A location in Fort Collins that has seen a pasta restaurant and a Mexican restaurant became home to a gluten-free restaurant and cider taproom in late 2020; becoming the new tenant, where Rasta Pasta and La Luz had once been. The Colorado taproom was a location of a cidery based out of of Washington state.
The founder of that company based the name “Locust” on the sound he heard while waiting for an ambulance after being attacked. That sound became the sound of strength, survival and perseverance. Jason Spears survived to start Locust Cider in 2015; five years later, the Fort Collins location opened at 200 Walnut Avenue.
Four years after that, Locust Cider began closing locations, including the Boulder taproom. Fort Collins was spared from the initial closure of half of their 14 locations, but in December of 2025, the company announced more taproom closures, which left the Fort Collins location in a bit a “limbo” state…