Feeling much less sporty, extra scene-y? Take within the views of the Gore and Sawatch ranges with a drink in hand at Vail’s well-known Ice Bar—manufactured from precise snow—which has returned to Eagle’s Nest this season for an Instagram-ready en plein air après arrange replete with signature cocktails, music, and meals, and 4 cozy Snow Bungalows. (The primary Ice Bar, based by early Vail investor Invoice Whiteford, who has been known as “the Baron Munchausen of Vail,” solely operated for a number of weeks in 1963 and marketed crepe Suzette, pizza, pastrami, corn beef, pea soup, milkshakes, and “different goodies.’ It was shut down in 1964 for lack of a liquor license; fortunately, each this and the menu have modified.)

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In Vail Village, the buzzy Mountain Customary aces the entire indulgent gastropub factor with New American classics like crudo, flatbreads, and hearty grilled proteins. For a culinary expertise in lockstep with the environment, Alpenrose provides fondue, rosti, and schnitzel in a setting that harkens almost again to the city’s founding (the restaurant opened its doorways in 1974). Almresi is one other Swiss-focused rustic charmer from the identical group, with all the superb raclette and schweinshaxe that suggests. Cease by Pepi’s Bar on the Gasthof Gramshammer for an Austrian beer below the framed gaze of previous famed patrons. And for these uninterested in wooden paneling and even the mere suggestion of schnapps, Vail Village’s El Segundo has wonderful Mexican meals, in addition to a department of Matsuhisha for sushi and single malts. Looking for one thing lower-key? Bart & Yeti’s in Lionshead is a local-beloved establishment, with the sports activities bar decor and pub grub to match.

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