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A volunteer raises a beer glass at the Snowbank Brewing booth at the Colorado Brewer's Festival. (Ashley Potts | Collegian)

Colorado Brewer’s Fest had beer flowing despite rain

Sarah Ehrlich • June 26, 2018
Even gloomy weather can't stop Fort Collins folks from enjoying their summer festivals.  The 29th annual Colorado Brewers Festival had 150+ Colorado beers, 40+ Colorado breweries, and ten hours of live music this past weekend despite thunderstorms and dark clouds closing out the festival on Sunday.
The Backyard Bird on its inaugural day. (Matt Smith | Collegian)

New Backyard Bird food truck stands out with master chef’s take on fried chicken

Matt Smith • May 2, 2018

The fried chicken sandwich is a classic that is difficult to improve upon. Taking up the challenge is the Backyard Bird food truck, with master chef Matt Smith at the helm. “There’s a way to do...

Preview CSU Cooking Class Cinco de Mayo

Cinco De Mayo cooking class promises good food and tequila in preparation for the holiday

Jarrae Newell • May 1, 2018

Cinco de Mayo is a time for celebration. This Friday, May 4, the Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center is hosting a Cinco De Mayo cooking class on the Colorado State University campus in Gifford 237 from...

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4/20 foods for toker tummies

Miranda Moses • April 18, 2018

There is some science behind it that no one has been able to clearly explain to me, but we know weed makes a lot of people aggressively hungry. This 4/20, don't get caught in infinitely long Cheba Hut...

Jeff Callaway, Associate Director of the Fermentation Sciences Program stands between a lauter tun and a mash mixer in the new brewery located next to the Ramskeller Pub. The brewery is the second on campus and provides students of the fermentation sciences program with the ability to produce up to 10 hectoliters of beer or roughly 8.5 barrels starting the summer of 2018. (Matt Tackett | Collegian)

Community collaboration: University partners with local businesses for new on-campus microbrewery

Nate Day • April 17, 2018
CSU's on-campus brewery to showcase student work and campus-wide collaboration
Odell Brewing Company held a four course dinner with special beer pairings, presented at Mainline Ale House Friday evening. The beers that were featured at the event included Odells Rupture, Odells Sunny Rain, Kauffee Talk, Odells Prynus and Prunus Peach and Pear Sour. Photo by Olive Ancell | Collegian

5 beers you should try this spring

Evan Vicchy • April 5, 2018

Hello spring, and hello day drinking. It’s time to move away from those dark isolation ales and move into light and fruity beer that’s reminiscent of spring time. Here are five beers that capture...

A Hawaiian pizza is served to a customer at Cosmos Pizza during lunch on a Sunday afternoon. The Hawaiian pizza is a cheese pizza topped with pineapple and ham. It is said by Vincent who is one of the cooks that it is very popular among customers. (Matt Begeman | Collegian)

FoCo reacts: Does pineapple go on pizza?

Maddie Wright • March 29, 2018
There is one question we as a society frequently return to. One of the most polarizing meme debates of all time. Does pineapple belong on pizza?
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Empty Tent Circus to promote non-competitive atmosphere at poetry share this evening

Jarrae Newell • March 27, 2018
Typically, around 35 people are in attendance at the Blue Door each time the Empty Tent Circus host a poetry share. They have hosted two in the past, their first being held on February 21 and their second on March 7. Therefore, this will be their third. There will be 8 or more performers at the event, performances are structured by the poet’s level of experience. It is an open and welcoming event, there is no overall theme that needs to be included in the poems, however no hate talk will be allowed.
Owner of Cranked Up Coffee Larry Conlon prepares one of his unique coffee drinks inside Scrumpy's Hard Cider in Old Town, Fort Collins. Conlon recently moved his specialty coffee-bike-serving-business into a tap set up inside the bar. (Brooke Buchan | Collegian)

Cranked Up Coffee is a morning person’s dream

Claire Oliver • March 22, 2018

Coffee can be more than just a pick me up in the morning. It can be an experience.  Cranked Up Coffee offers that experience with in-house, nitro brewed coffee made from locally sourced ingredients.  Larry...

Pour Brothers bar accepts tips for charity on Wednesday nights. (Jon Price | Collegian)

Pour Brothers donates tips to local charities every Wednesday night

Henry Netherland • January 31, 2018

Alcohol and charity are two things you do not typically associate with each other. However, Pour Brothers Community Tavern helps bridge the gap with their weekly Charity Night. Every Wednesday...

(Tony Villalobos-May | Collegian)

Taco Bell has fries now, and no other fast food place matters

Miranda Moses • January 27, 2018

Colorado State University's in-house Taco Bell is a frequent pit-stop for many students and faculty throughout the school day. Besides the accommodating service and wallet-friendly bites, the fast...

Bisetti's, a 42-year-old Italian restaurant in Old Town, is closing a the end of this month. The restaurant is reserved throughout the rest of the month until closing day. (Photo by Olive Ancell | Collegian)

In preparation to close their doors, Bisetti’s owners reflect on 39 years of business

Claire Oliver • January 24, 2018

Local businesses have a large impact on communities. They become ingrained into the lives of the people who walk in the door.  Bisetti’s, which opened in 1976, has impacted the Fort Collins in...

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