These Fort Collins-area restaurants opened, closed in 2023

It's been a busy year on the Fort Collins-area food and drink scene.

There were some much-anticipated new arrivals — I see you, In-N-Out — and some sad goodbyes, with 26 bars, restaurants, bakeries and coffee shops announcing closures.

Here's the restaurant news worth digging into from 2023.

Editor's note: An asterisk denotes establishments that both opened and closed in 2023.

Did we miss a restaurant? Email erinudell@coloradoan.com for possible additions.

Bars, restaurants, breweries, bakeries, coffee shops and food trucks that opened in 2023

• Agave Underground

• B&B Pickle Barrel Deli (reopened)

• Bacaro (formerly Ciao Vino)

• Baskin-Robbins (Windsor)

• Bighorn BBQ*

• Blackjack Pizza

• Blendings at the Hillside Vineyard wine counter

• Buttermilk Bakery & Pie Shop

• Crazy King Burrito*

• Crisp & Green (Old Town location)

• Daddy-O’s Jr.

• Dave’s Hot Chicken

• Dirty Dough Cookies

• Duck Donuts (Johnstown)

• Explorado Market

• Fieldhouse at the Fort*

• Floridarado (brick-and-mortar location)

• Gaku Ramen

• Genoa Coffee & Wine (reopened)

• Green District Salads*

• Happy Trails Coffee Co.

• In-N-Out Burger (Loveland)

• Kilwins (reopened)

• La Boutique

• Little Bird Bakeshop

• Me Oh My (Loveland)

• Momos (food truck)

• The Morning Grind

• Mystic Moon Bakery

• Native Foods*

• Newk’s Eatery

• Nick’s Sandwich Shop

• Salt Road Brewing

• Santa Elena’s (brick-and-mortar location)

• Silk Road Kabob House

• South Broadway Country Club

• Speak Cheesy Lounge

• Sunny Sky Pies

• Teriyaki Madness

• Vinny’s Sub-Hub Sandwiches

• William Oliver’s Publick House (Windsor)

• Ziggi’s Coffee, 432 12th St.

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Bars, restaurants, breweries, bakeries and coffee shops that closed (or are closing) in 2023

• Avuncular Bob's Beerhouse

• Betta Gumbo (Windsor)

• Bighorn BBQ and Grill*

• Black Bottle Brewery

• Blind Pig Pub

• Butter Cream Cupcakery

• Crazy King Burrito*

• Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project

• Everyday Joe’s Coffee House

• Feisty Spirits Distillery

• Fieldhouse at the Fort*

• The Fox and the Crow

• The Garlic Knot

• Green District Salads*

• Half Fast Subs

• Howlers & Growlers (Windsor)

• JoJo's at the Yeti

• Lirano Wine Bar

• Native Foods*

• ND streetBAR

• Poeme Macarons

• Pulcinella Pizzeria (Harmony location)

• RamaMama

• Vincent Gastroteca

• The Welsh Rabbit Bistro

• Whole Sol Blend Bar

Other big food and drink news from Fort Collins in 2023

• Fat Tire — one of New Belgium Brewing's original beers — was reimagined in 2023, featuring a new recipe, new packaging and new title: America's first certified carbon neutral beer. New Belgium announced the change Jan. 17, likening the reimagined brew to lighter, crisper version of its predecessor, "with a medium body, crisp finish and deep gold color."

• After nearly half a century in the same family, Vern's Place was sold to Silver Grill Cafe owners Alan and Jackie Jantzen this spring. The sale meant the end of an era for Val Lanteri, whose parents, Harvey and Dinah Kittel, purchased Vern's Place in 1976. Val and her husband, Nick Lanteri, had owned the business for 25 years but helped operate it for more than 30.

• This year marked the end of a drawn-out tug-of-war over the fate of Fort Collins' former Pobre Pancho's Mexican restaurant. After a monthslong fight between the building's new owner and the family of Pobre Pancho's late founder, Frank Perez, the Fort Collins Historic Preservation Commission determined the building at 1802 N. College Ave. was not historically significant enough to justify a nonconsensual designation of the property.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story state's Pulcinella Pizzeria closed in 2023. The pizzeria's Harmony Road location closed. It's Drake Road location remains open.

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