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    The Crooked Cup

    4.3 (76 reviews)
    ModerateCoffee & Tea
    Open • 7:00 am - 4:00 pm

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    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids
    Good for working
    Dogs allowed

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    Bagel sandwich 10/10
    Kristi M.

    Boy oh boy do I love a hearty breakfast sando! This spot was perfect to fill up before a day of adventuring. The generous amount of avocado was much appreciated. Small spot but with a lot of charm. Def a must when you're in FOCO!

    breakfast sandwiches
    Courtney + Hannah H.

    enjoyed a delightful breakfast bagel sandwich with a fresh cup of drip coffee on the patio, a sweet little coffee shop

    Custom coffee and a crooked crumble
    David S.

    Nice little coffee shop. Went for coffee only today but, they also serve breakfast. Very clean. Has the feel of an old style cafe. We'll be back.

    Comfy chairs area...even with  free book library...take one, leave one when you come back. How cool!
    Ruth C.

    Wow. Tried their light roast and found it to be one I could drink black..now that says a lot for me since I am a "heavy cream and stevia in my coffee" drinker. Workers here are happy and energetic. They are so knowledge and even readily share their useful information within pleasant conversation. Now this is a friendly barista haven. I would just go here to talk to them cause I know I will be leaving so much smarter! Can't wait to come back here to spend more time here the next time!

    Egg, sausage and cheese kolache-delicious!

    Cozy place-mellow place to work remote which I prefer over a crowded place. Kolaches are amazing-flaky, croissant-like-delicious! Great service, coffee, and food. Will def be back!

    The Crooked Bumble Bee (Specialty Espresso Latte) with soy milk - $5.25 for a large

    I had the Club Sandwich with Miss Vickie's jalapeño chips, and it was absolutely delicious! Even better when you put some of the chips on the sandwich itself. Perfect yummy crunch! I highly recommend it. (The chips aren't that spicy, by the way so don't worry). The sandwich was packed with meat - cherrywood & whiskey smoked turkey and ham, thick cut bacon, with white American cheese that really stands out. You can tell their ingredients are fresh and high quality. Their lettuce, tomato and mayo was even killer! Just spoke to Gabriel - he says they smoke the meats for a full day. Clearly they care about flavor and quality! Camille had The Crooked Bumble Bee and a breakfast sandwich with ham, egg, tomatoes, spinach and cream cheese. Clearly she loved it since it was gone before I could get a picture! Additionally, we came in after seeing some cool drinks online, but their menu changed. However, we were reassured that they can still make any drink they used to serve since they still have all of the ingredients and syrups! They even have a whole list of the drinks in their prep area just in case someone orders something off menu! So even if you have an old favorite they no longer have on the menu, don't fret! They got you covered. :) Definitely check this place out. If I still haven't convinced you yet, the staff is super duper nice and accommodating as well.

    Cinnamon roll & a small americano

    Everyone is always so nice & the food is to die for every time! My favorite coffee shop in town to do work at.

    Puff pastry w/vegetables + cheese

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    I had the pumpkin pie shaken espresso and it was great. Chloe was super friendly and the service was very fast.

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    Great coffee! Love the chill vibe! Not the best bagels. Centrally located near some cool shops!

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    Great little coffee shop. Excellent service and fantastic coffee! Will definitely come back.

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    Great service. Cappacino tasted like watered down latte this. Maybe need to be specific with ordering. Dreamy music and good ambience.

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    Great spot for a quiet cup with a very friendly staff. Food was excellent and the coffee is very good

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    Great little coffee shop to work from. Plenty of tables inside and good atmosphere. Not too crowded and they're efficient.

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    Nice atmosphere, great food and coffee. Ver friendly. Thanks for the coffee and visit for this Texas traveler!

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    This a great little spot, excellent service and good coffee. If you enjoy local treasures, this is obe to visit.

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    Wolverine Farm Publick House - Library area

    Wolverine Farm Publick House

    4.8(44 reviews)
    0.5 mi
    •$$

    Wolverine Farm is a curious oasis of humanity in a sea of mediocrity. Buy or browse their eclectic…read moreselection of literature and poetry while enjoying a latte and scone. They have ample room for groups upstairs and outside and host a wide variety of public events. Be sure to look for unexpected wonders in their garden outside, or craft your next poem on their outdoor magnetic poetry wall.

    Tip Extortion Been…read moregoing there occasionally for 5 years. Service was hit and miss. Some staff friendly, some merely aloof, some seemingly hostile. Never could figure it out. Gave them the benefit of the doubt. I always support independent shops when possible. Friends don't let friends go to Starbucks... A few days ago it became clear. I ordered a bagel and requested it be toasted enough not to be raw inside. About half the time that's what I got. I paid and saw they wanted a tip upfront. I feel asking for a tip before earning it is unethical. So I selected no tip. I would gladly leave a dollar after. One of the staff, let's call him "Chris", toasted my bagel and delivered it to me burnt. No overdone. Burnt. As in mostly black. I said it was burnt. He replied that I requested it "double toasted". I looked at him like he was speaking in Swahili. I explained that I merely wanted it toasted and not raw inside. He insisted that I ordered it that way. He did not take my order. I said she wrote it but I did not say it. He insisted that I, the customer, was somehow so stupid as to not know how to order a bagel. I said "would you eat this"? Amazingly, he said with a straight face "yes". I replied that he could eat it but I want what I ordered. The baged was an insult. A childish lame attempt at revenge or punisihment. At this point "Chris" leaned over and told me I should be nice. Nice? Nice! I was flabbergasted. I was being scolded by kid a third my age. I was stunned. Was this a joke? Yes, but he was serious. It was an absolutely stunning display of passive-aggressive behavior. Delivered with a condescending smirk and self-righteousness. I replied that I am not nice and so what. He then insisted that I be nice. I said I am from the Midwest and we tend to be direct. It's not rude. It's the way we communicate. Honestly without hedging. This sailed right over his head unacknowledged, Then the truth. You didn't leave a tip he said. How did he know I didn't tip on the little checkout screen? I tried to explain my view on tipping that it needs to be earned. "Chris" was adamant that they expect tips as they are not paid much and work "hard". I reiterated my view and called tipping up front unearned and possibly undeserved as like Socialism. "Chris" did not like that and said that "people of my generation (Boomers are Bad!) don't get it." He further lectured me on how underpaid they were and that the "need" and thus "deserve" tips regardless of what service they offer. He then declared that a dollar tip was entirely insufficient. I replied that $1 on a $4 bagel was a 25% tip. He repeated that it was too little regardless. I said then how much is fair. He did not answer. My guess is that he knew as much about the mathematics of percentages as he knows about Swahili dialects. I offered that if they were to ask for tips after, the honorable way, they would earn more. People are motivated above all by fairness and would hedge on tips not knowing if they would be earned. "Chris" gave me the obligatory hourly-wage employee response that "that's the way it is"... The self-declared creatives have the ingenuity of cows munching grass. Then a kid decided to be a hero and intervened saying "WE don't have a problem with the tipping". In a stunning display of sociotropic behavior, he elected himself to defend the shop and represent all other patrons. I ran out of patience and told him to STFU. At this point the heroine server, who decided I like burnt bagels, told me to leave. So I did leave. I regret every penny I spent there to support their shop. So now I know why even as I liked the layout of the place, and all their countless little books promoting a myriad of pretentious woke socialist utopia topics, I never felt comfortable there. The all-inclusive did not like me invading their "Safe Space". Instead of just telling me "hey, this is our space not yours Boomer Boy" they instead were a case study in passive aggressiveness. A coward's way to feel all smug and self-righteous. Since they present themselves as fans of "literature" here is a literary quote (Kurt Vonnegut Jr. in Slaughterhouse Five... said to the character Billy Pilgrim in a hospital upon his return from being a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany... "I can carve a better man out of a banana" So I see that they have high ratings from their intended audience and I am a mere interloper. My little One star rating will not be noticed. I will end this saying "Be Nice"... "Stay Safe".... be good little normies.... tell your friends to go to Starbucks. p.s. The Wolverine is the state animal of Michigan, where I am from. It is fearless and righteous. No other animal takes it on. You don't deserve the name. May I suggest the "Weasel Farm Safe Place"...

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    Wolverine Farm Publick House - Sitting next to the outside patio with my Cuppa Joe.

    Sitting next to the outside patio with my Cuppa Joe.

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    The Little Bird Bakeshop

    4.4(277 reviews)
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    I'm new to Fort Collins and have already been to The Little Bird Bakeshop twice for business…read moremeetings. Both visits were great. Excellent coffee, seriously good food, and the staff has been incredibly kind and welcoming each time. The atmosphere is one of the best parts -- cool historic building, relaxed vibe, and just a really comfortable place to spend time. It feels like the kind of spot you can use for anything: work meetings, hanging out with friends, or just enjoying a quiet morning by yourself. Definitely becoming one of my go-to places in Fort Collins.

    I have been to Little Bird Bakeshop a few times, the old and new locations. The quality of their…read morebaked goods is consistently high. Today, the croque monsieur (the SO cringes at the way I pronounce it when I order because it sounds kind of like "croak mon-sewer") was particularly good. The SO's mushroom quiche was custardy with a good amount of mushrooms. The walnut chocolate chip cookie was an excellent thick homemade type of cookie. The sourdough loaf was spot on. As an every day black coffee drinker, I have to say, they were having a really bad coffee day. After a few sips of my coffee, I went back to counter and put a bunch of half and half into my mug of coffee. The barista was looking at me with an expression that said, "You should have ordered an espresso drink". They are forgiven for one bad coffee day.

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    Plants too!

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    Cherry Chocolate Pistachio Pastry

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    Alleycat Coffee House - Cappuccino

    Alleycat Coffee House

    4.0(243 reviews)
    0.5 mi
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    The coffee shop is on the second floor, take the exterior stairs for the entrance (there…read moreunfortunately appears to be no way of getting up without stairs). Very cool artsy psychedelic vibe, with lots of comfortable seating in a few different rooms. The barista who took my order seemed friendly, and they called my name loudly enough when my drink was ready that I could hear it from the next room. I had a piece of strawberry bread and an iced spiced chai, both really good! The strawberry bread had this fresh, rustic homemade taste to it that I loved, and it was a huge slice. The chai was appropriately strong - the spicy chai is made with soy milk, but the tea was rich enough that I didn't really pick up on the soy flavour. I could tell it was proper chai and not something made from a packaged concentrate. I wish I lived in Fort Collins so I could come here all the time!

    I actually LOVE this place but unfortunately the last three times over different days and times of…read morethe week that I've gone there to get work done there isn't a single place to sit. Not even up at the coffee bar. Sadly this place is entirely overcrowded with students who instead of utilizing their on campus resources and places to study or do homework, take up spaces like this at all hours and evidently send customers elsewhere. It's frustrating for someone like me who needs/wants the reprieve from busy crowded daily life in the evening without going to a bar. This is one of the only late night cafes open in the area and every time I plan to spend any significant time or money there I unfortunately have to leave because there's nowhere to sit. Hopefully AlleyCat is making the money it appears they should be with a space so crowded.

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    Menu and main order counter

    Happy Lucky's Teahouse - Boba!

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    4.6(101 reviews)
    0.3 mi
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    The shop has a huge variety of loose leaf tea of all types, sold by the ounce, from mid-range…read moreprices to more expensive rarer teas. They have matcha too, though I didn't really look at the matcha selection. There's something for you whether you're unfamiliar with different teas or a seasoned tea-drinker. The person that helped me with the loose leaf was very knowledgeable about the different teas. We had a great conversation about what we liked to drink, and they gave me a sample of a tea they thought I'd like based on what we talked about in addition to the three teas I bought. I went home with an ounce of Nepal Pokhara green, China lingering clouds green, sticky rice tuo-cha (pu-er), and a sample of Glenburn moonshine Darjeeling oolong. I haven't actually gotten to opening the two green teas yet but the pu-er and oolong are fantastic. On the teahouse side of the shop, you can get any of the loose leaf teas prepared for you, tea lattes, matcha, bubble tea, and some baked goods to go with your drink. I had a ceremonial matcha bowl (usucha). The matcha was good, but if you're just going to get one drink there, I think my recommendation would be to go with one of the loose leaf teas instead, because the matcha, while prepared very well, was just a run of the mill matcha, and they have so many unique teas. If you're in Fort Collins and have an interest in teas, this is a must-visit spot!

    The tea options are so plentiful so you can try before you buy. The service was fast and they…read moreoffered kids temp so it is not too hot to drink. The ambiance is casual and love the bookstore next door.

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    Happy Lucky's Teahouse - Part of the wall of teas

    Part of the wall of teas

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    Happy Lucky's Teahouse

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    The Crooked Cup - coffee - Updated September 2026

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