What is the best place to eat near your favorite climbing area?

Miquel's (Pizza - Ale 8) & Rock House (Burgers & Beer) - Red River Gorge

Rock Shop (Pizza & Beer) - City of Rocks

Food Ranch (Donuts, Homestyle Meals) - Joe's Valley

Secret Sandwich Society, Pies & Pints, Tudors**** - New River Gorge

petzl logic wrote:

Luc514 - how about mouton noir or l'epicurieux at Val D?

Mouton Noir I've had horrendous service waiting on the terrasse to be serve only to be ignored while bathing in a sea of cigarette smoke...

L'épicurieux I haven't tried due to how amazing Baril Roullant, I have to check it out, though a microbrewery tends to tip the scales (along with a hippie waitress with the most amazing smile).

Biedermans Deli after Rumney, 

Deacon Street in N. Conway after basically any and all activities

Scott wrote:

The dude with the food truck that serves pizzas, tacos, margaritas, and also does resoles in El Potrero Chico 

Edguardo's stall. He also sells gear. Food is way way way overpriced, but he's a cool dude, pizza's good, and it's a fun hangout. 

Leo's tacqueria and burrito joint down the street is very good with local prices. 

Common Cafe and Tavern in Rumney. 

Skybridge Station in the Red. 

Moat Mountain in North Conway or Black Mountain Burger if you're over the pass in Lincoln. 

The Brauhaus in the Gunks. 

Dark Horse for any climb near Boulder. Nothin better than greasy burgers and beer after a long day on the rocks.

The Bird in the Tetons. Burgers, wings, and beer - away from the tourists.  They grind their own beef in house.

ASid wrote:

This thread is really speaking to me, so I made us a collaborative Google Maps to try to crowdsource everyone's suggestions into one cohesive map:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KOLR7f7OJz3y-GGu_kpqM0XRIiI&usp=sharing

I think I have the permissions set correctly. You'll need to log into a Gmail account in order to add your own locations, but not to just view.

I'm still categorizing them. But these are everybody's suggestions
(All the +'s are +1's from people)

Yosemite
- El Agave, Oakdale, CA.
- Pizza Deck in the Valley
- The taco truck on the 140 turn off from 70 (the way into the valley). Excellent.
?Super Burrito in Bend. Ever had a burrito wrapped around a chili relleno? OMG!
- ramon's tacos in Merced, on the way to or from the valley toward the Bay Area is not to be missed.

Tuolumne
++++The Whoa Nelly Deli at the Mobil in Lee Vining

Squamish
- Mag's 99, Squamish
- Zephyr Cafe - Sqaumish
- Essence of India and
- the Shady Tree.
- And Backcountry Brewing has good pizza and great beer.
+ Howe Sound Brewery

Leavenworth
South or Munchen Haus
Flying Goat (pizza) in Spokane or South, in Leavenworth.

Bishop
- In Bishop California everyone is crazy for Burger Barn
- and Schat's Bakery
- but in my opinion the real MVP is Petite Pantry. AWESOME and copious amounts of Mexican food, each day has two all you can eat options and Jay or his wife will wrap your leftovers up as a burrito for the next day!
- what used to be "Tacos Illegal" and is now 'Tacos Guadalajara". George does amazing meats. And CHEAP! Only there Th-Sun....:(
++ Mountain Rambler Brewery / Great food and incredible beer.
- Paiute Palace in Bishop. Much better and much cheaper than standard Bishop food. Happy hour 4:30 to 5:30... 1/2 price everything, Drinks and Food

Joshua Tree
++++ Pie for the People outside Joshua Tree
- Las Palmas (mexican), Yucca Valley CA
- Sam's Pizza has amazing Indian food.  Yes, legit, real, Indian from India Indian food.  New owners, old name.
+ (closed??) Crossroads Cafe outside of Joshua Tree
- The best burrito I've ever had came from Crazy Coyote Tacos, about an hour outside of Joshua Tree.  It's in Banning, CA, right off exit 103 on Interstate 10.  Incredible.

Idyllwild
- Idyllwild Brew Pub (new brewery/restaraunt).
- The Lumber Mill for casual but delicious burgers of all types, and for fine Italian dining, Ferro's.
- Anything but Cafe Aroma (terrible service). While the service at Cafe Aroma may not be great, their breakfast is awesome.  Just don't expect to be in and out of there in any timely manner.
- Idyllwild Pizza is my parnter and I's go to.  The pizza a good, and the tap list is great, and they're open late (for those many many times we try to squeeze in one more route before it gets dark... it never works out).

Boulder CO
- Southern Sun - Boulder, CO
- Rio Grande in Boulder... Decent Mexican.. but super awesome margaritas on a rooftop deck overlooking the flatirons.. nuff said
- Half Fast Subs
- Walnut Cafe (Breakfast and Lunch)
- Dark Horse for any climb near Boulder. Nothin better than greasy burgers and beer after a long day on the rocks.

Red River Gorge
++ Miguel's Pizza in the Red River Gorge / atmosphere is the best
- Biscuit World in Grayson KY
- Red River Rock house / a better place to eat then Miguel’s
- Koops @ RRG for the sandwiches.
- Skybridge Station in the Red.

Red Rocks
- Red Rock: Babystacks for breakfast (best pancakes on the planet),
- Red Rock Casino for prime rib (nothing special but close, reasonably priced, and consistent)
+ In n Out Burger on West Sahara. Any All-You-Can-Eat buffets you can find in the casinos
- Sweet tomatoes - healthy buffet salad bar
- mint Indian bistro - amazing Nepalese food
- Grimaldi's Pizzeria in Vegas. A little pricey, but they have the best NY style pizza outside of New York. Supposedly they even have some fancy water filtration system to replicate the water back east.
- Sidestreet Pho and Grill
- Pho Saigon 8 (Spring Mtn/Jones)- best Pho in town as far as I can tell. Legit family joint.
- Pin Kaow (Rainbow/Lake Mead)- a climber favorite- several climber friends always go here when they come to town.
- John Cutter (Charleston/Desert Foothills)- Super close to RR, and every Sunday is 1/2 off steaks.
- Bachi Burger (Sahara/Ft Apache)- good burgers with a modern twist, locally owned and operated.
- Frank & Fina (Flamingo/215)- really good Mexican fare with an awesome ambience. I recommend the mole.
- John Cutter has an amazing half price burger special on Tuesdays.Paymons on Sahara has an incredible selection of food at reasonable prices ,and a discount on Wednesdays. Lazy Dog in Downtown Summerlin is a great place to chill with your crag dog AND human partners after sending.
- Yardhouse. Yes, it is a chain, and it is pricey, but it is close, the food is good, and the beer selection is excellent.

New River Gorge
— Cathedral Cafe only when it rains all day
Hico Exxon on the intersection of route 19 and 60 for good homemade country fare.
++ Tudor's Biscuit World - NRG
Breakfast: Hico Exxon, Tudors
Lunch (packable food): Hico Exxon (roast beef/potroast sandwiches...), pepperoni rolls from any local gas station
Dinner: La Carreta (excellent & CHEAP Mexican joint in Summersville),
+ Secret Sandwich Society (expensive, but great food),
- Burrito Bar (good food, but sporadic service), Gino's (ridiculously cheap, great fresh potato chips/fries. Not the greatest quality otherwise, but beats waiting 1 hour for a seat at P&P)
++ Pies and Pints

MOAB/Indian Creek
Milts Stop and Eat .....    MOAB / IC / Towers (I can burn thru 3 orders of tots and one of their garden burgers faster than I can build an anchor... +1)

Rumney
- Tilt'n Diner for Rumney (to be fair, it's about 30 minutes away, but it's a can't-miss stop on the way home) is really awesome, it's sort of a go-to stop for any outdoor trippers coming down from NH on 93 back to Boston.
- Tilton House of Pizza is also awesome!
+ Biederman's in Plymouth if you're at Rumney.
+ Common Cafe is less than a mile from the Rumney parking lot, at the main intersection of town. The breakfasts are great, and the pizza & live music at the upstairs bar afterwards is always quite satisfying too.
- Deacon Street in N. Conway after basically any and all activities

Smith Rock
- Terrebonne Depot near Smith Rock has a great happy hour.
(Rock City by City of Rocks is also pretty fun, average pizza but great beer selection for the location
- The Lander Bar in Wyoming also)
-  Smith Rock Brewing in Redmond - double the meat in your burger for a $1.50 more and they have onion rings.  Terrebonne Depot does not.

TX: Hueco Tanks
El Pasito (now El Durangito) outside Hueco

Enchanted Rock State Park
- Coopers BBQ for .  Its in Llano, about 20 min away from the park, but on your way back to Austin.
- The Guest Ranch at the Enchanted Tower. Second best green chile burger in New Mexico, and what is more New Mexican than a green chile burger?

Portrero Chico
+++ Edgardo's margarita trailer in El Potrero Chico...not quite food but it should count since it's an institution down there./Edgardo's margaritas area also amazing. Good shot you'll be lit by the time you're leaving the park if you get one
- Faceburger in Hidalgo just outside the Potrero is also pretty high on the list for me. Basically a family making epic (bigger than your face) burgers from their home, serving you in their living room.
- Taco Richards Jr.  on the main road (highway?) in Hidalgo. Doesn't look like much but the tacos are huge, delicious and CHEAP!
- I think the Meat Cage at Potrero Chico is really underrated too. I got a ton of excellent meat and beer for what I think was 5-7 USD. .
- Leo's tacqueria and burrito joint down the street is very good with local prices.

Gunks
+ Bacchus in new paltz is basically my favorite place to eat post climbing. / More beer available than you could ever drink and the pesto gnocchi is freaking bomb!
oh and the mountain harbor deli that is just down the road from the visitor center @ the trapps has delicious breakfast sammys (called "the mountain man").
+ Gunks: Mexicali Blue is good but expensive and slow.
Mexicali is good, but Mexican Kitchen, IMO, is better. It's off the main road, so you're less likely to get stuck waiting an hour and a half for a burrito. The biggest thing Mexicali has is their salsa variety. Mexican Kitchen's owner is a really sweet guy
+  Main Course - Bring your own drink and share a table, great quality food for pretty cheap.
+++ And, of course, if you are a Hans and Fritz guy like me, you have to sample the Mountain Brauhaus -- and the sauerbraten.when you have the $$ and time to wait (or reservations).
- Main Street Bistrot is the place for breakfast with a window seat so you can grab the WiFi from:
- Cafeteria across the road, which has great coffee and a good place to be on a rainy day.
+ Stewart’s / only good for beer runs / Milkshakes / Many a long day has been ended with a satisfied stomach of chili and freshly made milkshakes. I ask that you retract your statement! For nowhere else can you get the most judgemental looks from overbred families and annoyed locals, whilst you walk in with mud-coated legs and overly ripened armpits, and can still pay $10 for a meal for 3 and get it in less time than it takes to pump your gas outside

Eldo
+++ I know many will agree. The breakfast burritos at the gas station on the way into Eldo! (gas is overpriced dope brrito’s though)
Southern Sun for Eldo

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Obed
El Patron for the Obed

KT's Hayloft Saloon in Lolo, Montana.

Fry Bread Tacos (or fry bread with desert toppings, or both!) at the ten sleep brewery on Friday nights

Meers Restaurant for the Wichita Mountains in SW Oklahoma

CJ's, Blue Mountain Bakery and Ozark Café for NW Arkansas.

Solera Brewing - Mt Hood area

Jackson's Corner or Rockin' Dave's  - Bend

For Shelf Road
- El Reynaldo's #3 in the Conoco gas station by the High Country Bank in Canon City. Vegetarians beware you'll probably get meat in your veggie dishes, and lard in your tortillas.
- Pizza Madness for Shelf Rd.

Around Carbondale CO.
-Peppino's Pizza after a day of climbing

Jilbertito's off I-70 just west of Glenwood Springs, CO.  Best place to fuel up for the drive west.

The Press Box in Baraboo, WI just south of Devil's Lake. Average-quality burgers, a wide selection of awesome deep fried appetizers, and an average beer selection. But it's a local joint and the closest of any quality to the crag. Closed on Sundays. There's a bar next door to the Press Box that has a better beer selection, but IIRC no food. Hooties (yes, you read that right), is closer to the crag, but the food is terrible.

For Moore's Wall, Pilot and Sauratown in NC, Mellow Mushroom in Winston-Salem is the go-to for most of us. It's always super busy on weekends, and there are all sorts of great alternate choices right there downtown.

Dalessandro's Steaks - Livezey/Lincoln Dr. in Philly / Chubbys is way better...Dalessandro's is for tourists.

Speedway or PA TPK eastbound rest stop #288 - Mt. Gretna

Tijuana Tacos or Wawa - Haycock

White Elephant - Lorimer Park

Pumphouse right outside of DLSP?
Just before the north gate on the way in from Baraboo. Closest place to the lake with a full bar. Good food too. The guys and the family like it. They have a pool table and live music on the weekends.

Estes Park
+ Ed's Cantina for Estes Park and RMNP
+ Baba's Burgers & Gyros in Estes Park.

Milts, or Fiesta Mexicana in Moab

The Sluice in Stanley (Sawtooths)

Tetons
- Dornan's in Moose (Tetons)
- Chippy's Kitchen in the Tetons, best for rest day as you need to hunt it out and they have limited hours.  but well worth it.
- The Bird in the Tetons. Burgers, wings, and beer - away from the tourists.  They grind their own beef in house.

Oscars in Springdale (Zion)
Cooper's at Enchanted Rock
Ed's Cantina for Estes Park and RMNP

North Shore Cafe in Fawnskin has great burgers close to the Holcomb Pinnacles

TJ's Tacos is the pick for dirtbag climbers at the Riverside Quarry.  If you (like one of my buddies) is too sketched out by the look of the place, the Salted Pig in Riverside is a great GastroPub.

North Conway: MOAT Mountain

Horseshoe Canyon Ranch: Ozark Cafe in Jasper, AR.

T-wall: Urban Stack

Adirondacks ADK / Keen Valley:
++ Noonmark Diner/ Love the Noonmark, despite too many hangover breakfasts there as a teen. Their pie is fantastic. Fries with gravy too.
- Baxter Mountain Inn between Keene and Elizabethtown, great chef and very reasonable.                                          
- Seneca Rocks- Front Porch Restaurant.
- Also Mackville Mart for breakfast and lunch sandwiches.
- ADK Cafe - better quality food than Noonmark diner, bit more expensive too, they only take credit cards.
- Lisa G in Lake Placid - good pub food
- Big Mountain Deli in Lake Placid - Tons of great sandwiches and wraps
- Baxter Mountain Tavern on the 9N near Hurricane Crag - OK pub food

El Farolito Restaurant in El Rito, NM. The place is crowded with trophies for their green chili. Amazing food, great prices, and three generations under one roof. Can't be beat!

+ Lone Pine, CA  Driving up the 395, no better breakfast than Alabama Hills Cafe. Portions big enough to last three meals. I ate that chicken fried steak all day long. Homemade everything! /Agreed! The burger is the size of my face.

+ Farm Burger - Asheville, NC
- Neo Burrito in Asheville.

+ Mountain Burrito in Morganton, NC Morganton has a ton of great food and drink options for how small it is.  
- Wisteria is also really good

Alberto's in SLC

-Tremont Tavern - Chattanooga, near TWall
+ Mojo Burrito

Laurentides in Quebec:
- Baril Roulant hostel & Pub Val-David - Insanely good food with great beer selection, an easy detour when you feel like good food and a great smile.

Lander WY
- Gannett Grill usually gets the climber vote in Lander, WY, but
- Crux Coffee has one of the best sandwiches I've ever had.
- The Middle Fork in Lander has a killer breakfast.

Peace Tree Cafe in Moab.

George's Corner in St. George, UT.

The Holy Grail for Pawtuckaway

Index, WA
- Zeke's
- Or you're being hush-hush about the best bread and bomber Vietnamese food you could walk to....
Also, a certain place does deliver to the campground... Oh, sweet Index.

The Brown Burro Cafe in Fairplay for breakfast before ice climbing at Lincoln Falls.

Coyote Cafe for breakfast sandwich and coffee in Penrose before Shelf, Newlin Creek, Voyager, etc. Also good for an after climb beer on the back patio.

Teds bakery after bouldering Waimea bay. Or surfing anywhere north shore for that matter.

Pizzeria Avanti if in Santa Cruz after CAstle Rock

And Fresco cafe in Santa Barbara right there in 5 points once yer back in town from Gibraltar or the other cragables

Three Rivers CA/Sequoia NP = http://www.sierrasubsandsalads.com/  My favorite sandwich shop ever! Just voted top 100 places to eat in 2017 by Yelp!

SLO/Bishops Peak = http://www.splashcafe.com/pismo-beach.php   (Chowder!)

Bagels Plus in North Conway go on Fri/Sat/Sun morning and order the Matriarch Boissant, croissant/bagel hybrid breakfast sandwich. They open at 6:30am and are one of the earliest opening places to grab food.BP also has a few local guidebooks in the reading corner.

Sedona AZ it's all about the BBQ stand at Oak Creek Brewing Company! (The one in the alley off Yavapai Rd, not the restaurant.) Live music and quality beer. Not many climbers, mostly just Deadheads and hippies!

Texas Hot in Wellsville, NY. We always make sure to stop there after going to Blue Run in Northern PA. They have special chili sauce for the hotdogs and the milkshakes are the absolute move.

Canada:
mouton noir or l'epicurieux at Val David?
- Mouton Noir I've had horrendous service waiting on the terrasse to be serve only to be ignored while bathing in a sea of cigarette smoke...
- L’épicurieux I haven't tried due to how amazing Baril Roullant, I have to check it out, though a microbrewery tends to tip the scales (along with a hippie waitress with the most amazing smile).

Moat Mountain in North Conway or Black Mountain Burger if you're over the pass in Lincoln.

and 

For Vedauwoo (Laramie Wyoming, Cheyenne doesn't have as good of restaurants):

Breakfast:

17th Street Cafe for smothered breakfast burritos.
Coal Creek Coffee for a cappuccino where you order the size based on shots, not volume. Also usually have an eclectic assortment of sweet and savory pastries and quiche.
The Alibi pub, knock you socks off bakery goods - sourdough pastry made in a wood oven.
For Lunch:

The Alibi, again, wood-fired oven-centric "bar" food. Pizza is good, sandwiches made on housemade sourdough, fermented veggie plates, and chicken wings fired in the wood oven.
Crow Bar - "Upscale" bar food, hamburgers and pizza. Varied beer selection, not huge, but pretty quality.
Crow Creek Brewery - Connected to the coffee shop, you can get pizza and "gourmet" hot dogs, but the real reason to have lunch here is that it is the best brewery in town.
For Dinner:

Sweet Melissa's - Vegetarian restaurant and probably the most consistent quality food in Laramie. Bonus is that the Front Street Bar is connect with a varied but not huge beer selection, but they have a decent cocktail menu.
Anong's Thai - Good Thai food, there is also one located in Cheyenne and Rawlins if you are passing through on your way to Lander. The Rawlins location is the best, followed by Laramie, Cheyenne seems to be more Chinese buffet than Thai.
Other contenders are the Library Pub and Brewery and Altitudes Steakhouse and Brewery. The beer at these two places seem to oscillating between really good to fair/disappointing. Oddly, the new and less experienced brewery in town (Coal Creek) is doing beer the best. You could throw Crow Creek Brewery and the Alibi Pub in for dinner, but they turn into loud(er) bars at night. Live outdoor music and the Alibi.

Gunks/New Paltz: Mountain Brauhaus (close to the crag, delish, but pricey.  Good for getting beer quick, though.), Jamaica Choice (so cheap).

North Conway: MOAT mountain, Flatbread Company (both are crowded, but both are worth the wait), 18 Degrees Celcius for the ice cream.

Mobil station in Lee Vining. 

Everyone goes to the Depot,  near Smith Rock, OR, but am going to suggest a little gem about a block away.  A western bar/restaurant call the Pump house.  Reasonably priced,  awesome burgers with a good selection of beer.  The Depot may be equipped with climbing photos and Monkey face t shirts for sale, but it can't beat The Pump house.  Pump house service is way better too.

Whoa, whoa, whoa don't let the breakfast burritos outside Eldorado get buried in this thread. Come on now.

The Rio's roof (Boulder) is a good choice. Lark burger doesn't have the atmosphere, but the burgers are good and the tuna burgers are amazing.

Johnny Ink wrote:

Everyone goes to the Depot,  near Smith Rock, OR, but am going to suggest a little gem about a block away.  A western bar/restaurant call the Pump house.  Reasonably priced,  awesome burgers with a good selection of beer.  The Depot may be equipped with climbing photos and Monkey face t shirts for sale, but it can't beat The Pump house.  Pump house service is way better too.

Johnny Ink is married now and he no longer climbs, his opinion does not count.

Kern river brewery is a must for anybody climbing in that area. And the ponderosa lodge for the needles, dome rock.

New pub in Leavenworth: idyllwild pizza/Blewitt Brewing.  The best pizza in town, and their Crikside IPA will blow you away.  Surpasses Bootjack (Icicle brewing) IMO.  Way less $$$ than South. 

Shut your pie hole Brady

A part of our tradition whenever we go to Leavenworth is to eat here before we leave:

http://www.wokaboutgrill.com/leavenworth/index-leavenworth.html

It is the most delicious and damn cheap (they actually changed the pricing to make it CHEAPER since I started going). 

South is my go to when i leave levvy.  So good.