F St., Salida, 71 Kaleidoscope Toys: 116 F St., Salida, 71 The Book Haven: 128 F St., Salida, 71 The Mixing Bowl: 148 F St., Suite A, Salida, 71 Colorado Brewers Rendezvous Amicas: 136 E. Cast away with the other die-hard anglers until dusk swallows your fly.īrown Burro Cafe: 706 Main St., Fairplay, 71 Benson’s Tavern: 128 N. Last Cast Before the last rays of the sun set behind the Rockies, grab your rod out of the car and take a few final casts right near the bridge at the end of F Street, a spot that often roils with fish just before dark. Wash it down with a brewed-right-there pint of Amicas’ No Name Wheat, an unfiltered hefeweizen-style beer-or take a 64-ounce growler to go. Start with the Insalata Spinaci before gobbling down the Terracina pizza (topped with pepperoni and veggies). Go Italian At Amicas, order dinner at the counter before finding a table in the cozy dining room. Otherwise, sit a spell and listen as the Arkansas babbles by. If you’re in Salida on July 11, you can catch the Colorado Brewers Rendezvous in the park. Relax Pop into kid emporium Kaleidoscope Toys, dive into the stacks at the Book Haven, and wander around the Mixing Bowl gourmet shop before pulling up a piece of grass at Riverside Park. Order an appetizer and let the sun dry the river water off you. Refuel Park anywhere you find a space in downtown Salida, and belly up to one of the outside tables at Benson’s Tavern, a barfly’s kind of place with well-worn furniture and an easy ambience. 285 and 291, on which you’ll find plenty of accessible areas to cast for trout. Make a morning of it and pull into three or four of the dozen or so county roads that jut off of U.S. When your windshield wipers begin to smear bug guts-May and June see periodic hatches of caddis that make the fish go absolutely wild-this is your cue to tie on a dry fly. Tie One On With waders, fly rod-and, of course, a Colorado fishing license-you can get a line wet nearly anywhere along the Arkansas River as you make your way south toward the town of Salida. From there, wind your way through red rock–studded scenery before cresting the rim of the valley-the stunning Collegiate Peaks and the river far below will come into view quickly. 285 and make a grub stop at the Brown Burro Cafe in Fairplay for huevos rancheros with house-made salsa. Up and at ‘Em If you want to taunt the fish before they hunker down during the heat of the day, you should arrive along the banks of the Arkansas River by 10 a.m. Wet and Wild in SalidaĬast for giant trout along the mighty Arkansas River. Here, nine itineraries that promise to help you capture that feeling of the perfect, blissed-out Colorado summer day. Those casual days where you wake up with a glimmer of a plan, go with the flow, make detours, and settle down at the end of the night to marvel at how seamlessly it all flowed together. There’s more time to think, dream, meander, and relax, and it is in those unscripted, unhurried hours that the perfect summer day develops. The clock seems to slow as the days lengthen, and this downtempo metronome changes the way we move-and play. Something happens to time during the summer months. If not, and you want to see me unearth more stories, sign up for a subscription to the Coloradoan today.The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. And the only way I can keep doing what I do is with your support. If you subscribe, thank you. My quirky feature articles, true crime podcasts and stories that get to the heart of Fort Collins take time to produce each week. Rise and shine with the Coloradoan: Start your day with the morning’s top news in the Daily Briefing newsletter. It also served as the Plattner Implement Co., an agricultural machinery and supply manufacturing business.Īccording to Larimer County property records, it's been owned by DRN LLC since 2012. Then listed as 257 Linden St., the building once housed The Candy Kitchen, one of Fort Collins' brothels. Historic Fort Collins: Former lives of 8 favorite Old Town spots The historic building that housed Linden Street Cafe dates back to the turn of the 20th century and has a colorful past, according to Larimer County property records and the history archive at Fort Collins Museum of Discovery.
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