The fastest, cheapest, frequently best food on Fort Collins's streets.
Vendors, food trucks and stalls: the cheapest, fastest, frequently best food in Fort Collins.
Vatos Tacos + Tequila grills street tacos from a shipping container at The Exchange in Fort Collins, open from 07:00 with margaritas on the plaza.
Try: Street tacos
Tip: It opens at 07:00 for breakfast service, unusual for a taqueria; gluten-free items are flagged on the menu board.
La Piadina griddles Emilia-Romagna flatbread sandwiches from a container kitchen at The Exchange in Fort Collins, with Italian wine and local beer.
Try: Piadina flatbread sandwiches
Tip: A piadina crisped to order plus a glass of Italian wine on the plaza is one of the city's best cheap dates.
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.
Try: The original potato burrito
Tip: The potato burrito smothered in green chile is the order that made the name; breakfast burritos run from opening.
Petra Grill carves certified halal shawarma and grills kabobs on West Elizabeth Street in Fort Collins, a family room that feeds the CSU crowd.
Try: Halal shawarma and kabobs
Tip: Everything on the menu is certified halal and there is no alcohol; the falafel-hummus sandwich is the vegetarian sleeper.
The Exchange stacks shipping-container kitchens around a common-consumption plaza on North College Avenue in Fort Collins, tacos to boba to beer.
Try: Container-kitchen grazing
Tip: It is a licensed common consumption area, so a Penrose Tap House pour can follow you to any table; Vatos and La Piadina anchor the food.