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Lunch Restaurants

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nearby North-East campus (map pg.1)

• Thai Pepper; 109 E. Laurel St.;  thai food, generally good food with daily specials.
• Pickle Barrel, 122 W. Laurel ; student hangout for sandwiches, self service.
• Toy Thai, 128B W. Laurel; new management, recent reports are that food has gone downhill.
  
• Cross the Border, 128A W. Laurel; home style mexican food, not much atmosphere, self service.
  
• Blue Bird Cafe, 524 W. Laurel; breakfast lunch place, pasta and sandwiches are good.
  
• Rainbow Cafe, 212 W. Laurel; health food is tasty and atmosphere is pleasant.
  
• Pizza Casbah, 126 W. Laurel; excellent NY style pizza, not much atmosphere, self service.
  
• Woody's Pizza, 518 W. Laurel; all you can eat pizza and salad bar, pleasant outside area.
  
• Avogradro's Number, 605 S. Mason; large beer pub and coffee house. Lunch fare is OK, self service.
  
• Luciles, 400 S. Meldrum St.;  Creole food, friendly service in yellow house. Generally with large amounts of tasty food, often crowded.
  
• Canino's, 613 S. College; italian, atmosphere is quite pleasant in craftsman style house. Food  is mediocre.
• College Cafe, 647 S. College; wok cooked fast food chinese, inexpensive and much better than chinese buffets. Not much atmosphere, self service.
• Chipolte, 649 S. College; McDonald's burrito restaurant, self service.
• A Wing Thing, 634 S. College; burgers and chicken wings, recently opened, self service.
• Deja Vu, 646 S. College; small cafe w/o waitress service, excellent sandwich and soups, self service.
  
• Los Tarascos, 626 S. College; small restaurant, above average mexican sea food.
• A Li, 1100 S. College; all you can eat chinese buffet, self service.
  
• Al Salam, 822 S. College; middle eastern food, floor tables settings, interesting menu.
• university Lory Student center restaurants website.
  

nearby South-East campus

• Arirang Korean BBQ,  111 W. Prospect; Korean homestyle cooking. Cook and waitress does not speak much english but menu has pictures.
  
• Taqueria Los Comales, 114 W. Prospect; taquerias food, authentic and tasty.

nearby West campus

• Nimo Sushi, 1220 W. Elizabeth; authentic Japanese sushi
• CB Potts, 1415 W. Elizabeth; popular sports bar restaurant and microbrewery
  
• Qdoba Mexican Grill, 1104 W. Elizabeth; mexican chain restaurant
  
• Yong's Korean, 1232 W. Elizabeth; closed for renovation
  

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Restaurants for Dining

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Old Town Area (4 blocks north of campus on College - map pg. 2)

• Chamber of commerce listing and description of all Fort Collins restaurants.
  
• Coopersmith, inside Old Town ; microbrewery and pub, popular stop for beer and pub food, try their tasting serving of different beers. See city website for all microbreweries and the pubcrawler website for ratings of the microbreweries and beer pubs in Ft Collins.
• Conor O'Neills, 226 Linden; microbrewery and pub food.
• Austins, 100 W. College; American style food, uniformly very good food and service.
• Nico's Catacombs, 115 S College;  expensive upscale continental menu,  astounding  wine list.
  
• Bisetti's, 120 S. College; home style italian food, recently the decor was upgraded.
  
• Crown Pub, 134 S. College; upscale pub fare
  
• Rio Grande, 143 W. Mountain; reasonably priced mexican food, very popular with excellent Margaritas.
  
• Enzio, 126 W. Mountain; Italian, generally quite good menu.
  
• Old Chicago, 147 S. College; popular pizza restaurant with chicago style pizza pie
  
• Jay's Bistro, 135 W. Oak St.; upscale restaurant, recent tasting was excellent.
  
• Buca Bar & Bistro, 130 S. Mason; upscale italian bistro.
  
• Taj Mahal, 148 W. Oak St; Indian, food. Buffet is good.
  
• Fish, 150 W. Oak St; fish restaurant, reasonable seafood.
  
• Taipan, 144 N. Mason;  taiwanese food, restaurant in parking lot building
  
• Suiehiro Japanese Restaurant, 223 Linden; Japanese food, adequate for FtCollins.
  
• Cozzola's Pizza, 241 Linden; very good Pizza parlor.
  
• Rasta Pasta, 200 Walnut ; inexpensive spagetti restaurant with reggae atmosphere.
• LaLuz, 200 Walnut ; mexican grill, burrito, fish taco restaurant, self service.
  
• HuHot Mongolian Grill, 259 S. College; mongolian hot pot restaurant
• JeJu, 238 S. College; Japanese restaurant, (chef is not Japanese)
  
• Silver Cafe, 218 Walnut ; popular eatery, with famous breakfast buns.
• Fiona's European Deli, 181 N. College; excellent gourmet sandwiches, self service.
• Pueblo Veijo, 185 N. College; mexican food, very good conventional mexican menu and pleasant atmosphere.
• Choice City, 104 Olive; butcher/deli with excellent meat sandwiches, self service.
  

Other Restaurants;

• Nyala Ethoipian Cuisine, 200 Harvard St.; ethiopian cuisine, table floor seating.
  
• Mt. Everest Cafe, 1113 W. Drake; tibetan food, avoid buffet food
• Sri Thai, 950 S. Taft Hill; best Thai food in Ft Collins
• Pho Duy,  905 W. Drake ; VietNamese noodles, inexpensive.
  

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Coffee Houses (near campus & Old Town)

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• Sweet Sensations, campus coffee house in Lory Student Center, open till 4pm, has campus wireless which requires campus account and vpn access.
  
• Alley Cat Coffee House, 120 1/2 W. Laurel St, behind Barber shop in upstairs building.;  many fancy teas available,  inside has 1960's hippy atmosphere with ceiling paintings and chinese flute music, similar to coffee houses in the SF mission district, open 24 hours, free wireless, (N-E campus, upstairs in building behind Barbar shop)
• Starbucks, 700 College; corner of Laurel & College, not for free wireless  (N-E campus)
• Wired Bean Coffee House, 1240 W. Elisabeth;  popular student hangout, open till midnight on M-Th,Sun and till 10pm on F,Sat, free wireless (West Campus).
  
• Bean Cycle, 144 N. College;  large cafe reminds me of Cafe Mediterranean in Berkeley with abstract expressionist paintings on the wall, but not so smoky, roasts their own coffee and also has smoothies, open till 10pm, everyday, free wireless (Old Town)
• Cafe Ardour, 255 Linden; small very nice inviting atmosphere, reminds me of gentrified Haight-Astbury cafes. Has homebaked pastries using ingredients from local farmers. Open Sat, M-Th till 6pm, F till 9pm, Sun till 5pm, free wireless (Old Town)
• Starry Night, 112 S. College;  very pleasant, with fireplaces and copies of VanGogh paintings on the wall. open till 11pm on Tu-Sat, till 10pm on Sun-Mon, free wireless (Old Town)
• Every Joe's Coffee House, 144 S. Mason; large  non-profit FtCollins community coffee house, with pleasant atmosphere and hosts concerts and public events, open till 10pm M-Sat., free wireless (Old Town)
• Mug's Coffee Lounge, 261  S. College ; pleasant coffee house with sandwiches and smoothies, open till 1am, free wireless (Old town)
• Starbucks, 172 N. College; probably the nicest Starbucks in FtCollins, located in Northern Hotel, not for free wireless (Old Town)
• Catalyst Coffee, 1003 W. Horsetooth Rd., operated by former physics students, next to McCoy's restaurant,  open till 8pm, M-Th, till 6:30 F,  till 3pm Sat & Sun,  free wireless (South of campus).
• See wiki website for  other wireless sites in Fort Collins