Crested Butte Restaurants & Bars
Rafters is central to Mount Crested Butte’s après ski, which runs for a couple of hours before people head for town.Live music and wet T-shirt contests are among the highlights, the later not being to everyone’s taste. The Avalanche and a handful of other bars are quieter options. Several bars in town feature live music, including Talk of the Town, the Eldo, the Idle Spur, The Black Whale, and Kochevar’s.
There are ten restaurants in Mount Crested Butte and many more in town; several double as bars and music venues. The minimum age for drinking alcohol is 21 but children may accompany their parents in bars and restaurants serving alcohol. The best restaurants are in town, where you can find something to suit most tastes. Le Bosquet, and Soupçon for French food, Italian at the Bacchanale, and excellent game at the Buffalo Grille. Just wander down Elk Avenue to pick from a dozen more-in Crested Butte you’ll probably run out of skiing before you run out of eating options.