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        Restaurants, American Restaurants, Barbecue Restaurants
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        Today: 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
        Tomorrow: 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
        Years in Business icon
        61 Years
        in Business
        Amenities:
        Offers outdoor seatingWheelchair accessibleGood for groupsHas WifiServes alcoholTakes reservationsGood for families
        (303) 697-4771Visit WebsiteMap & Directions19192 Highway 8Morrison, CO 80465Write a Review

        Menu

        All Entrées Are Served With
        • Fort Breads
          A selection of pumpkin walnut muffins and dinner rolls
        • Dinner Salad
          Seven crisp greens topped with pickled ginger, diced jicama and toasted pepitas. You can add guacamole for $4
        Appetizers
        • Peanut Butter Stuffed Jalapeños Escabeche
          House-made pickled jalapeños with a mango chutney sweetened whipped peanut butter
          $8.00
        • Forest Child's Stuffed Mushrooms
          Fresh mushroom caps stuffed with a blend of cream cheese, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, garlic, onion, salt, black pepper, paprika, oregano, cumin, and bacon bits. Baked to perfection. A perfect start to a "Waugh-some" dinner!
          $14.00
        • Rocky Mountain Oysters
          "The last thing that jumps over the fence" as our ranchers say. Small buffalo bites tossed in seasoned panko and deep fried to a crispy golden brown. Served with a tangy sweet chili sauce. One of our most popular appetizers!
          $8.00
        Main Course
        • William Bent's Buffalo Tenderloin Filet Mignon*
          So tender, it's like the first kiss! The tenderest of all, an 8-ounce buffalo filet. Served with prairie butter – a compound butter including buffalo bone marrow and herbs. Everything is better with Butter! Especially Prairie Butter! With seasonal vegetables and Fort potatoes
        • Herb Butter Buffalo Tenderloin Filet Mignon*
          Our Culinary contest winner for 2018 was Sous Chef, Mike Winckler, who created this delicious preparation for any steak choice. Everything tastes better with butter! Enjoy this tender 8 ounce buffalo tenderloin, sautéed with butter, and herbs, cooked in a cast iron skillet, brought sizzling to your table. Served with Fort potatoes and seasonal vegetables
        • 12 Ounce Buffalo Ribeye "Carne Asada" Style*
          Enjoy this 12 ounce buffalo ribeye, marinated in a citrus chipolte blend and grilled to perfection. Served with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables
          $52.00
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        Nancy J.

        06/12/2013

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        Remains Fantastic

        We have been to the Fort many times over the years and consider it to be one of top restaurant in the Denver Metro area. The food, mostly wild game, is prepared and presented beautifully, and the taste is fantastic. The location in the foot hills, over looking the whole Metro area gives a view that shouldn't be missed. Mothers Day we were group of eight on a very busy day. They had a choice of 3 special 3 course meals, along with their regular menu, so all had a variety to choose, and the service was perfect. The Fort is a little pricey, but worth the price!

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        Phone: (303) 697-4771

        Address: 19192 Highway 8, Morrison, CO 80465

        Website: http://www.thefort.com

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        General Info
        An award winning and nationally acclaimed “truly Colorado” restaurant, The Fort is located in Southwest Denver’s Red Rocks Territory. Specializing in regional game, such as bison, elk and quail, as well as seasonal fish and hearty vegetarian fare influenced by American Indian and Mountain Man cuisine, The Fort’s creation of “New Foods of the Old West,” brings back popular recipes from the 19th century, prepared with a twist. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Fort is a full-scale adobe replica of Bent’s Fort, an important fur-trading fort originally in Southeastern Colorado (1833-1849). Paying homage to the property’s historic inspiration, The Fort’s cuisine is modeled after the diets of pioneers along the Santa Fe Trail, mountain men and native Indian tribes, as well as the culinary influences of the Mexican and Spanish traders who once occupied the border of Old Mexico and the U.S. Territory where the original Bent’s Fort sat. Kinney leads The Fort’s creation of “New Foods of the Old West,” bringing back modernized versions of popular recipes from the 19th century, utilizing a rare cookbook library with more than 3,000 volumes. Dishes such as roasted bison marrow bones, braised bison tongue, Rocky Mountain Oysters and Buffalo tenderloin filet mignon are menu staples, as are cocktails like Trade Whiskey, made with “organic” gunpowder, and “The Hailstorm,” the first Colorado cocktail served in 1833 at Bent’s Fort.
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        Services/Products
        Organic Foods, Organic Health Foods.
        Payment method
        check, paypal
        Price Range
        $$$
        Location
        Located in Morrison, Colorado, just west of Denver.
        Other Links

        http://www.thefort.com

        https://www.thefort.com/menus/

        https://thefort.com/opentable-reservations/

        Categories
        Restaurants, American Restaurants, Barbecue Restaurants, Historical Places, Steak Houses
        Other Information

        Parking: Lot, Private

        Wi-Fi: Free

        Bike Parking: No

        Attire: Dressy

        Wheelchair Accessible: Yes

        Takes Reservations: Yes

        Outdoor Seating: Yes

        Good For Groups: Yes

        Good for Kids: Yes

        Good For Family: Yes

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