The Absolute “Best” of Aspen 

In our humble opinion


Food + Drink

Best Salads in Aspen>>

Breakfast

Best Sit-Down Breakfast:

Hotel Jerome 

Best On-Mountain Breakfast:

Bonnie’s

Best Breakfast Burrito:

Gorsuch Café or Jour du Fête

Seafood Tower at Monarch Steakhouse

Seafood Tower at Monarch Steakhouse

Lunch

Best Power Lunch:

SO Café at the Aspen Art Museum 

Best On-Mountain Lunch:

The noon seating at Cloud 9  

Best “Secret” Lunch Spot:

Pyramid Bistro

Après

Best Snack After a Powder Day:

Best $10 Burger:

Clark’s Aspen (restaurant, not the grocery store.) From 3-5pm the burger is $10,

Dinner

Best Bar Menu:

L’Hostaria (Some argue it’s better than the regular menu.)

Best French:

Cache Cache 

Best Steak:

Steakhouse 316 

J Bar, circa 1890’ … Looks pretty much the same today.

J Bar, circa 1890’ … Looks pretty much the same today.

Best Japanese:

Matsuhisa (Honorable mention, Kenichi) 

Best “See and Be Seen”

City Market

Best Fondue by Candlelight:

Crêperie du Village

Best Meal Accessible by Sleigh Ride:

Pine Creek Cookhouse 

Cocktails

Best Historical Drinking:

J-Bar 

Best Cocktails:

Monarch 




 
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Activities

Best Place to Ponder Life:

John Denver Sanctuary 

Don’t Miss Charity Event:

The Buddy Bash (Summer) and Snow Polo (Winter)

Best Secret Powder Stash:

Tiehack (Shhhhh)

Best Workout:

Hiking the Bowl 

Best Tennis Courts:

Aspen Meadows

Cultural:

Best Book (History):

The Romance of Commerce and Culture: Capitalism, Modernism, and the Chicago-Aspen Crusade for Cultural Reform by James Sloan Allen

Best Book (Coffee Table):

Dick Durrance: The Man on the Medal  

Breakfast on Red Mountain, Aspen Extreme

Breakfast on Red Mountain, Aspen Extreme

Best Movie:

Aspen Extreme (1993)


Best Magazine Articles:

• Vanity Fair: For The Love of Aspen by Mark Seal

The History of Skiing in Aspen by Aspen Journalism