Stepping Out: Fleetside caters to Greeley market

GREELEY – This city’s slightly anemic restaurant scene received a shot in the arm July 31 with the opening of Fleetside Pub and Brewing.

A relative of the immensely popular CooperSmith’s Pub and Brewing in Fort Collins, Fleetside is located at 721 10th St. downtown.

Fleetside was opened by the same four partners who operate CooperSmith’s, with the addition of three Greeley partners. They have recruited approximately 28 investors.

I sat with operating partner Mark Sluss one evening as he explained what it took to open Fleetside.

Sluss said the restaurant resulted from a complete overhaul of the Edwards Chevrolet building, named for the…