Silverthorne serving up tasty meals with a side of history at Bluebird Market

Silverthorne hopes a new food market will lure more visitors to its downtown. The Bluebird Market is on Blue River Parkway.

“The timing of 11 businesses and build outs is a little, little bit shy of moon launch here in Summit County,” is how Scott Vollmer with the market described getting everything up in running.

You’ll find Colorado craft beer, pizza and crepes as well as a whole lot of history.

Vollmer said there’s a real gem tucked into the space — “A building dating back to the late 1800s that we’ve decided to encapsulate inside of the greater structure of the food hall.”

That building is the Dilllon Inn, a saloon lifted out of time and placed in the modern market.

“A lot the people working on the tunnel and building the reservoir — this watering hole, if you…