The Beef is in Riverside

On a warm, fall Saturday the mouth watering aromas of woodsmoke and beef over an open fire filled the air at Riverside Garage and Cabins.

Brisket, burgers, short ribs, steak and even bone marrow were cooked and prepared by local backyard cooks for attendees. It wasn’t just any beef—and bison—on the menu, though. All proteins served at the 2nd Annual Born & Raised Wyoming Beef and Whiskey Festival were, well, born and raised in the Platte Valley.

“The beef industry around here is a complete and total resource. We all grew up being agriculture kids, even ones like me who grew up in town but I st...