$old-townMon-Fri 15:00-01:00; Sat 12:00-01:30; Sun 12:00-00:30
Town Pump has poured in the same 416-square-foot room on College Avenue in Fort Collins since 1909, the oldest bar in the city and nearly its smallest.
Tip: Cash-friendly, cramped and proud of it; a GoFundMe raised over 57,000 dollars in two days to save it during the pandemic.
Brasserie$$$old-townMon-Fri 07:00-23:00; Sat-Sun 09:00-23:00
The Emporium Kitchen and Wine Market serves brasserie plates and bison short ribs inside Fort Collins' Elizabeth Hotel, with a retail wine wall to browse.
Tip: Late-night menu runs to 23:00 nightly and the Bowerbird coffee counter opens at 06:00, so it covers both ends of the day.
Gastropub$$old-townDaily 11:30-00:00Until Daily 00:00
Tap and Handle keeps 74 rotating handles across three floors on College Avenue in Fort Collins, a national Top 100 beer bar with a real kitchen.
Try: The Smasher double burger
Tip: Wednesday's Smasher burger deal is dine-in only; the fire-pit patio stays welcoming well into the cooler months.
Gastropub$$harmonyMon-Thu 11:00-23:00; Fri 11:00-00:00; Sat 09:00-00:00; Sun 09:00-22:00Until Fri-Sat 00:00
DC Oakes Brewhouse and Eatery brews its own IPA and Mexican lager on the Harmony corridor in Fort Collins, with burgers, brunch and a late kitchen.
Try: Kitchen till an hour before close
Tip: Weekend brunch runs 09:00 to 12:00; the kitchen closes an hour before the bar, which stays open to midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Café$campus-westDaily 07:00-00:00
Alleycat Coffee House keeps its second-floor room by CSU in Fort Collins open until midnight daily, running on its Famous House Chai and focaccia.
Tip: The house chai outsells the coffee; Tuesdays it is a dollar off. The stairs are easy to miss, look for the door on Laurel.
Pizza$campus-westSun-Thu 11:00-22:00; Fri-Sat 11:00-02:30Until Fri-Sat 02:30
Pizza Casbah has hand-tossed New York slices a block from CSU in Fort Collins since 1999, stone-baked, with a 30-inch challenge pie for the brave.
Try: New York-style slices
Tip: Friday and Saturday it serves until 02:30, the definitive post-bar slice; happy hour pours 3-dollar Odell and New Belgium drafts.