Colorado Eats · Vail, Colorado
Vail ski town dining, green chile and brewpub, and more
In and around Vail: 1 green chile spot, 1 brewpub, 2 MICHELIN or James Beard honorees, 8 ski-town restaurants and 2 game and steak places. The green chile, ski-town and game and steak lists were hand-checked in fall 2026 against 2025–26 sources. Brewpubs come from the state's Brew Pub and Distillery Pub license list of September 24, 2026. Colorado Eats knows 93 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Vail: search them on the web, or sort them by distance in the app.
Green chile in and near Vail
Vail itself first, then places within 12 miles by distance, hand-checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. Statewide: 46 Colorado green chile spots.
Fiesta's Cafe & Cantina
57 Edwards Access Rd, Edwards · 12 mi from Vail
Green chile On the menu: pork green chile, smothered burritos, stuffed sopapilla, chile rellenos, green chile plate
Family New Mexican cafe in Edwards that smothers its burritos, sopapillas and chicken-fried steak in pork green chile made with Colorado-grown chiles.
Vail ski town dining
Vail itself first, then places within 8 miles by distance, hand-checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. Seasonal places are marked. Statewide: 46 Colorado ski town restaurants.
Osaki's
100 E Meadow Dr #14, Vail
MICHELIN Recommended
Pepi's Restaurant & Bar
231 Gore Creek Dr, Vail
Game & steak On the menu: wild game dinners (Antlers Room), Austrian dishes · Since 1964 · Season: Antlers Room game dinners run in the winter season
Austrian-style hotel restaurant in Vail Village from the town's first years, with a wood-paneled Antlers Room known for wild game dinners in winter.
Sweet Basil
193 E Gore Creek Dr, Vail
MICHELIN Recommended
Long-running Vail Village restaurant on Gore Creek, open since 1977 and still a fixture of the town's dining scene.
Swiss Chalet
20 Vail Rd, Vail
On the menu: cheese fondue, raclette, schnitzel
Cozy Swiss dining room in Vail Village's Sonnenalp Hotel built around fondue, raclette and schnitzel.
The 10th
Mid-Vail, Top Of Gondola One, Vail Mountain, Vail
On the menu: truffle fries, flatbreads, winter vegetable ratatouille · Season: winter, ski season (lunch); select Sunday brunches in summer
Full-service lunch room at Mid-Vail named for the 10th Mountain Division; lift access required.
Vail Chophouse
675 Lionshead Pl, Vail
Game & steak On the menu: prime steaks, filet and frites, Mountain Burger, lobster mac and cheese
Slopeside steakhouse in Lionshead with an après crowd and live music; a sister room sits in Beaver Creek.
Vin48 Restaurant & Wine Bar
48 E Beaver Creek Blvd, Avon · 8 mi from Vail
On the menu: Colorado bison tartare, wood-fired steaks, meatballs
Locally owned Avon wine bar and restaurant below Beaver Creek, cooking wood-fired steaks and Colorado bison tartare since 2007.
Mirabelle
55 Village Rd, Avon · 8 mi from Vail
MICHELIN Recommended
MICHELIN & James Beard in Vail
Honored by the MICHELIN Guide Colorado 2026 or the James Beard Foundation (2023–26); an honor is a fact, not a score. Statewide: 85 Colorado MICHELIN and James Beard restaurants.
Osaki's
100 E Meadow Dr #14, Vail
MICHELIN Recommended
Sweet Basil
193 E Gore Creek Dr, Vail
MICHELIN Recommended
Long-running Vail Village restaurant on Gore Creek, open since 1977 and still a fixture of the town's dining scene.
Brewpubs in and near Vail
Vail itself first, then places within 8 miles by distance: places with a Colorado Brew Pub or Distillery Pub license on the state's list of September 24, 2026. Statewide: 234 licensed Colorado brewpubs.
Vail Brewing Company
41920 US Highway 6 Unit B2/B3, Avon · 5 mi from Vail
Brewpub
Game & steakhouses near Vail
Vail itself first, then places within 12 miles by distance: bison, elk, trout and steak, hand-checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. Statewide: 37 Colorado game and steak places.
Pepi's Restaurant & Bar
231 Gore Creek Dr, Vail
Game & steak On the menu: wild game dinners (Antlers Room), Austrian dishes · Since 1964 · Season: Antlers Room game dinners run in the winter season
Austrian-style hotel restaurant in Vail Village from the town's first years, with a wood-paneled Antlers Room known for wild game dinners in winter.
Vail Chophouse
675 Lionshead Pl, Vail
Game & steak On the menu: prime steaks, filet and frites, Mountain Burger, lobster mac and cheese
Slopeside steakhouse in Lionshead with an après crowd and live music; a sister room sits in Beaver Creek.
Oldest restaurants in Vail
Opening years at today's address, from the place's own history or a published one, oldest first; the note under each explains its year. Statewide: Colorado's oldest restaurants.
Pepi's Restaurant & Bar
231 Gore Creek Dr, Vail
Game & steak On the menu: wild game dinners (Antlers Room), Austrian dishes · Since 1964 · Season: Antlers Room game dinners run in the winter season
Austrian-style hotel restaurant in Vail Village from the town's first years, with a wood-paneled Antlers Room known for wild game dinners in winter.
Gasthof Gramshammer was established by the Gramshammer family in 1964, in Vail's early years.
What Vail eats
The kinds of places Vail has most of, out of 93, counted from open map listings and Colorado's license records.
| Kind of place | Places |
|---|---|
| Bar & Pub | 20 |
| Coffee & Café | 9 |
| Mexican | 6 |
| Japanese & Sushi | 6 |
| Pizza | 5 |
| German & European | 5 |
| Steakhouse | 4 |
| Italian | 3 |
| Breakfast & Diner | 3 |
| Bakery & Sweets | 3 |