Aspen & the Maroon Bells
If you’re into tapas and wine, you’ll enjoy this Spanish-flavored joint set in a renovated old Victorian. It offers a range of tapas, including Manipla…
Must-see restaurants in The Rocky Mountains
Central Colorado
The buffalo burger – all-natural, free of antibiotics and growth hormones – is the way to go at this Western-style place on the main drag. The historic…
Bozeman & Gallatin Valley
The Western bar and Mexican steakhouse at the Cinnamon Lodge serves excellent food, including good chiles rellenos and bacon-wrapped cream-cheese…
Central Colorado
This uber-popular and superfriendly Salida sandwich shop makes for a good lunch – try out specialties like the Don Draper (pastrami, horseradish Havarti,…
Southwest Colorado
The bright booths are ornately carved, and the plates of Mexican food are moderately priced. Lunch deals, like the green chile and cheese-smothered…
Telluride
The pizza? It’s chewy and crusty, but the crowd makes the place interesting. Ten minutes after you belly up to the bar for a slice and a cheap pint of…
Yellowstone National Park
Attached to the Old Faithful Snow Lodge, this fast-food place has breakfasts, burgers, salmon burgers and a bison-bratwurst sandwich. It's the first…
Montana
Lots of seating, lots of TVs, and lots of good brew to go with the fairly standard pub food. Even the nachos at Missoula's prime gathering hall are…
Wyoming
Head east of town to this unassuming roadhouse that serves up expertly grilled cuts of meat to locals and weary travelers alike. Don't expect too much in…
Aspen & the Maroon Bells
A bakery and gourmet cafe, where you'll find fresh breakfast burritos and coffee, pastries, small plates (roasted bone marrow, steamed mussels with ginger…
Southern Front Range
Midway between Cañon City and Westcliffe, this historic general store and steakhouse pours the Old West atmosphere on thick. In the summer it hosts…
Calico Italian Restaurant & Bar
Jackson
Serves original salads, earthy minimalist pizzas, grilled halibut and hearty pastas in a renovated 1905 church. Greens come from the organic vegetable…
Southwest Colorado
A big open space with communal guitars hung up on the wall, this is where the town comes to gossip, clack away at their laptops and sip coffee. The…
Central Colorado
Readers of the local Leadville Herald Democrat voted this steakhouse set in a historic building their favorite restaurant, and it's likely to be for the…
Southwest Colorado
Vendors have set up around the edge of the Four Corners Navajo Tribal Park selling food, Native American crafts and jewelry and knickknacks. You can nosh…
Cody
Cody's friendliest brewery has 15 local beers on tap and serves up a range of Irish fare, including shepherd's pie and bangers, around a horseshoe bar…
Central Colorado
This friendly saloon keeps it real. This food may not be for health nuts, but it’s damn tasty. The burgers (including portobello burgers), handcut steaks…
Yellowstone National Park
Just off the lobby of the Old Faithful Inn, the Bear Paw sells unappetizing pre-wrapped sandwiches, continental breakfasts and ice cream. Look for the…
Southwest Colorado
With a cute retro setting, this hopping grill serves up classic fare like burgers, salads and prime rib with salad and a baked potato. Huge sandwiches…
Bozeman & Gallatin Valley
The big breakfast menu, the good sandwiches, burgers and salads, and the daily specials make the hip and quirky Cateye our favorite Bozeman breakfast…
Vail
Located right next to the Eagle Bahn Gondola, El Sabor wins points more for its location than its cuisine. You can find some decent $9 specials (Tamale…
Central Colorado
This gorgeous hexagonal dining space is part of the Devil's Thumb Ranch, where you can sink back in a leather armchair and enjoy drinks and cheese and…
Breckenridge
If you’re looking for a more tasteful, flavorful breakfast dive, duck into this cozy stonewall nook. It does huevos rancheros; Texas-style French toast…
Southern Front Range
A very cool wood-floored bakery and kitchenware gallery with huge chunky brownies, puffy éclairs and dainty tiramisu squares. It does club sandwiches on…
Central Colorado
The place to come if you’re passing through and need something fast. It does a classic gyro pita (Nicky’s Quickie) and a creative falafel that includes…
Central Colorado
Set strategically at the base of Copper Mountain, steps from the American Eagle lift, this bar and grill has a roomy interior, a patio with tables…
Southeast Colorado
This cash store is the closest place to stock up on supplies (gas, firewood, groceries) and get a bite to eat for breakfast or lunch. It's in La Garita …
Central Colorado
Beau Jo's thick-crust mountain pies are far from gourmet, but if you're in need of a high-calorie meal after a hard day's play, it will certainly do you…
Lake Yellowstone General Store
Yellowstone National Park
Behind Yellowstone Lake Hotel, this branch of the park's general stores dates back 90 years and has a corner soda-fountain feel, down to the period 1938…
Northern Colorado
Piping hot chips and tasty, fresh cabbage pico de gallo start off every meal at this decent little Mexican joint. Try modern favorites like shrimp tacos…
Wyoming
This standard egg, bacon and bottomless-coffee diner does brisk business with locals, cranking out plate after plate of their special smothered breakfast…
Aspen
Known for its delicious wood-fired pizzas and serious Italian grub, Mezzaluna is a favorite with Aspen locals. While you munch at the marble bar, check…
Southeast Colorado
This family-run diner is a local favorite, best for hearty home-style breakfasts and southern-style daily lunch specials that will fill the tummy, sate…
Southeast Colorado
In one of the newer buildings in neighboring Silver Cliff, what would be a run-of-the-mill pizza joint anywhere else is a cut above the handful of other…
Jackson
Ride the Bridger Gondola up to the summit (free in summer) for a dinner with an unrivaled view. Outdoor tables on the deck may be the perfect place for a…
Massadona Tavern and Steakhouse
Northern Colorado
Way out on a lonely stretch of Hwy 40, 20 miles east of town, Massadona Tavern has the feel of a mid-century roadhouse. It serves up passable chops,…
Southwest Colorado
Seasonal homemade pasta, lovingly made by Brunella Gualerzi, puts this rustic provincial Italian place on the radar of pasta aficionados. The dining area…
Yellowstone National Park
For quick eats and simple breakfasts, visit the Bake Shop in the lobby of the Old Faithful Lodge. It offers coffee, hummus and pretzels, muffins and…
Old Faithful Yellowstone General Store
Yellowstone National Park
Old Faithful's second general store, next to the Old Faithful Snow Lodge, offers flatbreads, breakfast muffins, pre-packaged sandwiches, ice cream and…
Southwest Colorado
This place has generous plates of pasta, big pizzas and inexpensive lunches. It also goes boldly where few Italian restaurants dare tread: into the…
