Directory

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A Thai restaurant on North Lincoln Avenue, open for lunch and dinner six days a week, which describes its cooking as Thai culinary tradition with a modern interpretation.

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A downtown spot on 5th Street for hand-breaded chicken tenders, crispy sandwiches, grilled bowls and salads, with a daily 2–5 pm happy hour.

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A chef-driven 4th Street restaurant that the owners say has been a local favorite since 2012, suited to happy hour, dinner before a show or date night.

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A locally owned downtown diner for breakfast and lunch where, in Doug's words, "darn near everything" is made from scratch, from biscuits and jams to sausages and pickles.

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A 4th Street pub serving classic and contemporary American food, which the owners describe as a blend of old-town feel and urban flair.

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A Loveland pizza landmark since 1971, still at its original corner of Highway 34 and Van Buren and still making pizza from the original recipes.

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Hickory-smoked barbecue on St. Cloud Drive since 2008: brisket smoked for 14 hours, ribs, pork and turkey, with a midweek lunch buffet.

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A sub shop on 4th Street downtown, open on weekdays from late morning into the afternoon.

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A dinner-only Italian restaurant on Cleveland Avenue downtown, the Loveland member of a three-location family that also has restaurants in Westminster and Broomfield.

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A 4th Street slice shop for New York-style pizza by the slice, with beer and cocktails and open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

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Downtown Loveland's chophouse since 1966, serving steaks it ages and cuts in-house, plus seafood and burgers; it notes years of Reporter-Herald Readers' Choice wins for best steakhouse.

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A locally owned steak and seafood restaurant on 4th Street downtown, serving hand-selected steaks, fresh seafood and chosen wines, with an emphasis on warm, personal service.

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The 4th Street outpost of Urban Field Pizza & Market, a pizza kitchen that bills itself as "so much more than great pizza," open for lunch through dinner Tuesday to Sunday.

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Fresh street tacos and premium tequilas on Cleveland Avenue downtown, at what the restaurant calls Lucio's family-inspired creative Mexican destination.

Bar

The Loveland location of family-owned Berthoud Brewing on Cascade Avenue, pairing traditional-style beers with wood-fired pizza, large patios and space for parties.

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North Garfield Avenue brewery that bills itself as Loveland's front porch, with play areas for kids, dogs welcome inside and out, and food trucks Thursday through Sunday.

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Grimm Brothers calls itself Loveland's longest-operating brewery; its taproom, full cocktail bar and comfort-food kitchen now sit inside the Forge Campus on 14th Street SW.

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A downtown meadery serving its own Old Norse-style meads, hand-crafted with local honey, along with wines, ciders and small plates.

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A downtown cocktail lounge "where 1940s glamour meets modern mixology," with an intimate art deco room, inventive cocktails and gourmet bites such as charcuterie boards and baked brie.

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Family-friendly downtown brewpub on East Fifth Street with 10–12 house-brewed beers, a full bar and pub food from quesadillas to Rocky Mountain pizzas.

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An alcohol-free social spot on 4th Street with handcrafted mocktails at the bar, a basement game area and a quieter upstairs lounge; the owners bill it as Northern Colorado's premier alcohol-free destination.

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Downtown brewery on East 5th Street named for the ingredients Germany's beer purity law forbade, so expect fruit, spice and barrel-aged beers alongside Czech-style lagers.

Coffee & Sweets

A locally owned coffee shop and roastery at the Foundry downtown, serving its own small-batch coffee with homemade pastries, including cinnamon rolls the shop calls award-winning.

Coffee & Sweets

A downtown café and roastery on Jefferson Avenue pouring small-batch specialty coffee, with its own blends and single-origin beans to take home.

Coffee & Sweets

What the owners call Northern Colorado's first cat cafe: a calm downtown room on 5th Street where you sip coffee or tea among rescue cats that are up for adoption.

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An artist-owned gallery on East 4th Street showing original work by Northern Colorado artists, from paintings and pottery to jewelry and photography, with custom framing.

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The Thompson Valley Art League's gallery on Lincoln Avenue, a block off 4th Street, showing rotating work by the league's exhibiting member artists.

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A bronze-sculpture gallery and working studio on East 4th Street, open to collectors and the simply curious on weekday daytimes.

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A 4th Street cookie shop baking quarter-pound and two-ounce cookies in daily and seasonal flavors, from snickerdoodle to s'mores, open into the evening.

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A gift and wellness shop on East 4th Street stocking crystals, jewelry, books, skincare and other self-care goods.

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A West 4th Street shop for bikes, e-bikes, skis and outdoor gear, which it pitches as high-end equipment without the high-end price.

Park

A free 10-acre sculpture park with 188 permanently installed works, home since 1985 to the Loveland High Plains Arts Council's Sculpture in the Park show each August.

Park

A 2,082-acre Colorado Parks and Wildlife park built around Boyd Lake, with camping, fishing, swimming and paddling; low water has closed the lake to boating for the rest of 2026.

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A free 26-acre sculpture park beside the Promenade Shops at Centerra, with 82 monumental stone sculptures by Zimbabwean artists set along walking trails and gardens.

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A nonprofit nature center with 275 acres of restored native open space and trails, plus demonstration gardens that are open dawn to dusk every day.

Venue

A 4th Street theater that opened as a silent movie house in 1920 and now hosts touring musicians, comedians and performers alongside local performing arts groups.

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The big events campus off I-25 at Crossroads Boulevard: Blue Arena for concerts and Colorado Eagles hockey, plus halls and arenas for trade shows, festivals, rodeo and equine events.