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Directory

All 30 places in Windsor we list — restaurants, bars & breweries, coffee & sweets, shops, trails, parks & open space, venues, places to stay and services — with where they are and when they are open. Listings are editorial; nobody pays to be here.

Every place, by kind

Restaurants 4

  • Restaurant

    Specialty pizzas, burgers and a proper dinner menu a few steps off Main Street on 4th, with a patio, house cocktails and a happy hour six days a week.

    205 1/2 4th St

    Mon–Thu 3–8:30 pm, Fri–Sat 11 am–9 pm, Sun 11 am–8 pm

  • Restaurant

    Windsor's fine-dining restaurant since 2007, in an 1895 building on Main Street. Closed since a kitchen fire in summer 2025; its own site still says so, with reopening promised but not yet dated.

    406 Main St

  • Restaurant

    Dinner restaurant at Pelican Lakes in Water Valley with a patio looking over the golf course to the mountains, a daily early and late happy hour and live music on Thursdays.

    1600-A Pelican Lakes Point

    Tue–Thu & Sun 4–9 pm, Fri–Sat 4–10 pm; closed Mon

  • Restaurant

    The Windsor branch of the northern Colorado wing chain, at the west end of Main Street, open 11 to 10 every day for dine-in, pickup and online orders.

    1294 Main St

    Daily 11 am–10 pm

Bars & breweries 4

  • Peculier Ales

    Our pick

    Bar

    Downtown Windsor's first craft brewery, in the rebuilt Windsor Mill at 3rd and Main, with a big patio, its own kitchen and a tap list that changes with the releases.

    301 Main St

    Mon 11 am–8 pm, Tue–Thu 11 am–9 pm, Fri–Sat 11 am–10 pm, Sun 11 am–8 pm

  • Bar

    Brewery with a full kitchen on Highland Meadows Parkway on the west side of Windsor, one of the town's three breweries; its own website blocks automated reading, so hours are not listed here.

    4487 Highland Meadows Pkwy

  • Bar

    Small-batch brewery and taproom on Fairgrounds Avenue at the west edge of Windsor, near I-25: a long list of IPAs, lagers, porters and sours, four-packs to go, dogs welcome and food trucks outside.

    6383 N Fairgrounds Ave, Suite 200

    Mon 3–8 pm, Tue–Thu 3–10 pm, Fri–Sat 12–10 pm, Sun 11 am–9 pm

  • Bar

    A whiskey-and-bacon pub on Main Street with no TVs, no reservations and no phone: a long whiskey list, Colorado-made spirits and beer, a snug for small groups and a rear biergarten where dogs are welcome.

    514 Main St

Coffee & sweets 2

  • Coffee & Sweets

    Coffee shop and chocolatier in one on the corner of 5th and Main: espresso drinks, hand-painted small-batch truffles, Walrus ice cream and a free back room for groups, open early to late every day.

    430 Main St

    Mon–Thu 7:30 am–8 pm, Fri–Sat 7:30 am–9 pm, Sun 8:30 am–8 pm

  • Coffee & Sweets

    The candy and cookie shop behind the pink door at Main and 5th: cookies baked on site, more than 60 bottled sodas, classic and obscure candy, popsicles, toys and fudge from Eaton.

    503 Main St

    Mon–Thu 10–6, Fri–Sat 10 am–9 pm, Sun 11–5

Shops 4

  • Shop

    Vintage clothing, upcycled decor and local artisan goods in a shop at 5th and Main, the Windsor sister of the Old Town Fort Collins store.

    500 Main St, Ste B

  • Shop

    Gift shop on the 500 block of Main Street: jewelry, accessories, home decor, bath and body, and handmade pieces, open Monday to Saturday.

    505 Main St

    Mon–Sat 10–6

  • Shop

    Windsor's game and comic shop, next to Ace Hardware on west Main Street: Magic, Pokémon and other card games, role-playing games, Warhammer miniatures, comics and manga, with a game room and weekly events.

    1215-B Main St

    Tue–Fri 2–9 pm, Sat–Sun 12–9 pm; closed Mon

  • Shop

    The family-owned downtown hardware store, on Main Street since 1946: hardware, plumbing, electrical, Benjamin Moore paint, keys cut, housewares and sporting goods, with special orders.

    418 Main St

    Mon–Fri 9–5:30, Sat 9–4; closed Sun

Trails 2

  • Trail

    Twenty-one miles of wide paved trail along the Cache la Poudre from Island Grove Park in Greeley to Highway 392 at Windsor, with the main Windsor trailhead at Eastman Park and a link west to Larimer County's River Bluffs Open Space.

    Eastman Park, 7025 Eastman Park Dr

  • Trail

    The 2.25-mile loop around Windsor Lake from Boardwalk Park, the town's everyday walk and run, flat the whole way, with the lake dog park on the north shore and a connection west on the #2 Ditch Trail.

    100 N 5th St (Boardwalk Park)

Parks & open space 6

  • Park

    The Town park on Windsor Lake at the north edge of downtown: swim beach, boat rentals, fishing, a playground, a stage and three shelters, with the 2.25-mile lake trail and the History Museum's old buildings on the grounds.

    100 N 5th St

  • Park

    The park on the east side of downtown with the Town's outdoor pool (lap lanes, a kiddie pool, a water slide coming in 2027), three ball fields including a new turf field, playgrounds, shelters and restrooms.

    200 E Chestnut St

  • Park

    Windsor's big river park south of downtown at 7th Street and the Poudre: a river-mile for tubing and kayaking, an 18-hole disc golf course, a fenced dog park, skatepark, fields, playground and the Poudre River Trail along its south edge.

    7025 Eastman Park Dr

  • Park

    The old town park under big trees just south of Town Hall: playground, pickleball and basketball courts, three shelters with grills, restrooms, and cornhole, foosball and ping pong for the picnic crowd.

    300 Locust St

  • Park

    An acre of public garden on the Poudre River Trail south of Eastman Park, half growing vegetables for the food pantry and half showing water-wise plants that do well in Windsor, with free events through the growing season.

    1524 7th St

  • Park

    The neighborhood park for Highland Meadows on the west side of Windsor: playgrounds including a dragon play feature, a sand volleyball court, basketball, a ball-field backstop, two shelters and a gazebo, and trails through a small nature area.

    7985 Highland Meadows Pkwy

Venues 5

  • Venue

    The Town's free art and history gallery in the 1909 former Town Hall on 5th Street, with rotating exhibitions and the old fire truck out front, open Thursday to Sunday.

    116 5th St

    Thu 3–7 pm, Fri–Sun 12–4 pm; closed Mon–Wed

  • Venue

    The Clearview Library District's main library on 3rd Street, open seven days: books and media, computers and 3D printing, children's programs, reservable meeting rooms, test proctoring and a notary.

    720 3rd St

    Mon–Thu 9–7, Fri–Sat 9–5, Sun 1–5

  • Venue

    The Town's 85,000-square-foot recreation center on 11th Street: two gyms, fitness rooms, an indoor track and an indoor pool with lap lanes, lazy river, slide and hot tub, open from 5 am on weekdays with day passes.

    250 N 11th St

    Mon–Fri 5 am–9 pm, Sat 8 am–6:45 pm, Sun 12–6:35 pm

  • Venue

    The 118-acre sports complex on Windsor's east side: a stadium that is home to Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC and the Owlz, an indoor dome, baseball diamonds, turf fields, volleyball courts and a Miracle Field, built for tournaments and leagues.

    950 Owlz Way

  • Venue

    Five historic buildings moved to Boardwalk Park, among them the 1882 train depot, an 1885 schoolhouse, a beet shack and a chapel, open free on summer weekends from late May to early September.

    100 N 5th St

Places to stay 1

  • Lodging

    The budget motel on the west end of Main Street and the only hotel inside the old town: free light breakfast, fridge and microwave in every room, free parking for trucks and RVs, and a small meeting room.

    1265 Main St

Services 2

  • Service

    The chamber's storefront office on Main Street, and the keeper of the member business directory, map and events calendar that are the best local index of who is open in Windsor and Severance.

    421 Main St

  • Service

    The Town of Windsor's offices on Walnut Street, open weekdays 8 to 5: utility payments, building permits, the Town Clerk, municipal court and the Town Board's meeting chamber, with Main Park just to the south.

    301 Walnut St

    Mon–Fri 8 am–5 pm