Cheeky Monk Winter Park, Colorado
The Cheeky Monk in the Winter Park Village is having a beer and food pairing Thursday February 25th. The tating will start at 6PM and go until close.
The Cheeky Monk is featuring Trappiste Ales & “Southern Influenced” food . As always, seating is limited & tickets go fast! Please call 970-726-6871 to secure your reservation today! What a great way to end a day of skiing – great Belgium beer and some Southern style food.
Email Michael Patrick, the manager at michaelp@thecheekymonk.com for more info and pricing.
Come on out and support our local Winter Park Restaurants and enjoy some great beer and food.
Winter Park Donuts
Looking for some good coffee and donuts in Winter Park. Well, Ziggy’s donuts has now been open for a month here in Winter Park, CO. Ziggy is serving up custom made donuts and some superb coffee right in downtown Winter Park. Located in the Kings Crossing Shopping Center, right off of US Highway 40, Ziggy’s is the place for your doughnut fix.
Ziggy’s offers custom made donuts that come right off the conveyor belt and are custom hand dipped in whatever topping you chose. There are five or six tables to enjoy your treats or a couple of counter spaces to watch the donuts being made. The twins above, enjoying the first donuts of their lives, were mesmerized by the doughnut machine and the dipping in the custom toppings.
Ziggy’s also has coffee, from espresso to cappuccino you can any coffee that you like from Ziggy’s magical Italian coffee machine. They also have various Polish confections on the shelves for you to enjoy on the slopes up at the resort.
Just stop off on your way to Winter Park Resort and enjoy some fresh coffee and donuts.
Winter Park Colorado Best Restaurants
Top five favorite restaurants in Winter Park, Colorado. I guess you could say the Winter Park, Fraser, Tabenash area because they are not all in town proper of Winter Park, CO. This list is of actual full service restaurants and does not include Winter Park breakfast restaurants or Winter Park walk up restaurants. It also is focused on food even though a couple here are also my favorite Winter Park places to have a beer or cocktail. The list is in no particular order and is definitely not exhaustive.
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Winter Park Top Five Restaurants
- Tabernash Tavern – Right on US Highway 40 in our home of Tabernash. The Tavern describes themselves as: “A wine bar in beautiful lower downtown Tabernash, Colorado, serving Chef Alberto Sapien’s international culinary creations”. As the description says it is a mix of very different styles of food and they haven’t missed every time I’ve been there. The Tavern has opened an Italian eatery in the town of Winter Park under the name Alberto’s.
- Hernando’s Pizza Pub – Probably the most popular of all Winter Park Restaurants and one of the most consistent. The pizza is very good and their salads are fantastic. A great bar to watch the tourists and the locals alike with some great bartenders. Be sure to arrive early or call before heading over because Hernando’s is usually very busy.
- The Sushi Bar – Yes, sushi up here at over 9,000 ft in the Colorado Rocky Mountains is pretty darn good. The Sushi Bar is located at the end of WP on US 40. The Sushi Bar has some great food and a very friendly waitstaff. With $1.50 bottles of beer everyday you can’t go wrong with some WP style sushi a a cheap cold one to wash it down.
- Mirasol Cantina – Located on US 40 in the Conoco Shopping Center. Mirasol is a taco bar with great tacos ( try their lamb tacos) and the best margaritas in Winter Park. Chips and Salsa are fantastic and their salsa bar has some of the best salsas I have tasted. They have a small bar of about five seats that is a fun place to spend an evening eating and drinking. Mirasol is not open for lunch so make sure to join them for dinner.
- The Ranch House Restaurant at Devils Thumb Ranch – Located in Tabernash at Devils Thumb Ranch. The room is spectacular and the food is just as good. The Ranch House serves New American Mountain Cuisine – which means real food, cooked with real ingredients. Organic and locally grown whenever we can. Always fresh, always delicious. Probably the most expensive restaurant on this list but also maybe the best with the highest level of service.
Maybe I should have done a best ten of Winter Park because there are some I definitely left out. The above list of five should most certainly include The Cheeky Monk, Fontenot’s and The Back Country Grill.
Our little town of Winter Park has some very good restaurants. Check out Winter Park Lodging Company’s restaurant discounts to get some great grub and drinks for a little bit cheaper.
Winter Park Chef’s Cup Race
The 27th Annual Chef’s Cup Dinner Race, A Taste of Winter Park/Grand County is coming up on January 22nd, 2010. The evnt will start at 7PM at the West Partal Station at Winter park Resort.
The Chef’s Cup Dinner Dance is a benefit to support the Winter Park Competition Center youth ski and snowboard programs. Come watch the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) 40th Anniversary ski down parade and join them with at the celebration lunch and cake.
Ten to fifteen of Winter Park and Grand County’s best restaurants will donate their time and talent to prepare the food for 400 plus party goers to taste. Attendees will then vote for the overall favorite gourmet creation. Enjoy complimentary wine, margaritas, and beer, from Beringer Founders Estate, Margaritaville, and Mary Jane Ale. Guests can also bid on a huge variety silent auction items donated by generous supporters.
Call 970.726.1590 or 303.316.1590 for more information or to make a donation for the silent auction.
What a great night, free food and drink and all to support a great cause.
Skiing and Eating at Mary Jane
The crazy, crazy season for Winter Park Lodging Company is on the down side of the hill for this holiday season. So, I was able to get out and spent an entire day on the slopes at Mary Jane/ Winter Park on New Year’s day. There was 11 inches of new snow in the last 24 hours and the sun was out, lets hope all of 2010 is just like this, and I guess all the Winter Park visitors were too hung over hit the slopes as there were very short lines at the lifts. Seemed like it was a Monday in the middle of January the lines were so short. All around it was a very good New Year’s Day.
I was out skiing with my doctor buddy Mr. Steve Worth and one of Winter Park Lodging Company’s home owners Mr. Frank Jedlicka. We three made a good skiing crew wanting to hit the bumps but not break any of our over 40 year old bones. At mid-day both Frank and Steve suggested we hit the Mary Jane Club Car for lunch. I, being my typical weary self, was not so keen on eating at the on mountain eatery. I was wanting a Cosmic Dog Burrito but the plan was to spend the whole day on the slopes, so here we come Club Car. We walked right up got a nice table in the sun on the Club Car deck and three barley pops were on the table in no time. We had some potato chips with blue cheese dressing, an attainable new years resolution being to gain weight, and three burgers for lunch. Meal was filling, tasty and served quickly, all that you can ask for with a ski lunch.
After the meal we had another brew and chatted, and in the background we noticed the absolute worst collection of songs being played through the outdoor speakers. It wasn’t just that it was bad, it was that it was really really bad and at a high enough volume that once it was noticed you could not stop noticing it. We asked our very friendly server about the music and she whole heartedly agreed that it was beyond bad. She also mentioned that they have had complaints about some offending songs such as Eric Clapton’s “Cocaine”, so the higher ups were a little gun shy about any controversial music (Eric Clapton on the cutting edge? Who would have known). The tables around us soon took notice and a conversation ensued about how out of place the music being played was. I would describe the genre of music as really bad Bobby Brown and Back Street Boys type music. And yes, I will have to say that I do not think this even classifies as music. But here we were stuck waiting to see if the next song we could recognize or would it continue to drive us off this prized deck seating. Well, the music won and we were back on the Super Gauge lift trying to forget that buzz-kill music. So bless that soul who chose the collection of Bobby Brown B sides for getting me back on the slopes and off my arse for a whole day of darn good skiing.
Anywho, it was a great New Year’s Day and I would like to thank Bobby Brown and the Back Street Boys for my sore legs today.
Goodys in the Winter Park Village
I headed out the other morning to give Goodys breakfast crepes a try and to hit the Winter Park slopes for some early morning turns. Well, it was a great day all around.
I had a breakfast crepe with ham and cheese while I sat at Goodys counter. There was some skiing videos to get me psyched up to ski and there was a good stream of customers coming through the doors. The service was quick, efficient and friendly. The man working the counter, Gill was his name, was chatty and pleasant with a great attitude. The crepe, as I said, was very tasty and the price of around $7.00 for the crepe and a medium OJ was more than reasonable. I have to say for a quick tasty bite before you hit the slopes, Goody’s can’t be beat. I will have to make a return to try a desert crepe.
The rest of the day was spent on the Winter Park/Mary Jane hills and even a bad day skiing is a pretty darn good day.
The Back bowl Soup Company Breakfast
Last week I also had a chance to try the Back Bowl Soup Company’s breakfast burrito. The burrito was very tasyt and I would recommend the one with bacon – filling and quick to get you on your way to hit the slopes. The burrito was good and service from Jodi and Woody, the owners, is always very friendly.
The Back Bowl Soup Company offers an all you can eat end of day bowl of soup so be sure to stop in around 4:30 or so to fill up on some soup. Here is a sample of the soups they had this past Tuesday:
Beef Stew
Artichoke Pesto
Thai Chicken
Green Chili
White Mountain Chicken Chili
Cheesy Brats
Come up to the Winter Park Village to get your treats and eats before you hit the slopes!
Mexican Food Winter Park, CO
There is another eatery coming to Winter Park and we are very much excited about its arrival. Brought to us by Fernand DeLeon formerly of the Winter Park Sushi Bar and more recently of the Cosmic Dog breakfast burrito/hot dog cart. The Cosmic Dog Mexican Grill will be located next to Rudi’s Deli in Park Plaza on US Highway 40. Check out their Menu Guide to the right. Great graphics, very Winter Parkish. As you can see the pricing looks very reasonable and we’ve been told it will all be served Chipotle style.
This will be a great addition to the quick serve/fast food options we have here in Winter Park. I took alook in the windows today and construction is coming along. From my judgment I would say they are a couple of weeks away from being open.
The Cosmic Dog Mexican Grill catering will also be available. Not sure if they will have beer/wine liquor license or they will be a straight food only Mexican grill.
Their tag line is We Serve Fresh Mex Fast and we here at Winter Park Lodging Company can not wait to find out. We also would like to to congratulate Cosmic Dog on their new store and wish them much success.
490 Steakhouse & Tavern
There is another new restaurant in Winter Park. The 490 Steakhouse & Tavern up in the Silverado II Resort and Events Center is open for business daily six days a week. They are closed on Tuesdays. Starting November 28th they are also open for weekend brunch buffet from 9AM to Noon.
Here is their business info:
Family friendly restaurant nestled in the pines at the Silverado II Community. Daily specials, happy hour, dine-in/take-out available.
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 3316
Winter Park, CO 80482
Physical Address
490 Kings Crossing Road
Winter Park, CO 80482
Phone
720.810.7547
Email
490steakhouseandtavern@comcast.net
Their menu is a mix of classic tavern fare and steakhouse cuts of meat. They also have a kids menu, pizzas and an all you can eat soup/salad bar. We talked to one of the owners and he said they are pushing their $10.95 steak dinner. This special is offered all nights that they are open.
We have not tried put the 490 Steakhouse & Tavern but we shall sometime this winter and we will let you know what we think of the food.
I have been spending a lot of time up at the resort, getting ready for the onslaught of Winter Park Lodging Company guests this week, so I have not been able to do much blogging but have had a chance to eat at most of the restaurants up in the Winter Park Village.
My first stop was lunch at Cheeky Monk. This is season two for Cheeky Monk and from what I can see they seem to be doing very well. One of our employees works there so I was welcomed with warm arms as I sat at the bar. The bartender got me my water, hey I have to work sometime, and menu quickly. I was really wanting a beer but hard work and self denial won out on this day.
I ordered the soft pretzels for an appetizer and the Monte Cristo for lunch. The pretzels were great and the Monte Cristo was OK. The price of both I thought was a bit high but we are at the base of a ski resort so that can be expected. Service overall was good and conversation with fellow patrons was flowing. The place was doing better business than I expected for the first Monday of ski season with only a few ski runs open.
Overall it was a good lunch and I will return and quaff a few of their fine Belgium brews.
Winter Park, Colorado Breakfast
Now that ski season is upon us I thought that I should start thinking of where to grab a quick bite to eat as we are headed to the Winter Park Resort slopes to make some turns. Winter Park is full of breakfast restaurants from Mikky D’s to a sit down meal at the Rise and Shine Cafe. I thought I would give my five favorite places to grab a quick bite to eat befoere strapping the skiis on. You will notice most of the places below I mention breakfast burritos. I am particularly fond of these concoctions and they are just about perfect for eating quicky. The restuarants are in no particular order as I had a hard enough time coming to just five.
Mountain Rose Cafe: Great breakfast burrito! Friendly service and great bakery items. Sometimes not the quickest place to stop though.
Rudi’s Deli: The Heart Attack Burrito is darn good and big enough to keep you going most of the day on the ski hill. Very quick stop in the morning to get your munchies in. Say hi to Tim the owner and talk some politics.
The Back Bowl Soup Company: Just opened today, opening day of ski season, in the Winter Park village. Hev not had their breakfast yet but after trying their soup I’m sure they will have breakfast burrito to die for. Woody explains that they will make their breakfast burritos to order ala Chipotle style.
Goodys: Winter Park Villages own crepperie. No breakfast burrito but you can get a breakfast crepe. Kinda like a french version of the breakfast burrito, No? Great looking store and very convenient.
McDonald’s: When you’re in a hurry you’re in a hurry. Enough said!
Restaurants | Chris | 
February 14, 2010 3:50 pm | 
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