Entry No. 12 — the Fort Collins file — filed under: new-orleans
Sunpie's Bistro
“The gumbo only shows up after Labor Day.”
Two New Orleans transplants opened this Yampa Street dive in 2005, named it for zydeco great Sunpie Barnes, and covered every inch of wall and ceiling in Mardi Gras bric-a-brac before selling it in 2012 to locals smart enough to change nothing. The move: a 20-ounce rum Hurricane and a fried shrimp po'boy carried out back, where the beer garden grass runs straight to the Yampa River. The hook-and-ring toss game eats hours, and the gumbo only shows up after Labor Day.
The move: Order a 20-ounce Hurricane and a shrimp po'boy at the bar, claim a riverside picnic table out back, then trade attempts at the hook-and-ring toss until one of you lands it.
📍 Before you go There is no table service: order food and drinks at the bar inside and carry them out to the riverside backyard yourself. The beer garden is the whole point in warm months; in winter everything contracts into the small, decoration-crusted interior. Street parking on Yampa is tight, but the Yampa River Core Trail passes the back fence, so walking or biking from downtown is the easy play. Gumbo and red beans follow a roughly Labor Day-to-Memorial Day season, so cold-weather visits get the fuller Louisiana menu.
- 📍 Steamboat Springs
- 💸 $$
- ⚡ Up for anything
- 🌗 Indoors
Where: 735 Yampa St, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
Hours: Added 2026-06-11 — confirm current hours before you go.
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last checked: 2026-06-11