The Top 35 Places to Eat and Drink Near Iron Mountain Hot Springs
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Rank 1. Woody Creek Tavern
Comfort Food
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Rank 2. Mawa's Kitchen
Contemporary
Tucked into an airport business center, Mawa's Kitchen rewards the search with a sun-lit room of wildflowers and bare tables, plus a breezy terrace. Owner Mawa McQueen brings West African technique to accessible cooking: black-eyed pea hummus with charred vegetables, a boldly spiced seafood gumbo, a cheesecake worth saving room for. The place trades prestige for genuine hospitality and value.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The Best Aspen Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mountain · Mawa McQueen
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Rank 3. Element 47
Contemporary
Element 47 trades Aspen's mining heritage for contemporary refinement, its sleek dining room warmed by fireplace light and anchored by an impressive wine collection. The menu scales from daytime comfort—tortilla soup, salads—to dinner's ambition: lobster, duck, Wellington.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Four Star
- Wine Enthusiast The Wine Restaurant Hall of Fame
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Rank 4. Bosq
Contemporary
In a dimly lit room that feels both withdrawn and welcoming, Chef Barclay Dodge builds a seasonal tasting around foraged ingredients, fermented condiments, and the Colorado pantry, each plate arriving with meticulous attention to source and technique. Even lobster from New England submits to local inflection—grilled over juniper, transformed—in a menu that treats ambition as a form of generosity.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Barclay Dodge
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mountain · C. Barclay Dodge
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Rank 6. Prospect
Mediterranean
Inside the Hotel Jerome, Prospect trades Aspen's stuffiness for a casual, colorful dining room where seasonal cooking built on local sourcing unfolds across three meals. Lumache pasta with pesto and stracciatella arrives alongside Colorado lamb with caponata and babaganoush—Mediterranean inflected, approachable, unburdened by pretense.
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Rank 8. Sant Ambroeus Aspen Restaurant
Milanese Italian
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Rank 10. Duemani
Mediterranean
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Rank 14. Cache Cache
Traditional French
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Rank 15. Las Montañas
Mexican
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Rank 16. Aspen Public House
New American
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Rank 17. Ellina
Italian
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Rank 18. Clark's Oyster Bar
Seafood
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Rank 19. YUKI Aspen
Japanese
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Rank 20. Spring Cafe
Vegetarian
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Rank 21. Wayan
French/Indonesian
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Rank 22. Splendido
Contemporary New American
Chef Brian Ackerman balances refined technique with unpretentious cooking, as in a pomegranate-marinated Colorado lamb that justifies the grand setting. Tableside Dover sole and ethereal soufflés confirm this Vail Valley destination takes craft seriously without pretense.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 12 Best Restaurants in Beaver Creek, Colorado
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Rank 23. Grouse Mountain Grill
Colorado
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Rank 24. Mirabelle
French
In a homesteader's cabin near Beaver Creek, Chef Daniel Joly cooks European comfort with a Belgian accent: lobster bisque, seared foie gras with caramelized peaches, frites with Dijon mayo. The house is his home, which shows in the warmth, and the desserts—roasted apricot posset, hazelnut crumble—demand you arrive hungry.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 12 Best Restaurants in Beaver Creek, Colorado
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Rank 25. Beano's Cabin
Colorado
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Rank 26. Sakaba
Sushi
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