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Culinary Craft
2025-12-26 06:28:47
Your Perfect Day in GRAND JUNCTION
With more than our fair share of natural and cultural resources, we’ve curated five specialized day trips to pique your interest and stimulate your senses — plan your perfect day!
CULINARY CRAFT
Grand Junction offers trendy food with substance, providing you with local farm-to-table nourishment and wine-tasting adventures.
MORNING:
Start strong with a hearty breakfast at Spoons Bistro & Bakery — we especially love the Florentine Benedict, which swaps the traditional ham for spinach, avocado and feta cheese. Next, you’re off to Belli Fiori Lavender Farm for a stroll through the fragrant purple fields. The Proietti family has been farming lavender in California and Colorado since 1945; be sure to stop at the Farmhouse Shop to sample Lisa Proietti’s heavenly small-batch aromatherapy, bath and culinary products.
AFTERNOON:
Grab a light lunch of seasonal local fare at Bin 707 Foodbar, where Chef Josh Niernberg, a James Beard semifinalist chef, serves up seasonal Colorado cuisine. You can’t go wrong with their popular Tempura Artichoke Hearts or Brussel Sprouts Caesar. Get rolling again on a rented eBike or cruiser at Colorado E Bikes to experience the Colorado Riverfront Trail system, 28 miles of scenic paved and packed trails connected to Downtown Grand Junction.
You’ll work up a thirst out on the trail so trek on over to the family-owned Highlands Distillery and relax in the cool yert for sips of your favorite spirits. The expertly crafted high-end cocktails are made with local ingredients, including lavender infusions from the farm that surrounds the distillery - Belli Fiori Lavender Farm.
EVENING:
End your wining-and-dining day with a relaxing dinner at 626 on Rood, where locally grown produce is perfectly paired with responsibly raised seafood, poultry and game. We’re big fans of the Roasted Palisade Plums and Scallops. After dinner, adjourn to Trail Life Brewing for a River Shuttle Blonde or a cider, hard seltzer or sloshy - nonalcholic is on the menu too!
Learn more about Grand Junction’s craft beverages on page 55.
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