This place is phenomenal! If you haven't had breakfast here, you are missing out. Period. I would highly recommend ordering the huevos rancheros. Yum! Our family stopped by on more than one occasion and were impressed with each visit. Besides the huevos rancheros, we also ordered traditional breakfast entrees that were palate pleasing. Our kids ordered pancakes and were very pleased. The pancakes are gigantic!
This is a quaint little restaurant that sits off the beaten path a bit. But not so far off the path that you can't go. We were visiting the area in the summer and were able to eat outside on the front porch. It was an enjoyable experience watching the hummingbirds visit the hanging baskets while sipping on some delicious coffee. I felt like I was visiting a relative's house for breakfast instead of a restaurant. It was great.
Check this place out. You won't regret it. There are plenty of options on the menu to satisfy everyone.
Stopped here while on vacation in Estes Park. The service was great.
The coffee was absolutely delicious, so glad I checked Yelp before heading out to breakfast.
I got the banana pancakes(ordered 2), which are massive and I pretty much ate the equivalent of one. My girlfriend got the huevos rancheros and I'm pretty sure if I'd tried to sneak a taste I would have been stabbed in the hand.
Great cozy place, tucked away in a gorgeous mountain setting. I would recommend this place to anybody and everybody who either lives around the area, or is just visiting.
This place is a destination! Take your sweetheart, take your friends and family and drive on up here for a great meal - homemade everything, jam, biscuits, beans. Huevos, sandwiches, onion rings (!), omelets and their truly famous green chili with pork. Take some of this home with a side of tortillas and you will be so happy later in the day. Bonus is the drive - a gorgeous trip from any angle. I highly recommend this route from Boulder: take Lee Hill drive til it ends at Left Hand Canyon. Take a left. Go up through Ward. Right on Hwy 72. Left on Hwy 7. Left on Main Street through Ferncliff and up to Allenspark. It's also a nice drive from Nederland along Hwy 72, Peak to Peak. Enjoy.
Review Source:Absolutely adorable. This is a tiny, family run (I'm assuming) place that really hits the mark. We stopped here before a hiking trip one morning and it was fabulous! They were busy but still served up our food right away. The food was wholesome, healthy, and well proportioned for the price. The coffee was absolutely out of this world. I enjoyed the cozy feel of this little place--like I was having breakfast at Grandma's mountain cabin. We will definitely be back. (Also, they do take credit cards, for at least a $20 transaction.)
Review Source:Once you've been to the Meadow Mountain Cafe, you'll realize what you've been missing. I would never in a million years have known about this place and now that I've been, it's imprinted itself in my brain as the epitome of the small log cabin cafe hidden in the mountains that I dream about having a great breakfast at.
My father recently retired to Estes Park. Not long after, he discovered this gem of a restaurant. Now it's an annual tradition to go have breakfast there when my sister and I visit. Each year it's a highlight.
Hidden up in the Rocky Mountains in Allenspark, CO (about 15-20 minutes from Estes Park), The Meadow Mountain Cafe is a tiny log cabin built on the side of a mountain. (The gorgeous DRIVE alone to GET there is worth going!) The restaurant is small and consists only of a small dining room. (There's outdoor seating and so i would wager the summer months see a bigger and busier operation.) I'd say the place seats maybe twenty people, thirty max. The cabin is heated by an old iron wood burning stove in the corner. We sat at the table closest to it this year and we all began to disrobe to adjust to the amount of heat it put off. From the kitchen, you can hear the owner/cook rocking out to an oldies radio station while she whips up comfort food's greatest hits. The crowd looks like mostly locals. I mean, if I were a tourist visiting Colorado, I don't think I would have any idea of even HOW to look for a place like this, let alone, find it.
As soon as you sit down, the waitress comes over and makes sure everyone gets a cup of Joe to get the morning started. (Everyone gets a different mug the restaurant either picked up at a flea market or are souvenir's from past adventures.) Then you get to the business at hand; stuffing your face with Rocky Mountain Comfort Food. Each year I get the biscuits and gravy. It's an enormous plate with two home made biscuits split in half and then slathered with the thickest, meatiest, craziest gravy I've ever experienced. The bacon on the side are thick slabs of meat two inches wide and a quarter inch thick.
My sister gets the huevos rancheros, which always look equally amazing. Other favorites include thick blueberry pancakes bursting with fresh blueberries.
Like I said, the menu is full of great looking options ranging from breakfasty stuff to burgers and sandwiches. Unfortunately, since I only visit Colorado once a year or so, I go for my standard. Maybe next year I'll switch it up. In the meantime, I'll periodically dream of that warm little cabin and the amazing food; especially while enduring a cold New York winter!
So...if you find yourself visiting Rocky Mountain National Park or Estes Park... make some time to get up and eat at Meadow Mountain Cafe.
Second time we've been here. Â Judging by the leftovers on the table, the pancakes are really big. Â We had lunch. Â My wife had the salmon burger, which was very good. Our friend had a cheeseburger, which I can't speak for. Â Our other friend and I had the Reuben sandwich. Â Delicious! This is a big sandwich. They toasted the marble swirl bread, piled it with corned beef and sauerkraut. The cheese was a little funny. Â Tasted more like Cheez Whiz, than Swiss. Â Top it all with a Thousand Island-type dressing. Â Added on the onion rings, instead of chips. Â Those were good, too.
Yes, it is cash only, and you go inside to pay. Â We sat on the pleasant patio.
We went here for lunch. Â The restaurant is off the highway and easy to miss, but worth finding. Â One of our party went inside to pay (cash only I believe), but the rest of us sat on the porch and never even went inside. Â An older gentleman on a bike rode up and we struck up a nice conversation with him before and during lunch. Â The tables and picnic tables on the porch encourage you to get to know your neighbor.
The food? Â One side of the menu was breakfast (served all day), and the other side was lunch. Â Two of us had salmon burgers, which were delicious, while the other two had BLT's on that homemade bread everyone keeps writing about. Â Our party raved about it too. Â The cinnamon coffee was a big hit as well.
If you're going for lunch, get there early, and it filled up pretty well by noon.
Small space but AWESOME food. Homemade bread is delicious. I wish I had asked if I could buy a loaf. Â Besides plenty of meat options, there is a vegetarian section which made me very happy. Â No fake meat or anything elaborate, but just good options and great food. I'd definitely go back. Suggestion - make sure you have good directions or navigation - it's a well hidden gem.
Review Source:Excellent home cooked food thats unbeatable for breakfast or lunch. Â Try the blueberry pancakes and you'll be hooked.
Equally popular with the locals and visitors. Â However, its a tiny place and very popular with the church crowd on Sundays (or any time in the tourist season) so don't expect fast food. Â Come relaxed and enjoy the atmosphere.
Loved this place. Fresh, healthy, home-cooked fare off the beaten path. We headed here for a hearty breakfast after a morning ride at the nearby stables.
Cinnamon-scented coffee. Giant fluffy pancakes (hint: order *one* per kid). Yummy omelets. Thick toast made from home-baked bread. Cute decor - have to guess the art glass is from the Estes Park handblown glass place. Eat on the porch if there's a table available.
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