The Absolute “Best” of Aspen
In our humble opinion
Food + Drink
Best Salads in Aspen>>
Breakfast
Best Sit-Down Breakfast:
Best On-Mountain Breakfast:
Bonnie’s
Best Breakfast Burrito:
Gorsuch Café or Jour du Fête
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:
Après
Best Snack After a Powder Day:
Slice-and-a-beer from The Ale House at Aspen Highlands
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:
Best Steak:
Best Japanese:
Matsuhisa (Honorable mention, Kenichi)
Best “See and Be Seen”
City Market
Best Fondue by Candlelight:
Best Meal Accessible by Sleigh Ride:
Cocktails
Best Historical Drinking:
Best Cocktails:
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
Best Movie:
Best Magazine Articles:
• Vanity Fair: For The Love of Aspen by Mark Seal
• The History of Skiing in Aspen by Aspen Journalism