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A selection of pumpkin walnut muffins and dinner rolls

Crisp greens topped with pickled ginger, diced jicama and toasted pepitas. Add guacamole

gluten free, vegetarian

Crisp Kalera romaine lettuce with house made Caesar dressing, croutons, white Italian sardines

$4

gluten free

Chunky Danish Blue Cheese

Herbal Damiana House Vinaigrette

Buttermilk Ranch

Chipotle Honey

Caesar

Balsamic Vinegar & Fine Extra Virgin Olive Oil

So tender, it’s like the first kiss! The tenderest of all, an 8-ounce buffalo filet. Served with homemade Brandy Peppercorn sauce. With seasonal vegetables and Fort potatoes

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gluten free

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

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gluten free

Try them all! Our most popular dish! A bone-in elk chop, buffalo sirloin medallion, and a grilled teriyaki quail. Served with seasonal vegetables, and Fort potatoes, and wild Montana Huckleberry Preserves.

$74

gluten free

Ceran St. Vrain was Bent's partner in the 1840's, when they were forming the Bent St. Vrain Company. Two 4-ounce, bone-in elk chops, with wild Montana Huckleberry Preserves. Served with Fort potatoes.

$57

shellfish free

The cleanest ribeye you will ever eat. You truly taste the flavor from your first bite to your last. You will savor every juicy bite of this certified 12-ounce Akaushi Beef Ribeye. Served with mashed potatoes.

$72

gluten free

The marbling speaks for itself, tender, and rich with flavor! Served with seasonal vegetables and Fort potatoes

$59

gluten free

So tender it is like the first kiss! 6-ounce center cut beef filet grilled to perfection, served with seasonal vegetables and Fort potatoes

$65

gluten free

Frontiersman Dick Wootton’s favorite steak and eggs. Our 14-ounce Colorado natural beef NY strip, topped with a blend of melted Mexican cheeses, New Mexican Dixon red chile sauce and a fried egg, served with seasonal vegetables and Fort potatoes

$63

gluten free

Inspired by The Fort’s wood carver Elidio Gonzales. A 14-ounce Colorado natural beef NY strip, stuffed with New Mexican hatch green chiles, topped with a freshly grilled chile pod, and served with seasonal vegetables and Fort potatoes.

$63

gluten free

Slowly braised with The Fort's Jack Daniel's BBQ Sauce, served on top of green chile and goat cheese stone mill creamy grits. Served with a side of our seasonal vegetables.

$45

gluten free

The perfect combination of lobster from the sea and buffalo from the mountains. Enjoy a 5-ounce buffalo sirloin served with a broiled lobster tail brushed with butter and herbs. Served with Fort potatoes

$82

gluten free

Bent’s Fort’s cook, Charlotte Green would’ve approved! Buffalo ribs are BIG with tender meat falling off the bone! Smoked buffalo ribs, slowly roasted and smothered in our tangy Jack Daniels barbecue sauce. Served with seasonal vegetables beans and butter & cream mashed potatoes

Half Rack $49

Full Rack $60

He was known to steal your sheep and then sell them back to you in the 1840's! Two grilled tender Colorado lamb T-bones, served with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

$52

gluten free

This is a favorite of hunters and duck meat lovers…so tender and delish! A crisp pan-seared tender duck breast, topped with a blackberry and red wine sauce reduction and fresh blackberries. Savory with a bit of sweet, a perfect summer treat. Served with The Fort's wild rice blend.

$52

Quail roamed the prairies in the 1840s and was a favorite food of American Indians and fur trappers! Two teriyaki marinated quails served with wild Montana Huckleberry Preserves, seasonal vegetables, and Fort potatoes

$45

gluten free

The Norseman fur traders were some of the first traders in the New World. This sustainably raised, buttery Arctic Salmon, topped with chilled mango salsa, would make them proud! Served on a bed of wild and brown rice and seasonal vegetables.

$55

dairy free, gluten free

Crispy jumbo gulf shrimp are lightly breaded in panko and spice, quickly deep fried and set on top of a bed of stone mill southern Grits, with goat cheese and butter. Created by Fort cook Ben Seupaul, winner of the Fort's Culinary contest.

$38

gluten free

You choose the “pickens”! Seven mixed greens with goat cheese, jicama, candied walnuts, pickled ginger and dried berries. Served with your choice of dressing. Top with any side of protein.

$24

gluten free, vegetarian

Crisp Kalera romaine lettuce with house made Caesar dressing, croutons, white Italian anchovies – Caesar Cardini, the inventor, would approve! Top with any side of protein.

$26

gluten free

A vegetarian filling of black beans, Anasazi beans, onion, green pepper, lime juice, wild and brown rice, corn, tomatoes, & seasoning. You can have it baked in a light pastry, as empanadas, or served in a bowl topped with avocado and drizzled with vegetarian Dixon red chile and crema. Vegan option available.

$42

vegetarian

Susan Magoffin, who traveled to Bent's Fort in 1845, would have loved these garden fresh stuffed seasonal peppers! A roasted pepper stuffed with a wild mushroom risotto with succotash. Topped with a blend of Mexican cheeses, Dixon red chile sauce, and lime crema. Served with Fort potatoes and seasonal vegetable. Vegan option available.

$42

vegetarian

Add a side to any entrée of:

Lobster Tail $35

Bone-in Elk Chop $24

Buffalo Sirloin* $25

Duck Breast* $26

Buffalo Rib $19

Quail $16

President Jefferson’s Favorite Mild Green Chile Mac N’ Cheese $14

Substitute any starch with President Jefferson’s Favorite Mac N’ Cheese $7

Goat Cheese Green Chile Grits $9

Forest Mushrooms $13

Crisp Double Fried French Fries $10

Seasonal Vegetables $6

Mashed Potatoes with Choice of Gravy $8

Fort Potatoes $8

Wild Rice Blend $8

Our Famous Sauces:

Hot or Mild Gonzales Green Chile $5

New Mexican Dixon Red Chile Gravy $5

Jack Daniels Barbecue $5

Huckleberry Sauce 2 oz. $4

Huckleberry Sauce 8 oz. $15

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Cranberry, orange

$4

Virgin Daiquiri $7

Colanche (Prickly Pear lemonade) $8

Huckleberry Lemonade (Summer Only) $10

The famed drink from Bent’s Fort: Your choice of well bourbon or scotch, sugar, mint and ice in a Mason jar

$16

French brandy, peach brandy, ice, sugar and sprigs of mint served in a Mason jar

$16

Historic old western fur trade recipe: fine bourbon deliciously flavored with red pepper, tobacco and black gun powder. Remarkably excellent in flavor. Served neat

$12

Myer’s rum, peach brandy, brandy, sugar and lemon juice over ice

$16

A mysterious mix of 9 ingredients with rum. For those who like a citrusy, semi-sweet drink

$16

Four premium rums and juices. Limit two, unless you’re riding a horse who knows his own way home

$19

Tequila, pomegranate juice, lemon and lime

$16

Pama pomegranate liqueur, Absolut Citrus vodka, and a splash of cranberry juice

$19

Made from fresh lemon, lime, orange and apple. Then blended with red wine, a splash of brandy and served in a Mason jar

$16

A rich cup of coffee, graced with Bailey’s Irish cream and Frangelico. Topped with whipped cream

$15

A harmonious blend of Colorado Vodka, Canton Ginger liqueur, lime, and Cock & Bull Ginger Beer

With copper cup $39

Refill with copper cup $16

The Fort’s traditional recipe

1/2 liter pitcher $25

Glass $13

Jose Cuervo Gold, Triple Sec and freshly squeezed lime juice

1/2 liter pitcher $25

Glass $13

Made with scarlet prickly pear fruit – slush or on the rocks

1/2 liter pitcher $25

Glass $13

A delish blend of Blanco tequila, lime juice and sweetened with agave nectar. Refreshing, will tame the thirstiest of travelers.

1/2 Liter Pitcher $25

Glass $13

A zesty blend of Ilegal Joven Mezcal, grapefruit, agave and spicy peppers that is sure to get your night started off right

$19

Empress 1908 Gin, St Germain Elderflower liqueur, lemon juice, simple syrup, club soda

$17

A harmonious blend of citrus and berry. Crafted with Huckleberry infused vodka, a splash of cranberry juice and lemonade.

$16

A blend of white wine, Canton Ginger Liqueur, and the refreshing flavors of orange, lemon and lime.

$16

A smokey twist on a classis cocktail. Illegal Mezcal Joven, Aperol Aperitif, Sweet Vermouth and a splash of Mr Black's Coffee Liqueur.

$18

America's oldest cocktail delights with a hint of Absinthe, rye whiskey, sugar, and a splash of Peychaud's Bitters, then we "smoke" it.

$16

Build your own smash with your choice of well spirit to be combined with huckleberries, lemon juice, and Canton Ginger Liqueur. Choose from our well spirits like vodka, gin, rum, tequila, whiskey...or venture outside the well for an upcharge.

$17

A mature expression of our classic Fort Old Fashioned. A delightful blend of Rye Whiskey, Grahams Port, Grand Marnier, cherry bitters and orange zest.

$19

Breckenridge Vodka, Mr Black Coffee Liqueur, Italian espresso, chocolate bitters and a hint of lemon zest.

$17

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Colorado’s first non-alcoholic drink enjoyed at the South Platte River fur trade forts. Made of prickly pear syrup, fresh squeezed lemon and lime juice

$8

You’ll fly safely with peychaud bitters & sparkling water. Not sweet, but clean, cold and wet!

$8

Fresh squeezed lime, ginger beer, and sparkling soda, and a splash of peychaud bitters

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