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Best post-climbing food at popular climbing areas?

La MoMoface · · Arvada, CO · Joined Apr 2008 · Points: 60

Red Rocks - The NY Pizza and Pasta in Summerlin in the Albertson's plaza is pretty legit - cheap, carb full, and the owner was super fussy over the fact we were tired climbers who needed to get out energy back and kept us well fed! Helps it's pretty much the first place you hit on your way out for when you're just goddam starving.

Live Perched · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2016 · Points: 21

Tucson: beef Tamales at Villas Grocery store; Penca, Anello, Seis 

New Paltz: Mountain Brauhaus, Huckleberry something, Nasty Nachos (double beans no meat) at Baccus

Golden: Xicamiti is great during the 20 minutes per week it is open.

Moab: found nothing notable.

Laramie: Alibi Pizza and Bakery

Las Cruces: Adiamo Dog and the place across the street

El Paso: found nothing notable 

Boulder: found nothing notable 

Ft Collins: found nothing notable 

Chattanooga: found nothing notable 

Joshua Tree: Papi and Harriet’s very nice BBQ 

La MoMoface · · Arvada, CO · Joined Apr 2008 · Points: 60
Live Perched wrote:

Tucson: beef Tamales at Villas Grocery store; Penca, Anello, Seis 

New Paltz: Mountain Brauhaus, Huckleberry something, Nasty Nachos (double beans no meat) at Baccus

Golden: Xicamiti is great during the 20 minutes per week it is open.

Moab: found nothing notable. 

Laramie: Alibi Pizza and Bakery

Las Cruces: Adiamo Dog and the place across the street

El Paso: found nothing notable 

Boulder: found nothing notable 

Ft Collins: found nothing notable 

Chattanooga: found nothing notable 

Joshua Tree: Papi and Harriet’s very nice BBQ 

Moab - 98 Center, good pho, and great cocktails. 

Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65
Tomily ma wrote:

Tucson = Taco Bell on Grant rd. 

Taco Hell Bell on a best food list? Are you out of your mind? You need to get out more!

Taco Bell = 27 menu items all made with the same low quality 8 ingredients.

Dan Rapp · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2010 · Points: 0

Exxon gas Lee Vining 

Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65
oldfattradguuy kk wrote:

Gunk’s  burger!

Even better when it wasn't actually on the menu!

Chez Joey was also a great mainstay.  

Rip, the day the pizza died, see below

Of course! If we're going to reminisce.... The Northlight in what is now Rock & Snow. On of the first times in my life when my bar tab exceeded my dinner tab.

Old lady H · · Boise, ID · Joined Aug 2015 · Points: 1,375

City of Rocks, Tracy's in Almo for home made ice cream. 

Home.

Made.

Ice cream.

Best, Helen

oldfattradguuy kk · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 172
oldfattradguuy kk wrote:

Gunk’s  burger!
the old Bavarian in across the way was the 1st bar I’d ever been in, they or the guys I was with had no idea how young I was!

Chez Joey was also a great mainstay.  

Rip, the day the pizza died, see below 



I live in a resort town in Idaho that has more pizza places per capita than any place in NY and the all suck, the land that pizza forgot!  I‘d go to the pawn shop and buy my soul back just to sell it agiain for some of the 1970’s or early 80’s pizza/Italian places in New Paltz!

I did not know the gunks burger was ever on the menu.

budman · · Moab,UT · Joined Mar 2008 · Points: 11
P Degner wrote:

I just got back from a trip to EPC, and my friends and I were talking about the best post-climbing food at various popular climbing areas, based loosely on price, proximity, sense of community, and (of course) deliciousness. 

Top tier:

  • El Portrero Chico: taco stands
  • Red River Gorge: Miguel's pizza

Pretty Good:

  • Boulder: Southern Sun, Indian food
  • Lander: Lander Bar

Meh:

  • RMNP / Estes Park
  • Red Rocks

Any other noteworthy areas with great post-climbing food?

Moab-Milt's for burgers, fries and shakes, Snake Oil for coffee

Red Rocks-Dom DiMarco's for pizza, beer, and other Italian delights, David Wong's Pan Asian on Durango and Cassondra's for the best dam salad on the planet (won't find it on the interweb or any other place), Pop's for steak sandwiches.

Not Not MP Admin · · The OASIS · Joined Nov 2018 · Points: 17
P Degner wrote:

Meh:

  • RMNP / Estes Park
  • Red Rocks

Any other noteworthy areas with great post-climbing food?

Literally all of Vegas at your disposal and it's "meh"? Horrible take

Also some of you people clearly have only ate at Miguel's in the last 7 or 8 years. Miguel's used to be absolutely top tier...sounds like they have gotten rid of the grease and gone commercial in recent years.

Evan Gallegos · · Reading, MA · Joined Aug 2019 · Points: 0
Alan Rubin wrote:

There are an increasing number of decent places for a post-Gunks meal in New Paltz, but closer to the cliffs, Emil’s Brauhaus has a very long tradition of being a climbers’ favorite.

Los Jalapeños is pretty good-

take TAKE · · Mass · Joined Dec 2013 · Points: 191

Tucson - juanitos!

Aaron K · · Western Slope CO · Joined Jun 2022 · Points: 325

In Grand Junction after a long day in the mountains or climbing I like to hit up the drive-thru Mexican restaurant Los Jilbertos for a HUGE carnitas platter. Enough food for lunch the next day too

I'm also partial to the gas station pizza in Silt, CO on the way back from Main Elk

BFK · · TBD · Joined Jan 2009 · Points: 287

This far into the thread and we haven't had a mention of the fish tacos at 'The Mobile' after a day in Tuolumne or the Hulk? (You haven't lived until you've made it to The Mobile 5 minutes before closing after a car-to-car day at the Hulk!)

Steven S · · Columbus, OH · Joined Sep 2019 · Points: 16

The New - Secret Sandwich Society. Looks like they'll finally be opening back up this year after being closed for 2 years due to a fire

JC D · · TN · Joined Aug 2019 · Points: 50

Chattanooga - Southside Pizza is quite good, I like the Firestorm: pepperoni with hot pepper and Mike’s hot honey

Not Not MP Admin · · The OASIS · Joined Nov 2018 · Points: 17
Steven S wrote:

The New - Secret Sandwich Society. Looks like they'll finally be opening back up this year after being closed for 2 years due to a fire

Thank fuckin god. That place was a true gem 

Miss Cat · · Hell · Joined Apr 2017 · Points: 1,607
Dave Cramer wrote:

Sally’s after climbing at West Rock, Connecticut. 

FTFY 

ZT G · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2020 · Points: 50

J Tree- Taco Shop

Vegas- Hex, Herb & rye, chin chin, wahoos...too many to list.

Zion- oscars

Brandt Allen · · Joshua Tree, Cal · Joined Jan 2004 · Points: 220

Joshua Tree just got a new pizza restaurant, Sky High Pie, which is excellent!

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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