La Cantina

La Cantina doesn’t exactly feel like a restaurant. Sandwiched into a public foyer and hallway, next to a locker room and below Vail’s West Lionshead Plaza bus stop, it feels like the guys piecing together your massive burrito and plate of nachos are squatters, ready to pack up their grill at a moment’s notice when […]

Larkburger

Back in 2006, Thomas Salamunovich started a little stand-alone restaurant designed to feature the burger that, through experimentation and long practice, he’d come up with at the Larkspur Restaurant in Vail and had proved wildly popular at that fancy-pants place. In his words, it was “my vision for the perfect burger experience.” And Larkburger comes […]

Loveland Ski Area

While it may not have the acreage or terrain parks that the bigger mountains can boast, Loveland is revered by a strong following. You don’t have to walk through a massive, overpriced shopping village to get to the lifts, and parking and shuttle services are free. But while Loveland may not have a fancy reputation, […]

Medicine Man, LLC

Owner: Asked to remain anonymous. Anonymous owner’s statement: “I grew up in an all-natural family,” she says, and promotes natural health alternatives like marijuana, diet and exercise. Opened: November 24, 2009. Raw marijuana price range: Grams run $15 to $25, with most strains between $15 and $20. Other types of medicine: Edibles like lollipops and […]

Mishawaka Amphitheatre

Mishawaka Amphitheatre is situated on the banks of the Poudre River, not too far from Fort Collins. Know to locals as the Mish, it can hold about 750 people and is an intimate outdoor venue overlooking both the river and the Rocky Mountains. The Mish hosts a variety of national and local acts, including a […]

Raven Hill Mining Company

Like T-shirt shops on the boardwalk, every tourist town has to have a Raven Hill: a simple, friendly, non-threatening family restaurant where everyone from Grandpa to Junior to your weird foreign-exchange student can find something to eat. It’s just a single dining room with a bar to one side, but owner/operators Ken Gustafson and Gwen […]

Relish

The tag line at Relish — “Colorado Inspired Cuisine” — is a three-word summation of the trend starting to break through with some of the area’s more forward-thinking chefs. At Relish, Matt Fackler has created both a restaurant and a menu that showcases Colorado at its best. The food here is not dogmatic, Colorado-only cuisine, […]