Cafes near Mesa Verde National Park

“Staff was super nice. They had five people kolln sick so they were very few waiters. Trying to serve the entire fully booked restaurant. Food came a little slow, but that’s to be expected with the massive understaffing. Our waiter was very polite. Food was OK a little bit dry but kind of what we were expecting. The short rib quesadilla was delicious. The cauliflower was OK. Wish it had more cheese. They were out of the beef short ribs, but were substituting pork spareribs, which were decent but a little dry and really hard to eat because they weren’t separated so you basically had to try to cut them yourself or just eat off of the whole rib, which was really messy chicken was a little dry, kids burger was a little dry as well.“

“Great food, great view. I can’t remember the exact name, maybe Mesa Verde Taco or something like that. It’s their version of an Indian Taco with fry bread. Very good! Lots of tables and wide open space between the cafe and gift shop.“

“Wait? This is rated $$-$$$? In whose book? The most expensive breakfast was an all-you-can-eat pancakes+scrambled eggs+breakfast meat for $10.95 which was large enough that we never got any more of the all-you-can-eat. The food comes out quickly enough. The coffee is good enough. If I have a beef, its that it is outside and when the temperature is 40 degress out, that's brisk. But this is a fine little breakfast spot.“