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There are plenty of restaurants and diners in Steamboat so I have only listed a few here.

Breakfast

Only a short walk to the Gondola the Gondola Pub & Grill isn't a bad way to start the day. The restaurant is located on a 2nd floor mezzanine and consists of about 12 booths & 6 tables. The 1st floor is the bar area which is quite small with 3 booths and enough standing room for about 20 people. This means that when the place is totally full you can still have a conversation with the person next to you.

The décor is your basic sports theme; there's hockey, baseball & American football memorabilia on the walls, along with some local ski history. However the feature that dominates the room is the full size Gondola car hanging from the roof, complete with skis.

Breakfast is served from 8:00am - 11:00am with the normal fare of eggs & bacon, toast, waffles, pancakes etc. Prices start @ $2.99 for a Fried Egg Sandwich, $4.49 for Breakfast Sandwich (1 egg with cheese on an English Muffin) to $7.79 for the Club Car Breakfast - 2 eggs, ham, bacon, sausage with fries.

Breakfast Sandwich $4.49		Club Car Breakfast $7.79

Dinner

Quite near to the Gondola area is the Tugboat Grill and Pub. Sports bar feel with walls covered in everything from a 2 headed pig, water buffalo to sailfish to all sorts of local skiing memorabilia. The 7 TV's play non-stop sports, it is setup for a live band to play in one corner, and, the bar stretches for almost the full length of the room. Seems to be popular with the locals as there were numerous groups of them holding up the bar.

The menu is what you'd expect from a sports bar;

French fries @ $3.25
Nachos with beef or chicken @ $9.25
12 Burgers: $7-$10
7 Salads: $6-$9
Ribs, pasta, steaks: $11-$21
Onion Rings: $4.25
Chicken Marsala: $13.95
Steak (10oz) & Shrimp: $21.50
 

A good option in downtown Steamboat is the Old Town Pub. This historic building on the corner of 6th and Lincoln was originally built in 1904 by Ernest Campbell as the Albany Hotel. It was one of the area's finest hotels and catered to the upscale Steamboat visitors who arrived by train. As Steamboat Springs prospered and the needs of the town expanded, this two-story Victorian structure was converted to the town's first hospital by Dr. Willett.

The Old Town Pub later became a post office, general store and a movie theatre. It was also a library, a ceramic shop, a barber shop and a radio shop. The Odd Fellows maintained their lodge in the building and the second floor was once used as a dance hall. In 1983 it became the Old Town Pub & Restaurant.

The menu wasn't your typical Pub menu; there was some good variety. The thing we liked best was that the serving sizes were realistic. The American propensity for huge servings that no one could possible eat always amazes me. They seem to equate big dishes with value for money even though in the main they can only eat half the serving?

We shared the 'Fancy Schmancy Platter' as our entree - Coco Shrimp with a sweet chilli sauce, grilled chicken skewers with Thai peanut dipping sauce, apple and brie quesadilla wedges with a berry couli and caprese crostinis - $14.95

For mains we tried the Elk - A grilled 2-bone Rocky Mountain rack of elk, served atop onion and dried cherry marmalade for $25.95, and the Ribs - fall off the bone pork ribs smothered in a homemade sweet and smoky BBQ sauce and slow roasted for $16.95 (1/2 rack).

Elk $25.95		1/2 Rack Ribs $16.95