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Ski Area Food
Is it just me or does all ski area food suck? I'm not talking about
the resort area; I'm talking about the crap they serve at the bottom of the mountain. Now granted I avoid celebrity hot spots like botulism poisoning (hint: celebs carry in their facial skin), but it seems most areas could serve something better than heat-lamp pizza, bland chilli and cold french fries. Last weekend I had re-heated frozen pizza, a small cup of crappy coffee and a granola bar. I held my hands high when the cashier told me it $9.50. Beyond my experience in VT, NY, PA and AZ friends have relayed similar stories from other areas. From my vantage, it looks like a trend. Is it? Jeff |
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"Jeff" wrote in message news:6YKMd.5294$uc.1532@trnddc02... Is it just me or does all ski area food suck? I'm not talking about the resort area; I'm talking about the crap they serve at the bottom of the mountain. Deer Valley has pretty good food. I think that they've raised the quality of surrounding areas too, though I haven't been to those in years. Most of the time I plan on snacking until I get down to the CottonBottom for garlic burgers. Vail has a village at the bottom where you can get everything from the worst to the best food. It doesn't make it worth skiing there though. pigo |
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Jeff wrote:
Is it just me or does all ski area food suck? I'm not talking about the resort area; I'm talking about the crap they serve at the bottom of the mountain. Now granted I avoid celebrity hot spots like botulism poisoning (hint: celebs carry in their facial skin), but it seems most areas could serve something better than heat-lamp pizza, bland chilli and cold french fries. Last weekend I had re-heated frozen pizza, a small cup of crappy coffee and a granola bar. I held my hands high when the cashier told me it $9.50. Beyond my experience in VT, NY, PA and AZ friends have relayed similar stories from other areas. From my vantage, it looks like a trend. Is it? Jeff No trend, just as it's always been. See other recent threads about bringing your own. It's been so bad that Killington has made a concerted effort to fix it. No more heat lamps. All fast foods, like hamburgers, fries, breakfast sandwiches, etc. are cooked to order. It's improved a lot, but it's still not perfect. VtSkier |
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Jeff wrote:
Is it just me or does all ski area food suck? This is an east coast thing. Out west, most major resorts have pretty decent food. The burgers/chicken bar-b-que'd outside is usually excellent. Killington has a decent deli at the bottom of Bear. Some of the other VT mountains have made some strides toward on-hill food improvement but they have a ways to go to catch up to the west. -- I'm Gumby dammit! |
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Jeff wrote:
Is it just me or does all ski area food suck? I'm not talking about the resort area; I'm talking about the crap they serve at the bottom of the mountain. Now granted I avoid celebrity hot spots like botulism poisoning (hint: celebs carry in their facial skin), but it seems most areas could serve something better than heat-lamp pizza, bland chilli and cold french fries. Last weekend I had re-heated frozen pizza, a small cup of crappy coffee and a granola bar. I held my hands high when the cashier told me it $9.50. Beyond my experience in VT, NY, PA and AZ friends have relayed similar stories from other areas. From my vantage, it looks like a trend. Is it? Jeff I've only skied in PA and NH. The best food I've ever had a slopeside lodge is tolerable at best. -- To reply by email remove "_nospam" |
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"Jeff" wrote in message news:6YKMd.5294$uc.1532@trnddc02... Is it just me or does all ski area food suck? I'm not talking about the resort area; I'm talking about the crap they serve at the bottom of the mountain. Now granted I avoid celebrity hot spots like botulism poisoning (hint: celebs carry in their facial skin), but it seems most areas could serve something better than heat-lamp pizza, bland chilli and cold french fries. Last weekend I had re-heated frozen pizza, a small cup of crappy coffee and a granola bar. I held my hands high when the cashier told me it $9.50. Beyond my experience in VT, NY, PA and AZ friends have relayed similar stories from other areas. From my vantage, it looks like a trend. Is it? Deer Valley food is expensive, but worth it. |
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Gumby wrote: Jeff wrote: Is it just me or does all ski area food suck? This is an east coast thing. Out west, most major resorts have pretty decent food. The burgers/chicken bar-b-que'd outside is usually excellent. Killington has a decent deli at the bottom of Bear. Some of the other VT mountains have made some strides toward on-hill food improvement but they have a ways to go to catch up to the west. I like the grill on the backside at Kirkwood. It's in a beautiful location and if it's nice and sunny, it makes for a great place to meet up with friends. Martha |
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"Jeff" wrote in message news:6YKMd.5294$uc.1532@trnddc02... Is it just me or does all ski area food suck? I'm not talking about the resort area; I'm talking about the crap they serve at the bottom of the mountain. Now granted I avoid celebrity hot spots like botulism poisoning (hint: celebs carry in their facial skin), but it seems most areas could serve something better than heat-lamp pizza, bland chilli and cold french fries. Last weekend I had re-heated frozen pizza, a small cup of crappy coffee and a granola bar. I held my hands high when the cashier told me it $9.50. Beyond my experience in VT, NY, PA and AZ friends have relayed similar stories from other areas. From my vantage, it looks like a trend. Is it? Jeff Best on mountain food that I had was at Big Mountain, MT (the summit lodge and lodge at chair 6 which was even better). JQ Dancing on the edge |
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Black Metal Martha wrote:
Gumby wrote: Jeff wrote: Is it just me or does all ski area food suck? This is an east coast thing. Out west, most major resorts have pretty decent food. The burgers/chicken bar-b-que'd outside is usually excellent. Killington has a decent deli at the bottom of Bear. Some of the other VT mountains have made some strides toward on-hill food improvement but they have a ways to go to catch up to the west. I like the grill on the backside at Kirkwood. It's in a beautiful location and if it's nice and sunny, it makes for a great place to meet up with friends. Martha In the spring, my local ski area - Camelback - opens a grill on its deck and they grill to order. It's one of the few good things about warmer weather - okay, the *only* good thing. Normally, I go to the very good brew pub in Tannersville after we leave the mountain. Cheers, Jeff |
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"Jeff" wrote in message news:6YKMd.5294$uc.1532@trnddc02... Is it just me or does all ski area food suck? I'm not talking about the resort area; I'm talking about the crap they serve at the bottom of the mountain. Now granted I avoid celebrity hot spots like botulism poisoning (hint: celebs carry in their facial skin), but it seems most areas could serve something better than heat-lamp pizza, bland chilli and cold french fries. Last weekend I had re-heated frozen pizza, a small cup of crappy coffee and a granola bar. I held my hands high when the cashier told me it $9.50. Beyond my experience in VT, NY, PA and AZ friends have relayed similar stories from other areas. From my vantage, it looks like a trend. Is it? Jeff I think Timberline has the best food I've seen at a northwest typical day lodge setup. For typical food that is. They don't get too fancy. That's the day lodge of course. If you eat in Timberline lodge itself, the food could be called nothing too short of fabulous. I stopped by this area in Canada not so long ago, Whitewater I think? I couldn't believe the menu. It read like a hundred dollar a plate menu. It really was serious gourmet fare. I tried some ordinary stuff. It *was* very good. There's another place, Spout Springs in Oregon. The owners refuse to serve a burger or fry. They have all this buffet with fancy salads and cold cuts, roasts, all kinds of neat food. Good food as well. Spout Springs is a really neat place. It's the same as it was in the sixties, yet it's all cleaned and polished and painted, it's all like brand new. |
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