Appetizers
Game
Beef
Pork & Fowl
Fort Favorites
Desserts

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Featuring fine beef, buffalo, game and seafood, The Fort's award-winning menu offers a tantalizing selection of old and new foods of the Great West.
  Dinner entrees range from $22 - $52, however some Chef specials may exceed $52.


The Fort combines our
loveof the Old West with
a passion for good food.  While we specialize in the "food and drink of the
Early West", we explore
the culinary past to bring
you new frontiers of gastronomy. 

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Appetizers


Roast Bison Marrow Bones
Known as "Prairie Butter" to the early pioneers, this delicacy was
Julia Child's favorite! Served in the bone with crostini.(allow extra time)
$18

BBQ'D Duck Quesadilla
Smoked duck in a coffee barbeque sauce with aged Mexican cheeses in a flour tortilla. 
Served with a mango-chipotle salsa.
$8

Peanut Butter Stuffed Jalapeños Escabeche
House made pickled jalapeños with a mango whipped peanut butter.
$6

Bison Eggs
Pickled quail eggs wrapped in house made buffalo sausage. Served with a
raspberry-jalapeno jam. Our version of a "Scottish egg."
$10

Broiled Asadero Cheese
White cow's milk cheese broiled and served with Fort toast.
$8

Lamb Riblets

Crispy lamb riblets tossed in a spicy citrus bbq sauce
$13

Hot Sausage Bean Dip
Hot sausage sauteed with Mexican beer, refried beans and cheddar cheese.
Served with corn tortilla chips
$7

Mexican Style Salsa Cruda
A simple fresh salsa served with corn tortilla chips.
$6

Acapulco Shrimp "Ceviche"

Acapulco shrimp "Ceviche" style with fresh avocado,
a spicy-sweet tomato broth and salsa fresca. $14
Try with a shot of Absolut Peppar...Delish! add $2

Historians' Platter
Boudies, Rocky Mountain oysters, guacamole, bison tongue and jalapeños for 4
$28

Sam's Famous Guacamole & Corn Chips
Denver’s Best Guacamole with big chunks of avocado, tomato, onion and fresh squeezed lime,
served with corn tortilla chips.
$7

Bison "Boudies" Sausage
Sam's mountain man recipe for homemade buffalo sausage.
$8

Rocky Mountain Oysters
Small bites battered and fried to a golden brown and served with a tangy "cocktail" sauce.
$8

Braised Bison Tongue - A Historian's Treat
The 19th century's finest gourmet meat served with Fort toast and caper aioli.
$9

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Game
All of the Buffalo (Bison) we serve are from select Rocky Mountain ranches.


William Bent's Buffalo Tenderloin Filet Mignon
The most tender of all, 8 oz. Buffalo Filet with Fort
potatoes and seasonal vegetable.
$44

Uncle Dick's Buffalo New York Strip
14 oz. Kansas City style sirloin strip (bone in) for full flavor, grilled to perfection.
Served with Fort Potatoes and seasonal vegetable.
$42

Scout Jim Baker's Mountain Man Steak
20 oz. Bone in Buffalo Ribeye - full of flavor for the mountain man in us all!
Served with roasted garlic white cheddar mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetable.
$52

Smoke House Buffalo Ribs Platter
Buffalo Ribs, slowly braised, smoked and smothered with our own tangy Jack
Daniels BBQ sauce. Served with historical BBQ heirloom beans and seasonal vegetable.
1/2 Rack (4) $30
Full Rack (8) $48

Elk Chop St. Vrain
14-ounce bone-in Rocky Mountain elk chop, grilled to perfection with wild Montana huckleberries.
Served with roasted garlic white cheddar mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.
$45

The Fort's Game Plate
Our most popular dish! An Elk Chop, Buffalo Filet Medallion,
and a grilled teriyaki Quail. Served with Fort potatoes and seasonal vegetable.
$44

Washtunkala Cast Iron Kettle
Tender tips of Buffalo Tenderloin in a rich buffalo demi-glace with roasted green
chiles, pearl onions, fresh thyme, fire-roasted corn and sunflower seeds.
Just like the campfire! Served with Fort potatoes.
$32

Sam Arnold's Prime Rib of Buffalo
12 oz. cut of slow roasted buffalo with a New Mexican chile rub.  Served with
roasted garlic white cheddar mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables. 
$38

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Beef
Colorado Territory Beef

"Tenderlips" Beef Filet Mignon
8 oz. center cut grilled to perfection. Served
with seasonal vegetables and Fort potatoes.
$42

Scout Johnnie Baker's Top Sirloin
12-ounce all natural top sirloin steak, grilled to your liking.
Served with seasonal vegetables and Fort potatoes.
$34

Gonzales Style Grilled Steak
12-ounce all natural top sirloin steak, stuffed with Hatch green chile and a
freshly grilled chile pod. Served with seasonal vegetables and Fort potatoes.
$36

Uncle Dick's "Incorrect Steak"
Frontiersman Dick Wootton's favorite steak and eggs. Topped with melted white cheddar cheese,
Dixon red chile sauce, and a fried egg. Served with seasonal vegetables and Fort potatoes.
$38
Extra eggs $1 each



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Pork & Fowl

Cuban Mojo Chicken - Inspired by The Fort's manager, Luis Bonachea, in 1963
All natural chicken breast pan seared and topped with a mango mojo sauce, served with
cuban black beans, cilantro rice and fried plantains.
$27

Award Winning Berkshire Pork Chop - Holly's favorite!
Grilled Berkshire pork chop served with white cheddar mashed potatoes, seasonal
vegetables and fire roasted applesauce.
$32

William Bent's Grilled Quail
Teriyaki marinated quail served with wild Montana huckleberry demi-glace
seasonal vegetables and Fort potatoes.
Two - $24 or Three - $28

Crispy Roasted Duck
Crispy roasted half duck, served with a wild huckleberry demi-glace, wild rice with toasted
pinon nuts and sun-dried cranberries.
$29

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Fort Favorites

General Armillo's Lamb Chops
Grilled Colorado lamb T-bones served on a bed of fried spinach and a fresh quinoa salad
with locally grown heirloom tomatoes.
$28

Pecan Crusted Salmon
Fresh Atlantic salmon crusted with pecans and baked. Topped with prairie butter.
Served with a wild rice and Anasazi bean salad.
$29

Mary Schlosser's Taos Trout - Given to Saml' in 1948 recipe from The Taos Pueblo
Oven roasted trout, stuffed with fresh mint and wrapped in applewood smoked bacon.
Served with cilantro rice, calabacitas and crawfish salsa.
$27

Three Sacred Sisters" Vegetarian Tamale Pie
Baked tamale pie, includes corn, Anasazi beans and summer squash, also known to Native Tribes as
"The Three Sacred Sisters". Served with fresh quinoa salad with locally grown heirloom tomatoes.
$22

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Desserts

Negrita
The Fort's famous signature dessert. A blend of dark chocolate whipped with Myer's rum served in a chocolate tulip cup. The ideal choice for the chocolate connoisseur.
$8

Chocolate Chile Bourbon Cake
A delectable and ancient Aztec combination of a rich, dark chocolate and New Mexican red chile cake topped with chocolate and bourbon frosting. It will make your heart sing "Hip Hip Huzzah!"
$7

Sam's Famous Cheesecake
Sam Arnold's prized recipe. A light creamy cheesecake with graham cracker crust.
"It's better than the first kiss."
$8

Rosemary Infused Panna Cotta with Huckleberries
A deliciously silky-smooth light dessert made of cream infused with rosemary, topped with huckleberries.
$7

Chef's Choice of Creme Brulee
Chef's daily variation on a delicate custard covered in a burnt sugar crust.
$9

Ice House Treats

Ice Cream
Choose from vanilla bean or Mexican chocolate.
$6

Trapper's Fruit Sundae
A historical treat eaten by most mountain men. A compote of dried apples, apricots, and raisins.
Topped with toasted pinon nuts and a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream.
$7

Holly’s Adobe Sundae
Choice of Mexican chocolate or vanilla bean ice cream, topped with our homemade
hot fudge sauce and a dusting of chocolate adobe chile powder.
$7

Homemade Butterscotch Sundae
Vanilla bean ice cream topped with our homemade
butterscotch and pinon nuts.
$7

Cast Iron Fresh Fruit Cobbler
Seasonal fruit served warm, topped with an oatmeal streusel and a scoop of vanilla
bean ice cream. Drizzled with our homemade carmel sauce.
$7

Vera's Caramel Brownie
No chocolate in this one! A warm chewy carmel brownie with walnuts and canola seed.
Served with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. .
$7

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