🍔 Fort Collins’ Best Burgers — Your Official Rankings

Happy Monday, FoCo fam,

Ben here — and our Best Burger poll actually got a solid turnout this week. Many of you chimed in, weighed your cravings, and delivered a crystal-clear Top 5 straight from the FoCo community. And it actually tells the full story of who’s serving the city’s best patties.

What kind of FoCo coffee drinker are you?

Click an option to vote

🍔 Fort Collins’ Top 5 Burgers

☕ Next Up: The Best Coffee in Fort Collins

Let the caffeine showdown begin.

FoCo takes its coffee very seriously (some might say religiously), so we’re opening our next citywide vote — and yes, this time I expect more than 11 ballots. No pressure.

Vote in today’s poll and let the coffee wars begin. ⚡

What's Happenin' in Fort Collins: Event Listings

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Local Happenings

Mayor-Elect Emily Francis Eyes Housing, Climate & Community

Emily Francis will be sworn in as Fort Collins’ next mayor on Jan. 13, 2026, after winning the city’s ranked-choice election and stepping up from her current role as mayor pro tem and District 6 council rep.

She’s taking the job at a time when housing affordability, climate action, and community connection are all colliding — and she’s framing her term around balancing those tensions.

• Plans to work closely with four new council members to “keep Fort Collins livable.”

• Top priority: sustainable funding for affordable housing, diverse projects, and faster development processes.

• Says the city needs both more housing supply and good-paying jobs.

• Acknowledges climate investments can drive up costs, and wants to recalibrate without abandoning ambition.

• Wants more “third spaces” so adults who aren’t in school or parenting still have places to gather that aren’t just bars.

Francis steps into office in January with big land-use calls ahead — from paid on-street parking to how vacant downtown lots get used.

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👋 See You Wednesday

Thanks for a delicious start to the week, FoCo. Your burger rankings were decisive, passionate, and honestly now I’m starving. Don’t forget to cast your vote in our Best Coffee in Fort Collins poll — I’m fully expecting a caffeine-fueled turnout.