Best Local Food Joints

[summitrunner]

Leadville:
Breakfast: City On the Hill
Lunch: High Mountain Pies or Colorado Mountain College for the salad bar
Happy hour and dinner: Treeline

BV: Eddyline for lunch and dinner, desserts at Louie's or the Trailhead or Midland
*Asian Palate is tasty

Frisco:
Breakfast: Log Cabin
Happy hour dinner at Kemosabe's (sushi)

Dillon: Pugs used to be my go to, but they are slipping...
Breakfast: Blue Moon
Happy Hour: Tiki Bar
Brunch lunch dinner at the Dam

Breck:
Breakfast: Daylight Donuts
Lunch: Kenosha or Giam's
Happy Hour: pick a place and have fun!
Dinner: Modis or Twist or Relish or Hearthstone

Boulder:
Breakfast: Snooze or Walnut St Cafe
Lunch and happy hour: Mountain Sun or Southern Sun
Dinner: Med

Minturn: I like the new Turntable...the Saloon is good, too.

Vail or Avon Breakfast: West Side or Northside...donuts!

GJ: downtown Main St will not disappoint.

Glenwood to Aspen:
Breakfast: Village Smithy in Carbondale
Lunch: Glenwood Canyon Brewery or Slow Groovin' BBQ in Marble
Dinner: Aspen...just Aspen.

Estes: Notchtop Bakery for breakfast, drive to Lyons, Loveland, Longmont, or FoCo for everything else!

Salida: I keep striking out with Moonlight and Amicas on service...Boathouse Cantina rocks

[two lunches]

Vail or Avon Breakfast: West Side or Northside...donuts!

NORTHSIDE!!!!!

[Chicago Transplant]

Inside of the Trailhead in BV is a nice little spot called Simple Eatery, always have had good quality there. Fresh local ingredients and artisan bread.

Love Buen Tiempo in downtown Ouray for New Mexican style enchiladas. The Posole is awesome after a chilly fall hike.

[TaylorHolt]

Inside of the Trailhead in BV is a nice little spot called Simple Eatery, always have had good quality there. Fresh local ingredients and artisan bread.

Love Buen Tiempo in downtown Ouray for New Mexican style enchiladas. The Posole is awesome after a chilly fall hike.

I'll second Simple Eatery. Went there on Saturday and they have a good menu with nice outdoor seating.

[Tony1]

Vail or Avon Breakfast: West Side or Northside...donuts!

NORTHSIDE!!!!!

Yes! I can't order biscuits & gravy anywhere else now...it's always so bland and disappointing. Northside is the best.

[rockchalker]

K's in BV is a great place, especially after a long day on the trails or on a 14er. The burgers are good and the prices are even better. For around $8 you get a burger, fries (a lot of fries) and a drink. Bring your own beer.

[Altitude High]

Lake City: Packer's Saloon & Cannibal Grill is by far the best place to eat in LC. The food is great with a wide variety of choices, and the atmosphere is casual and relaxed, especially the large outdoor area. And the staff is very friendly.

Stay away from that place that serves greasy food to fat Texans.

Leadville: High Mountain Pies is an excellent pizza place. The Margherita pizza is one of the best I''ve ever had. It's a classic. Also, the outdoor area and casual atmosphere make the place special.

Tennessee Pass Cafe is a great burger and beer place. Highly recommend.

[Wish I lived in CO]

Leadville: High Mountain Pies is an excellent pizza place. The Margherita pizza is one of the best I''ve ever had. It's a classic. Also, the outdoor area and casual atmosphere make the place special.

Tennessee Pass Cafe is a great burger and beer place. Highly recommend.

My favorite in Leadville was the Golden Burro as the mashed potatoes and meatloaf really seemed to hit the spot after a day of 14er hiking. Was passing thru Leadville with the wife maybe a year ago and wanted to take her there. It was 2 p.m. I think. They were just closing - only open for lunch these days. That's too bad they can't stay open for dinner anymore.

[kwhit24]

Reviving an old thread from a few years ago. Quite a few spots mentioned have already closed down

Was putting together this list for myself so TL;DR of the comments so far. Any other places that you'd have to recommend if you heard someone was visiting/passing through a certain are?

Silverthorne
- Sauce on the Blue

Dillon
- Cala Pub
- Cafe ProFusion
- Jersey Boys Deli & Pizza
- Arapahoe Cafe

Frisco
- Prosit Beers & Sausages
- The Lost Cajun

Breckenridge
- Rita's
- Tiki Mana
- Downstairs at Eric’s
- Empire Burger

Steamboat Springs
- Back Door Grill (I always stops here when visiting. Cool vibe and I never knew I like peanut butter on my burger before this place)

Nederland
- Pepinos Pizza
- Crosscut Pizza (mentioned multiple times)

Colorado Springs
- Rudy's "Country Store" and Bar-B-Q

Fruita/Grand Junction
- Starvin Arvin's
- Pollo Azado

Glenwood Springs
- Glenwood Canyon Brewing (mentioned multiple times)
- Nepal Restaurant
- Slope and Hatch
- Daily Bread
- The Lost Cajun
- Rosie’s Little Bavarian
- Chang Thai
- Chomps Deli

Basalt
- Zheng’s Asian Bistro
- Scottie’s
- Timbo’s Pizza
- Cafe Bernard
- Two Rivers Cafe
- Smoke BBQ
- Sure Thing Burger

Aspen
- New York Pizza
- Grateful Deli
- Little Annie’s Eating House
- Hickory House
- Jimmy’s
- Paradise Bakery

El Jebel
- New York Pizza
- Breakfast in America

Carbondale
- The Village Smithy
- White House Pizza
- Pepino’s Pizza
- Fat Pig BBQ
- Phat Thai
- Dos Gringos Burritos
- Mi Casita

Marble
- Slow Groovin' BBQ (mentioned multiple times)

Wetcliffe
- Chappy's (mentioned multiple times)

Leadville
- Mountain High Pies (They have long ass lines for a reason) (mentioned multiple times)
- Golden Burro (mentioned multiple times)
- Tennessee Pass Cafe (mentioned multiple times)

Alma
- South Park Saloon

Fairplay
- Brown Burro (mentioned multiple times)
- South Park Brewing

Buena Vista
- Jan's (mentioned multiple times)
- Pancho's
- The Lariat
- Asian Palate (mentioned multiple times)
- House Rock Cafe
- Biggie's Sub Shop
- Eddyline Brewing (mentioned multiple times)
- Simple Eatery (mentioned multiple times)

Salida
- Moonlight Pizza (mentioned multiple times)
- Sweetie's Sandwich Shop
- Amica's (mentioned multiple times)

Poncha Springs
- The Hunger Trailer

Gunnison
- Powerstop (mentioned multiple times)
- Mario's Pizza
- Back Country Café

Crested Butte
- Secret Stash Pizza (Where I usually stop in CB)
- Teocalli Tamale
- Ginger Cafe
- Sherpa Cafe
- Izzy’s
- Pitas in Paradise
- Brick Oven Pizza
- Mickeys Pizza
- Tacos Local
- Third Bowl Ice Cream
- The Slogar

Lake City
- Southern Vittles (I concur with this one)
- Packer Saloon and Cannibal Grill

Creede
- Kips

Ridgway
- Taco Del Gnar

Montrose
- Horsefly Brewing Company
- Colorado Boy (mentioned multiple times)

Ouray
- Red Mountain Brewing
- Maggie's Kitchen

Silverton
- Handlebars (The steak I had there was alright)
- Thee Pitts Again (I thought this was pretty good and fast for how busy it was)

Telluride
- Steamies Burger Bar
- Brown Dog Pizza (I always stop here when in Telluride)

Durango.
- Cuckoo's Wings
- Steamworks Brewing Company
- Serious Texas Bar-B-Q (mentioned multiple times)

Moab
Miguel's Baja

[TravelingMatt]

Dillon
- Jersey Boys Deli & Pizza

Closed, guy's in jail. Replaced by another pizza joint.

[osprey]

Taco del Gnar in Ridgeway:
Recommend by climbers and horses alike.

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[someguy9]

Hernando’s in winter park, only open 5-9 but best pizza in grand county for sure