Area Info

You'll find Over the Edge Sports and Hot Tomato Cafe and The Aspen Street Coffee Co  On the corner where it all began - Aspen Ave and Mulberry.  The corner where Over the edge opened on April 23rd 1995 with hardly any neighbors other than Air Photo Survey, Max's Auto and the Doctors office; Fruita was different then. Now the corner in downtown Fruita hosts the heartbeat of the Fruita scene (as if we have a scene) Come see on the corner in the middle of Downtown Fruita (lucky we have 2 blocks or there would be no middle) visit Over the Edge, Hot Tomato Cafe, Aspen Street Coffee and our new neighbor Camela's Cafe. It's the place to be! On the corner...

Where to Stay

Hey, a biking trip isn't all biking. Here's a list of available hotels, restaurants, bars, and other local hot spots. For more check out www.gofruita.com.

in fruita

• La Quinta in Fruita ”new” - 970-858-8850
• Westgate Inn - at I-70 exit just east of Fruita - 970-241-3020
• Stonehaven Bed & Breakfast - Local, hot tub, great landscape - B&B - 970-858-0898
• Balanced Rock Motel - Local, close, small and clean - 970-858-7333
• Fruita Super 8
• Fruita Comfort Suites

On Horizon Drive just 10 minutes East:

• Holiday Inn - off I-70 exit at Horizon Dr - 970-424-5888
• Adams Mark Hotel - 970-241-8888

Where to Eat

fruita eats

• The Hot Tomato Cafe -Formerly the Diorio's of Fruita. Same great pizza and sandwiches, plus a whole slew of gourmet pizza toppings and new sandwich selections. Awesome! Across from Over the Edge and owned by former OTE Manager, Jen Zeuner! - 858-1117
• Fiesta Guadalajara - Bar and Mexican in Fruita, friendly and fast service!
• Aspen Street Coffee Co. - Coffee & baked goods across from OTE
• Camela's Cafe - right next door to Over the Edge Sports
• OTE Backdoor Cafe- need coffee in the afternoon? stop in the shop for our espresso bar.
• ”new” El Tapatio - next to the Comfort Suites hotel - across from the Shell Station. More good Mexican food in Fruita!
• Nathys Mexican - on the old highway just 3 blocks from OTE and 2 blocks from Fiests G.
• Pablo's Pizza- gourmet pizza on Main St. and in Fruita by the Super 8
• Rib Cuty BBQ - behind the helicopter in Fruita near Pablos
• Dragon Treasure - Chinese in Fruita - 858-8655

Grand Junction eats

• Il Bistro Italiano - Downtown Grand Junction 4th & main (closed sunday-monday) This is one of the best - Troy's GJ pick! The Bistro now offers outside patio seating.
• Moulon Rouge - 3rd and Main in GJ, great bar and frend food - right near Il Bistro & Pablos
• Rockslide - downtown GJ 4th & main - decent beer, decent food.
• Breckenridge Ale House- Better food, less smoke.
• Nepal Restaraunt - Amazing Indian and Nepalese. Try the 'Tikka Saag', Anne's favorite!
• Suehiro's Sushi- Great fresh sushi in Grand Junction.
• No Coast Sushi - at the west (Fruita) end of North Ave in GJ
• Pablo's Pizza- gourmet pizza on Main St. and in Fruita by the Super 8
• Rib Cuty BBQ - behind the helicopter in Fruita near Pablos and in GJ
• Boomer's - Main St. GJ. Martini bar and grub, cool place, lot's of live music.

Where to Camp

• Colorado River State Park at Fruita - close, nice, showers, reservations - 858-9188
• Highline Lake State Park - close to Kokopelli's Trailhead, nice, showers, reservations - 858-7208
• Fruita Monument RV Park - right here in Fruita - RV, tents and cabins - 970-858-3155

Free Camping

What's the deal? There really is no free camping in most cases. It's either cash expense or environmental expense. Please! If free camping means chopping down our trees for your camp fire, or driving your car onto our fragile desert, or making another stupid connector trail from your campsite to the kessel run... Please don't free camp!
Think and learn to camp ”low impact” or just head on down I-70.
Thanks, now... on to free camping...

Rabbit Valley - I-70 exit #2 almost on the Utah border, trails a many, camping in fragile desert environment. No facilities, use existing sites only.

Bookcliffs - very few sites, very fragile! Camp only in existing sites and while your chillin in the evening, without a fire because they are forbidden, help us remove some of the awful bike tracks that are connecting from the camp sites to the trails. The trailheads are only a 1/4 mile away and the tracks are making a once beautiful meadow into a sad destroyed mess. Please, you come here because it's cool, remember it's not disposable, leave it as good or better than you found it. Thanks!

(Bookcliffs directions? Stop in the shop and yes, you'll get the same speech again. Venting is less embarrassing for me than weeping openly)

Other

• Movies and more food by Mesa Mall just 10 minutes east of Fruita on the old hwy/I-70 business loop
• Propane at Fruita COOP
• Firewood available at City Market Grocery Store here in Fruita as is everything else.
• Desert=beauty
• Fires=ugly
• Tree burning=are you insane!
• Buying firewood=still ugly but at least not blatantly destructive
• Troy=sarcastic, passionate and activist! ”Be radical about something.”

Joes Ridge