greetings from downtown Fort Collins we're spending an afternoon and evening in the
historic downtown area of beautiful Fort Collins Colorado and sharing some of the best things
to do eat and see if you're new here my name is Jeannie I live in Colorado and share all sorts of
Colorado Outdoors travel guides and things to do in Colorado and Beyond I invite you to subscribe
and follow along so you don't miss out you guys it feels so good to be downtown Fort Collins again
it's been a while since we've been down here and this is where we call home so um we need to get
down here more often we've had a busy summer one of my favorite things to do in downtown is get
lost in all the little Alleyways Fort Collins has one of the best little Alleyway networks that are
filled with murals public art string lights and of course quaint shops and tons of great dining
in an odd way it kind of gives me feelings of like walking around in Europe almost he's
like near a little brick buildings cobblestone streets string lights and it's just just love
downtown Fort Collins and you can just wander off anywhere in these little alleys and just find a
little bit of everything so Charming downtown is also known as old town with a beautiful historic
Old Town Square and from the main Square you'll find little Alleyways leading off to Artisan
shops a variety of breweries and you may even hear some live performances taking place in the Square
so we're gonna grab a quick little bite to eat here in downtown so there's an area called The
Exchange and it's kind of like a little foodie area The Exchange is like a mini food court that
has a variety of walk-up and dine-in food options we're just grabbing a really quick
bite here and we decided to try chicken cone so I got a chicken ice cream cone this is actually
um chicken in a yeah an actual waffle cone it's called a chicken cone Vince got a
chicken waffle sandwich and it's Chicken in like a waffle bun then hey completely
accidentally slapped my camera as he took his first bite he said it was great it was good
what sauce did you get yeah I got the barbecue breakfast
need it all right so right behind the exchange is Nuance chocolates and I've
always heard things about this I gotta try it nuance chocolate is all homemade
chocolate made straight from the beans that were roasted and ground right here in Fort Collins
all right we got our truffles so excited to try these we got like four different flavors they're
all a little different like the hazelnut a coffee and I don't even remember the other
two flavors but since I don't know what flavor this one is we're just gonna try it
oh my God what's like one of the best chocolates I've ever had
I think this is the almond chocolate it's so good the best travel ever
again all right here we go we're gonna like split these so we each can try each flavor
and I'm not good for Shuffle
so right behind us is Jazz Alley one of the prettiest murals I've ever seen this little
Alleyway Jazz Alley is really easy to miss it took us a bit to find this one as it's very
narrow but it's located right on the side of Mountain Avenue Market this beautiful
and very detailed mural was designed to celebrate all music and all musicians
just off Old Town Square you'll find Pinball Jones which is an underground arcade
well that did not work out well okay like the ball got in and he
like lost it immediately and you only get one play for 75 cents so trying to think so
now we're going to an underground Speakeasy and it was just voted like one of the best bars in
the USA or something and it's called social social is an industrial basement Speakeasy that features
specialty cocktails and small plates it has a nice chill Vibe great service and a beautiful
atmosphere so I champagne and then Vince got an ipa so we just got a Bavarian pretzel with some
mustard sauce but just a heads up because it was recently voted the best Speakeasy in the USA the
line to get in can get long so I recommend getting there early right as they're opening especially on
the weekends but this is definitely one stop you don't want to miss in downtown Fort Collins really
cool atmosphere in there uh very long line so get there early we were there basically right at four
waiting we were like third in line or fourth in line so just hit that it's very popular but
it's really awesome so I highly recommend but check it out the lights are all lit up there's
a beautiful sunset going on and it's beautiful right now but now we are on our way to our next
bar we're hitting all the unique bars tonight okay because this one is the sunset bar and it
is a rooftop bar so we should be able to see some really cool views uh Fort Collins from the top
the Sunset Lounge Rooftop Bar is located on the fifth floor of the Elizabeth hotel in downtown
in Fort Collins it's open to the public with indoor and outdoor seating and it offers a
variety of unique cocktails along with picturesque views of the Rocky Mountains and Fort Collins
you guys we scored on Sunset Bar Mountain views over the city of Fort Collins
oh my God this is gorgeous we hit this at such a perfect time with sunset just taking place
oh my gosh literally right behind that is Rocky Mountain National Park
oh my God this is beautiful so I got a raspberry chocolate martini and Vince
got a black coffee he's driving yeah that's okay responsible drinking this is awesome
well that's a wrap here at Sunset Lounge I had to get one more view here of the city now that it's
completely dark it's so beautiful so Vince got hungry thank you so we had to leave Sunset Lounge
no we weren't sure if they had food there they they don't have a whole bunch to like snack
on that like olives and olives yeah just very small because we were planning on just kind of
snacking there and there wasn't anything um that we wanted so there's illegal pizzas really close
um this wasn't on our plan for the night but hey why not all right let's get some snacks
before we keep on so I got some nachos a strawberry margarita and Vin's got
some tacos if you need like a quick little bite illegal Petes is actually really good
um it's kind of like a Chipotle where you like you know go order it through the line and whatnot and
then they actually have a sit-down bar so we did that so now we are on our way to the music
rat which is like a small little venue here in Fort Collins it's actually right underneath the
Sunset Lounge it has like the same entrance um so yeah we were planning on staying at Sunset Lounge
then going down but hey legal pizza was perfect so we're gonna have a little little dinner do
that but now we're gonna go see uh two faces West don't know them just a small little band
and yeah the magic rat is a first come first serve basis to all live music events so no tickets are
required plus it's completely free there's a full array of beers and craft cocktails at the bar and
a variety of small plates available it's a quaint little venue that has a fun atmosphere with Lively
musicians that play everything from Rock folk pop and more all right you guys we just left so I hope
you guys enjoyed this Vlog of downtown for Collins if you've never been you need to come check it out
it's so historic Charming I just love it I love the vibe down here so it's definitely something
you gotta check out so with that said thanks so much for watching and we'll see you guys in the
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