by Suzy Patterson
Barry’s Den Café
27077 US Hwy. 50
Texas Creek, CO
(719) 275-3275
Need a great excuse to visit Texas Creek, Colorado?
Two words: “Barry’s Den.”
This unassuming little roadside café pretty much is Texas Creek. You’ll find it about midway between Salida and Cañon City on U.S. 50 at the junction of Hwy. 69. There’s not much else there except a couple of defunct gas pumps, a rafting and ATV tour operation, a herd of bighorn sheep hangin’ around and the Arkansas River flowing by. But the Barry family’s signature “Howlin’ Good Cookin’” definitely has put Texas Creek on the map.