From the Rocky Mountain News, a report on the increased demand for bison products.
Dineen credits The Fort restaurant, a 41-year-old institution on U.S. 285 near Morrison [Colorado], for making buffalo popular in metro Denver.
“(The Fort founder) Sam Arnold has been talking about buffalo for more than 30 years,” Dineen said. “The Fort is known internationally for serving buffalo.”
Following in Arnold’s footsteps is Ted Turner, media mogul and bison rancher who founded Ted’s Montana Grill, with metro locations in Aurora, Littleton and Larimer Square.
Turner’s 15-restaurant chain (with plans for 25 more by 2005) is making it easier for bison producers to make inroads with other chain restaurants, Dineen said.
“We’re seeing more interest from multiunit restaurants than we did before Ted’s,” he said.
The popularity of high-protein diets such as Atkins also has helped raise demand for bison, he said.