Kristin Mastre

Kristin Mastre is a wife, a mother to two boys, and a Professional blogger. She has been blogging for five years on three different blogs; a parenting blog, a fitness/Personal Training blog and a restaurant review blog, all of them receiving world-wide recognition.

After noticing a lack of food bloggers in Fort Collins, she decided to throw her hat into the ring in May 2009, and is now the #1 food blogger and restaurant critic in Northern Colorado. She is writing restaurant reviews on FeastingFortCollins.com, specializing in craft beer and pairing dinners.

Being an honest writer, she’ll tell it like she tastes it. You can find her on Email, Twitter,Facebook.

Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – StrEats Mobile Bistro

One of the best characteristics of the Fort Collins community is everyone’s willingness to collaborate. I really didn’t understand how strong this characteristic was until I started coworking at Cohere. While writing reviews there, I connected with a group of people who are willing to help and support each other in so many ways – ways that have catapulted all of our individual success. And th

Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – Chicago’s Best

When we venture out of Fort Collins into an unfamiliar city, we typically do one of two things when making a decision on where to eat. Play Restaurant Roulette and pick a place at random (often The Husband's preferred decision-making option). Pull up the Yelp mobile app on my phone to find a place with a high rating that is relatively close. When we go on major road trips or overnight weekend

Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – Tacos On The Street

Good food doesn’t need to be complicated. Simple ingredients put together well can create a fresh dish that speaks for itself. It’s one of the many reasons I love food carts. There, you have to keep it simple – there’s limited space for ingredients, and pretty much one cooking technique. Food carts narrow their scope to focus on one or two types of menu items and nail the execution, because i

Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – Tios Burritos

Target vs Wal-Mart – the battle of the bargain brands. Some people are very loyal Target shoppers, others are die-hard Wal-Mart veterans. I’ve come to the conclusion that the preference toward either store comes down to location and branding, since for the most part (and according to recent writings) they offer pretty much the same discounted products – give or take a few cents. Really, it’s ab

Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – The Bangkok Kitchen

They say you find love when you aren’t looking for it. Those serial daters who go out night after night, looking for the love of their life on Match.com or OK Cupid, getting set up on blind dates by their coworkers (or worse, their mothers) are trying too hard and wasting a lot of time. If they lightened up a little, lived their life as they usually do, love just might come to them. Read

Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – Luxury Diner

Whenever we go on a road trip, we usually head for the mountains for a family wilderness adventure or Denver for a couples date night. Rarely do we drive farther south than that, and never have we driven north or Fort Collins. I've never had the desire or need to venture up into Wyoming until this weekend - and no, it wasn't for Cheyenne Frontier Days. I needed to grab some camping and

Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – Maiberry

In a sea among many, you've got to do something that's going to make you stand out from the crowd. Here in Fort Collins, we have an incredible amount of frozen yogurt options - Mahalo, Spooners, Golden Spoon, Coolberry, and now Maiberry. Each place has their own personality - some have better flavored frozen yogurt, others have better toppings, and some have the edge on better price per ounce

Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – Euclid Hall Bar and Kitchen

You know you shouldn’t, you know it’s wrong. But you do it anyway because the temptation is just too intense – a heart-stopping thrill of the moment, a tingling sensation pulsing through your limbs, a devilish smile from across the room. The small talk laced with lustful hints draws you further down the primrose path. You justify it as a one-time deal – indulge in the seductive invitation, the sin

Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – Charco Broiler

Kristin Mastre, FeastingFortCollins.com With the constant cycle of restaurants opening and closing, I often wonder what makes some of the Fort Collins classics stand the test of time. We have some restaurants that have been operating for well over 30 years, and some of them aren’t that wonderful when it comes to taste and quality. So, if the food isn’t particularly fantastic, then i

Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – Sushi Mountain at the Vault

Kristin Mastre, FeastingFortCollins.com I asked for brave, adventurous souls to join me. It wasn’t because we were going to one of the haunted businesses in Fort Collins, where I’ve heard some pretty hair-raising ghost stories, it was because we were going to eat “back door sushi.” I’d heard about it, read the sign flashing “Late Night Sushi” in the window, and listened to people’s less-

Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – The Little Bird Bakeshop

I’m a firm believer that the essential ingredients to building meaningful relationships are butter, flour and sugar. For some reason, these ingredients make it possible to bare your heart and soul, share a genuine smile and make everyday moments magical. Ever since The Little Bird Bakeshop opened, I’ve been hearing from friends and readers about how much they love it. Since my visits for t

Feasting Fort Collins Reviews – Colorado Cherry Company

I’ve lost count on how many times we’ve driven down that road. The kids are usually asleep in the back seat, and I’m gazing out the window, silently taking in the majestic beauty of the Rocky Mountains, hoping to spy an animal on the rocks. The Husband drives us along the winding, curvy road, glancing at the river every chance he can. It’s the avid fly fisherman in him that’s itching to throw