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⛷️ Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City
10 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 10 Restaurants
✨ Mountain, Après Ski, Family, Unique
The neighboring canyon to Little Cottonwood, home to Brighton and Solitude. Family-friendly skiing, canyon cabins, and a yurt you snowshoe to for dinner.
Known for: Brighton Resort, Solitude Mountain Resort, Silver Fork Lodge, Lake Mary trail
Don't miss: Silver Fork Lodge, Honeycomb Grill, The Yurt at Solitude
💡 Brighton has the cheapest lift tickets near SLC and night skiing on weekends; Solitude is the quieter sister resort.
Top 10 in Big Cottonwood Canyon
1
The Yurt at Solitude
New American
Five-course prix-fixe dinner inside a wood-stove-heated yurt — guests snowshoe in by guide lamp. The most distinctive dining experience in the Wasatch.
88
2
Silver Fork Lodge & Restaurant
American
Year-round canyon cabin between Solitude and Brighton — sourdough pancakes that have been on the griddle here for decades and a dining room that runs breakfast through dinner regar...
85
3
Honeycomb Grill
American
Solitude Village's flagship — handmade pasta, mountain trout, and a serious cocktail program. The grown-up dinner room of Big Cottonwood.
83
4
The Roundhouse at Solitude
Himalayan
Himalayan-inspired on-mountain café at mid-Solitude — butter chicken, daal, and naan at 9,000 ft. Ski-in only, and worth the line.
81
5
Molly Green's
American
Brighton's slopeside bar-and-grill on the upper floor of Brighton Manor — hand-tossed pizza, the pile-driver nachos, and fireside tables that fill the moment the lifts stop spinnin...
81
6
Stone Haus Pizzeria & Creamery
Pizza
Year-round wood-fired pizza and hand-dipped gelato — the one Solitude Village stop that stays open through mud season.
80
7
Snow Blossom Bistro
Asian
Brighton's alpine ramen hideaway off the Crest lift — walk-in or ski-in for steaming bowls at 10,000 ft. The canyon's most surprising on-mountain stop.
80
8
The Thirsty Squirrel
Bar
Solitude's village-level après bar — wings, deep beer list, fireside tables, and the canyon's most consistent lift-off crowd.
79
9
St. Bernard's
American
Solitude's daily breakfast buffet and sandwich-heavy lunch — named for the resort's old rescue-dog mascot and still the fastest way to feed a ski group.
78
10
Alpine Rose
American
Brighton's base cafeteria — breakfast specials, burgers, and a sun deck that does spring cookouts. The backbone feed for night-ski sessions.
76
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