Following the establishment of ski resorts in Aspen Colorado, a number of Aspen Colorado restaurants have popped up. Aspen Colorado restaurants bring a new mountain trend to the cooking and dining in the Aspen area.
These Aspen Colorado restaurants generally embody the spirit of hospitality and elegance that has become famous in the Aspen community and keep people from coming back again and again. It is the high quality service and cuisine of the Aspen Colorado restaurants that stand out as one of Aspen's best known assets.
Below are a few of the most well known Aspen Colorado restaurants that have continually awed visitors for their superbly delicate menus accompanied by the perfect ambiance and service to their customers.
Montagna at The Little Nell
Motagna, is located in The Little Nell Hotel in Aspen Colorado The Motagna has long been thought of as the favorite spot to dine for locals and vacationers alike. This Aspen Colorado restaurant offers contemporary American cooking and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday, where the atmosphere is casual but elegant.
Strategically, Montagna overlooks the Little Nell courtyard and faces a spectacular view of Aspen Mountain. It has a scenic ambience as well as a world famous Rocky Mountain cusine. Montagna offers its guests private dining rooms, patio dining, and even banquet seating.
The Montagna also has a bar that evokes an intimate bistro setting and gets its elegant feel from the white marble tables and rattan furniture. Here guests can savor their drinks or even get a bite to eat. The bar and restaurant boasts a 15,000 bottle private wine cellar so that the visitor can combine the taste of a great wine with their food to create a very special meal.
This Aspen Colorado restaurant is composed of warm and friendly staff that welcomes and makes you feel right at home; always ready to attend you to your every need. The Montagna has received many awards for its cusine and this Aspen Colorado restaurant is the recipient of the Wine Spectator’s Grand Award. Montagna is also available for private events.
The Century Room
The Century Room is the home of Chef George Mahaffey’s masterful culinary creations. The Rocky Mountain cusine is featured amidst a comfortable and elegant setting that is in the center of Aspen Colorado's dining scene. The Century Room maintains a sense of western timelessness that is enjoyed by all its guests.
The specialties of this Aspen Colorado restaurant are a distinctive American cusine that combines all the local and regional influences of the Aspen area. Visitors to Aspen Colorado restaurants welcome the blending of traditions that are carried on by the Century Room.
The mouth watering dishes include the Grilled Rocky Mountain Trout with a warm orzo salad as well as a roasted Colorado Rack of Lamb with fried eggplant Napoleon. It is due to such specialties that The Century Room is noted as one of the award winning restaurants in the Aspen Colorado area.
The Century Room is representative of the classic Western opulence of the Aspen region. Richly decorated in hues of gold and chocolate and adorned with leather and wood furnishings, the Century Room inspires diners with its relaxingly elegant atmosphere. A glowing fire from the majestic hand-carved fireplace illuminates the room's warm interior in winter. Tables are replete with stylish, yet classic sophisticated settings.
Range
Range offers its guests what people refer to as “Food of the New West”. This is due to the fact that Range serves dishes displaying a dazzlingly wide array of culinary riches. These span the range, from Colorado to Baja to Alaska. Visitors will find all their tastes at the Range. From heat and spice cusine form "South of the Border" to pristine seafood of the Great Northwest.
The specialties of this Aspen Colorado restaurant are the "Three Ceviches" with house-made tortilla chips, Campfire Trout, Cedar-Planked Wild Salmon, and the Cowboy Steak, an 18oz bone-in, dry-aged rib eye. This Aspen Colorado restaurant also serves wine which is exclusively comprised of American wines, including the specialties from emerging star winemakers of the Colorado Western Slope wine areas.
Takah Sushi
Not all visitors to Aspen Colorado are looking for restaurants that serve the traditional American and regional foods. So, for over 20 years, Takah Sushi has been the favorite, award winning Japanese restaurant of Aspen Colorado.
This Aspen Colorado restaurant spent all that time located on Hyman Avenue but recently moved its establishment to South Mill near Wagner Park. Takah Sushi is an Aspen restaurant that features a lively and fun sushi bar that delights all its guests. It is noted for seating its customers on a "first-come-first-served" basis.
This Aspen Colorado restaurant offers a phenomenally good sushi and pan-Asian cuisine in a typical Japanese buzzing and cheerful atmosphere. Some visitors find Takah Sushi a bit more pricey than the typical Asian restaurant but the reputation of this Aspen Colorado restaurant and the delight your taste buds feel make it worth the extra cost. This Aspen Colorado restaurant comes highly recommended.
Additional Aspen Colorado Restaurants
Aspen Colorado is noted for a number of fine restaurants where you can find just about any cusine that fits your desires. For information and reviews of other Aspen Colorado restaurants that will meet you dining pleasures, click on the link above.
