Culinary Tourism

Culinary Tourism

Touch, taste, smell, sight and sound ... excite all of your senses when you visit Gunnison-Crested Butte! From the north end of the county in Mt. Crested Butte and Crested Butte and Marble to Almont and the south end of the valley in Gunnison, your expectations will be met if food and drink are high points of your visit.

A delightful gastronomic experience awaits you with more than 80 restaurants in our County ranging in price and selection. Great steaks, sushi, wild fish and game, vegetarian cuisine, tastes from around the world and locally grown Colorado products, including a wide variety of excellent Colorado wines, offer a diverse selection of exquisite options as you create your culinary tour of the Gunnison Valley. You will find family-style dining, bustling atmospheres, intimate settings and the favorite spots of locals, each offering up our usual Western hospitality and superior customer service.
culinary tourism in Gunnison-Crested Butte Colorado, is Pure & Simple

culinary tourism in Gunnison-Crested Butte Colorado, is Pure & Simple

If you like to be more hands on during your culinary experience you won't miss out in Gunnison-Crested Butte. Several local caterers and culinary experts demonstrate individual style in their kitchens, and you're invited to join in on the fun! Slice, dice, learn, laugh and sample unusual and everyday dishes that you can make at home and share new skills and recipes with family and friends. Cooking classes take place throughout the year in several locations around the valley.

Two of the Gunnison-Crested Butte Valley’s most popular chefs offer cooking classes on a regular basis. Mike Busse, proprietor of Garlic Mike’s Italian restaurant, hosts classes at Interiors with Oohs & Aahs’ demonstration kitchen in downtown Gunnison. People also may gather their own group (minimum of 12) to book their own class. To find out more, go to www.garlicmikes.com and call Char at Interiors with Oohs & Aahs, (970) 641-3935.

In downtown Crested Butte, Keely Murphy shows aspiring chefs how to make hearty soups, amazing chocolates, French and Italian cuisine and much more at her catering kitchen. Arrangements Catering & Events offers a schedule of classes and custom classes for groups of eight people. Call (970) 349-0956 or visit www.arrangementsandevents.com.

Catered Meals

If you're traveling with a group and would like a catered meal for 4 or 400, our caterers create magnificent culinary delights of all kinds, bringing them right to your venue, vacation home, cabin or condominium.

Food for Adventure

With many caterers and restaurants offering "meals-to-go," mix and match your food choices, mode of transportation and setting. Hike, horseback ride, raft, canoe, boat, snowshoe or Nordic ski to scenic picnic spots along rivers and lakes, feast in fields of wildflowers or toast on a mountaintop.

Culinary Events

Great food and Colorado's Gunnison-Crested Butte Valley go hand in hand (or hand to mouth!). Not only do Crested Butte, Mt. Crested Butte, Gunnison and Almont have an amazing selection of locally-owned restaurants and catering businesses, the valley has a calendar of culinary events sure to please any food fanatic.

These aren't just any run-of-the-mill gastronomic extravaganzas that run from June to September. Think themed parties in fabulous mountain homes, a Louisiana swamp party, fall festival of beers and chili cook-off, and a wine and food festival.

Farmers' markets at both ends of the valley have become favorite places to shop for fresh regional produce, preserves and baked goods on summer and fall weekends. On Saturdays, June - Oct. the Gunnison Farmers' Market takes place at Virginia and Main Street. On Sundays, June - Oct., the Crested Butte Farmers' Market is held on Elk Avenue between First and Second Streets.

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Cooking Classes

Catered Meals

Food for Adventure

Culinary Events