Alpino Vino
Italian$$$$
Order: Charcuterie and wine
The highest restaurant in North America.
Best for: a ski-day lunch · Reserve: book
Gold Hill, Telluride
North America · United States
Where to eat in Telluride
A box canyon mining town with a free gondola: wine at 11,966 feet, a world-champion Detroit-style pizza, a 1978 dive bar and the town's first Michelin listing.
Telluride at a glance
- What to eat
- Detroit-style pizza; Charcuterie at altitude; Colorado lamb; Crêpes; Breakfast burrito.
- When to go
- Best: January–March and December. Also good: June–September. Hardest: April–May and October–November.
- Top tables
- This guide lists 1 award-winning restaurant, starting with The National.
- Where locals eat
- Local favorites off the prestige lists include Alpino Vino, Bon Vivant, Gorrono Ranch and Giuseppe's.
- Markets
- Butcher & Baker.
A ski town
On the mountain, and après
Ski to Alpino Vino, the highest restaurant in North America at 11,966 feet, for a glass and charcuterie by the fire; Bon Vivant at the top of Lift 5 is the French lunch. The free gondola links Mountain Village and town for après.
- Telluride Ski Resort · Alpino Vino, Bon Vivant, Gorrono Ranch, Giuseppe's; the free gondola to town
On the mountain
On-mountain wine hut
Alpino Vino
Order: A glass of wine and the charcuterie
The highest restaurant in North America, an Italian hut by the fire.
On-mountain French
Bon Vivant
Order: Crêpes or a French lunch on the deck
Open-air French lunch on the mountain.
On-mountain saloon
Gorrono Ranch
Order: Lunch on the deck in the sun
A historic ranch on the hill.
2 more on the mountain
On-mountain pizza
Giuseppe's
Order: A slice with the view
The small hut at the top of the Plunge lift.
On-mountain dining room
Allred's
Order: Dinner up the gondola
Dinner at the gondola mid-station, 10,551 feet.
Après
Dive bar
Last Dollar Saloon
Order: A beer
The Buck, open since 1978.
Historic bar
New Sheridan Bar
Order: A whiskey at the old bar
The 1895 bar in the New Sheridan Hotel.
Après bar
Tomboy Tavern
Order: Après at the base
At the foot of the slopes in Mountain Village.
Seen in Telluride.com, where to après
15places in Telluride, ready to save to your trip
9Eat tonightChef's picks, the well-known and the discoveries6Dishes to tryWhere to eat each one, and how to cook it at home
What is in the 15
1 award-winning10 local favorites1 markets9 chef's picks2 breakfast spots4 dish spots
What to eat in Telluride, and where
Each dish comes with the places that do it best. Tap Add to my trip on the ones you want, or find them on the map above.
Detroit-style pizza
Brown Dog's world-champion square pie
The best place to eat it in Telluride
- 1Brown Dog Pizza
Order: The 3-1-3
Won the world title for American pan pizza.
Charcuterie at altitude
Alpino Vino, 11,966 feet
The best place to eat it in Telluride
- 1
Colorado lamb
On the big dinner menus
Where to eat it: we are still verifying the best places for this dish.
Crêpes
Bon Vivant's French lunch on the mountain
The best place to eat it in Telluride
- 1
Breakfast burrito
The ski-town fuel
Where to eat it: we are still verifying the best places for this dish.
Whiskey at the Sheridan
The 1895 bar
The best place to eat it in Telluride
- 1
The most celebrated tables
The top 1 restaurants in Telluride, per 2026.
More award winners
The National
Michelin Recommended (2026)
Telluride's first Michelin listing.
When to go and what is in season
Telluride food calendar: month by month → What is in season, what to eat and the food festivals each month.
JFMAMJJASOND
Peak Jan–Mar, DecShoulder Jun–SepHard Apr–May, Oct–Nov
Why these months
The resort runs late November to early April; summer is festival season.
In season
- Colorado lamb Jan–Mar, Jun–Dec On the big dinner menus.
Closures to plan around
- Mud season: many kitchens close or cut hours from mid-April to late May and from mid-October to Thanksgiving; check before you go.
- Alpino Vino dinner is by snowcat and reservation.
From published guides and tourism boards. Months are our mapping of how guides describe the seasons; 2027 event dates are expected, not confirmed. Prices come from single sources of varying age, so treat them as a rough guide. Compare cities by month
Secret discoveries
Locally loved places that are not on the big prestige lists.
Pizzeria
Brown Dog Pizza
Order: The 3-1-3 Detroit-style pie
Jeff Smokevitch's world-champion squares.
Café
Butcher & Baker
Order: A breakfast sandwich
A café for breakfast and lunch.
Food markets in Telluride
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Awards come from the guides named on each listing (2026). Researched November 7, 2026. Restaurants change; confirm hours, reservations and current stars before you go. Some addresses, phone numbers and websites come from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), so call ahead to confirm. Local favorites are editorial picks, not rankings.
Chef Amazing’s lists for Telluride: where locals eat, new openings, romantic dinners, ice cream, cooking classes and more, each place with what to order. Cooking classes in Telluride: who teaches, what you cook, how long and how to book.
Every place in this guide, A to Z (15)
- 221 South Oak Downtown
- Allred's St. Sophia gondola station
- Alpino Vino Gold Hill, 11,966 ft
- Baked in Telluride Downtown
- Bon Vivant Top of Lift 5
- Brown Dog Pizza Downtown, 110 E Colorado Ave
- Butcher & Baker Downtown
- Giuseppe's Top of Lift 9
- Gorrono Ranch Mid-mountain
- Last Dollar Saloon Downtown
- New Sheridan Bar Downtown
- New Sheridan Chop House Downtown
- The National Downtown
- There Downtown
- Tomboy Tavern Mountain Village
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