Vail Valley Restaurants

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  • 1. Atwater on Gore Creek

    $$$$ | Cascade Village | Modern American

    With generous floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Gore Creek, this airy restaurant in the Vail Cascade Resort serves up the best views in town along with an organic, locally sourced menu, an extensive craft beer menu, and thoughtful beer–cuisine pairings. The huge, seasonal menu includes highlights like a high-end Colorado Kobe steak served with asparagus spears and bleu cheese fritters, a crispy pork shank with a sherry-apricot glaze, and a variety of delicious sandwiches, pizzas, and lighter, tapas-style plates. Meals are rounded out with expert wine and beer pairings that make this somewhat out-of-the-way restaurant well worth the free shuttle from the village.

    Vail Cascade Resort, 1300 Westhaven Dr., Vail, Colorado, 81657, USA
    970-479–7014
  • 2. Beano's Cabin

    $$$$ | Modern American

    One of the memorable experiences during a trip to Beaver Creek is traveling in a sleigh to this former hunting lodge. In summer you can get here on horseback or by wagon. During the journey, your driver will undoubtedly fill you in on some local history. The pine-log cabin, warmed by a crackling fire, is an unbeatable location for a romantic meal. On the prix-fixe menu, choose from entrées such as potato dumplings with bing cherries and chanterelles, or a wood-grilled Rocky Mountain elk chop with sweet corn–rabbit belly hash. The menu changes seasonally.

    Larkspur Bowl, Beaver Creek, Colorado, 81620, USA
    970-754–3463

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed mid-Apr. and Oct. to mid-Nov., depending on snowfall, Reservations essential, Lunch for members only in winter
  • 3. Fall Line Kitchen and Cocktails

    $$$

    Elevated pub food, rotisserie meats, duck-fat fries, and creative craft cocktails somehow marry perfectly on this modern menu. Warm wood paneling and vibrant ski photography decorate the cozy dining room centrally located in Vail Village.

    232 Bridge St., Vail, Colorado, 81657, USA
    970-470-4803

    Known For

    • Hearty meals for après-skiers
    • Trendy cocktail menu
    • Central location
  • 4. Slope Room

    $$$$

    With spacious glass windows, this sleek, sophisticated space in Gravity Haus looks as if it belongs in a big city, with only the fireplace reminding you that this is Vail. The menu puts a modern spin on the classic steak house, featuring food from Rocky Mountain ranchers and farmers.

    352 E. Meadow Dr., Vail, Colorado, 81657, USA
    970-476–6836

    Known For

    • Central location in Vail Village
    • Modern dining room
    • Excellent local steaks
  • 5. Spago

    $$$$ | Modern American

    At the Ritz-Carlton, Wolfgang Puck's restaurant is housed in an expansive dining room whose vegetable-dyed wood paneling and enlarged black-and-white photographs achieve a sleekly modern look without contradicting the resort's rustic mountain sensibility. Puck's seasonal menu often favors Asian accents and regional ingredients. In late autumn the menu's butternut squash soup is deliciously intensified with cranberry chutney, spiced cream, and pumpkin-seed brittle. The Colorado lamb chops spiced with Hunan eggplant and cilantro-mint vinaigrette is not to be missed and for dessert the kaiserschmarren, a souffléd crème fraîche pancake with strawberry sauce, is otherwordly. Service is impeccable, if a touch formal; those who prefer a low-key (or less bank-breaking) meal might consider dining in the bar area.

    Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch, 0130 Daybreak Ridge, Avon, Colorado, 81620, USA
    970-343–1555

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: No lunch spring–fall; closed Mon. and Tues. in summer, Reservations essential
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  • 6. Splendido at the Chateau

    $$$$ | Beaver Creek Village

    With elegant marble columns and clean Italian linens, this posh eatery is the height of opulence. The tasting menu is a perfect sampling of the chef's new American cuisine improved only by the on-site sommelier's perfect wine pairings. Retire for a nightcap to the classically elegant piano bar.

    17 Chateau La., Beaver Creek, Colorado, 81620, USA
    970-845–8808

    Known For

    • Elegant dining room
    • Dover sole with parsley-lemon brown butter
    • Piano bar

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed mid-Apr.–June, mid-Oct.–mid-Nov., and Mon. and Tues. in summer. No lunch
  • 7. Sweet Basil

    $$$$

    The freshest seasonal ingredients available are used here, so the menu changes about once a month. You might find grilled Muscovy duck breast with pistachio salsa verde and smoked-cherry gastrique, or Berkshire pork rib eye with tapioca corn pudding and chanterelle mushrooms. Pair these entrées with one of the thousands of wines from the restaurant's expansive cellar, which you can view from the dining room. Tables also overlook Gore Creek. Leave room for the luscious desserts.

    193 E. Gore Creek Dr., Vail, Colorado, 81657, USA
    970-476–0125

    Known For

    • Creative menu
    • Impressive glass wine room
    • Top-notch service

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: No lunch Mon. and Tues.
  • 8. Tavern on the Square

    $$$$

    The large sunny patio in the center of Lionshead Village is the perfect slope-side location for people-watching while enjoying stellar Bloody Marys and poutine, or heartier après-ski fare like the coffee-cured elk, Colorado striped bass, or the Cubano sandwich. Ingredients are locally sourced and the menu aims for an elevated take on comfort food.

    675 Lionshead Pl., Vail, Colorado, 81657, USA
    917-754--7704

    Known For

    • Elevated comfort food
    • Central location near the base of Eagle Bahn Gondola
    • Large, lively patio

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