Three restaurant concepts are bringing dinner service and afternoon drinks to mountain resort towns at the peak of Colorado’s winter ski season. The owners of Tavernetta Denver, which Michelin inspectors praised on their Bib Gourmand list last year, opened a new location at the Four Seasons Resort and Residences in Vail. It’s the first venture outside of the Front Range for the Frasca Hospitality Group, which is responsible for five other restaurants including Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder and Sunday Vinyl in Denver. Tavernetta Vail is now open for breakfast and dinner, though après-ski hours for decompressing visitors aren’t scheduled to start until Jan. 9, according to the company. The dinner menu boasts several antipasti and meat dishes, including a duck breast with a huckleberry mostarda condiment, sunchoke and winter chicory ($45) and the Bistecca alla Fiorentina, a 52-ounce porterhouse steak (not priced). There are also fresh-made pastas, such as rigatoni with lamb ragu ($36), risotto made with 24-month aged parmesan cheese ($39), and a linguini with Maine lobster and Calabrian chile peppers ($45). Related Articles Restaurants, Food and Drink | Four suburban Denver breweries that quietly closed in 2024 Restaurants, Food and Drink | New café and wine bar opens in Denver’s Golden Triangle neighborhood Restaurants, Food and Drink | Denver’s biggest food and restaurant trends from 2024 Restaurants, Food and Drink | Pochitos tamale and tortilla spot opening second location next year Restaurants, Food and Drink | Judge blocks franchisor’s effort to close Bruegger’s Bagels near DU Also open in Vail is Avanti Food & Beverage, a food hall with massive footprints in Denver and Boulder. The business and its partners spent $4 million reconstructing the former Larkspur restaurant and event space at 458 Vail Valley Dr. Just this week, Avanti finally announced five original tenants: Powder Crust Pizza, Backyard Burgers, Mediterranean restaurant Boychik, breakfast spot Detoor and Glo Noodle House, Glo’s Denver location, which opened in 2020 at 4450 W. 38th Ave., is also on Michelin’s Bib Gourmand list. In Aspen this month, husband-and-wife duo Cédric and Ochi Vongerichten opened Wayan, the second location of their Michelin-recommended New York City restaurant. The couple’s shareable dishes, which combine their French culinary tradition and Indonesian heritage, include lobster noodles with black pepper butter and Thai basil, crab fried rice, and pandan passionfruit custard. “Ochi, our sons and I have cherished our time skiing in this beautiful mountain town for years, and we’re thrilled to bring a piece of our culinary world to the community that has become like a second home to us,” Cédric Vongerichten said in a statement. Wayan Aspen is located at 614 E. Cooper Ave. and open daily for dinner and après-ski service, the latter from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, In The Know, to get entertainment news sent straight to your inbox.