Eater Vegas - Eater Vegas’s Last-Minute Road Trip GuideThe Las Vegas Restaurant, Bar, and Nightlife Bloghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52682/favicon-32x32.png2023-11-22T14:37:41-08:00http://vegas.eater.com/rss/stream/155597112023-11-22T14:37:41-08:002023-11-22T14:37:41-08:00The 16 Restaurants to Visit on Your Trip to Zion National Park
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<p>From quick breakfast bites before hitting the trail to sunset dinner spots</p> <p id="c4HFu2">In just under three hours you can leave Las Vegas behind and be smack dab in the middle of Utah’s first national park. With a scenic drive that hugs the Virgin River, stunning red sandstone cliffs, and epic hikes that include Angel’s Landing and The Narrows, <a href="https://www.nps.gov/zion/index.htm">Zion National Park</a> has become one of the nation’s most popular parks. Zion experiences all four seasons. Fall foliage can be seen from October until early November, and winter storms can bring snow to the area. </p>
<p id="0yfZK0">When it comes to dining, Springdale, Utah, is the fueling point for everything from quick bites to leisurely meals. And while the Zion Lodge does house two restaurants, Red Rock Grill and Castle Dome Cafe, many of the town’s restaurants straddle the little road leading into the park. Most places in Springdale close early (around 9 p.m.) so plan accordingly. Here’s a look at some of the restaurants to try near Zion National Park. </p>
https://vegas.eater.com/maps/best-restaurants-zion-national-park-springdale-utahRyan Slattery2023-07-13T12:25:24-07:002023-07-13T12:25:24-07:00Where to Dine Near Great Basin National Park in Nevada
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<p>Eat here after hiking to see the ancient bristlecones or stargazing</p> <p id="2Zgbcp">Given that more than 75 percent of the state’s population resides in Las Vegas, Nevada looks a lot less crowded on the other side of the Clark County line. For those craving the kind of stark desert wilderness that only the Silver State can provide, Great Basin National Park is a worthy destination. Located about 300 miles from Las Vegas, the 77,180-acre park features ancient bristlecones, limestone caves, the second-highest mountain in Nevada, the state’s only glacier, and most importantly, solitude. </p>
<p id="5uFPZ7">Sure, there are tons of National Parks within driving distance of Southern Nevada, including <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/maps/essential-restaurants-zion-national-park">Zion National Park</a>, <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/maps/best-restaurants-bars-joshua-tree-national-park">Joshua Tree National Park</a>, <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/2017/9/29/16376218/best-restaurants-death-valley">Death Valley</a>, and <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/maps/restaurants-bryce-canyon-national-park-utah">Bryce Canyon National Park</a>. But Great Basin is unique for its dark skies, just right for viewing the Perseids Meteor Shower every summer. Here is where to catch a bite during your stay. </p>
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https://vegas.eater.com/maps/best-restaurants-great-basin-national-park-baker-ely-nevadaKrista DiamondJanna Karel2023-04-27T12:54:24-07:002023-04-27T12:54:24-07:00The 17 Essential Restaurants in Sedona, Arizona
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<p>Where to find mole-braised short ribs, shrimp and grits, and creekside pork chops in the staggeringly scenic desert destination</p> <p id="a4YPMF">Sedona might be best known for its awe-inspiring red rocks, an abundance of crystal shops, and a plethora of outdoor activities — from the natural water slide at Slide Rock to the daring Devil’s Bridge hike — but it’s also a hotspot for great dining with high-end hotel restaurants, hole-in-the-wall eateries, and of course, all the restaurants that encompass Sedona-based and nationally recognized Dahl Restaurant Group. With so many options, it’s hard to go wrong, but here are our must-try picks from around the town.</p>
<p id="lDJpXh"><em>Health experts consider dining out to be a high-risk activity for the unvaccinated; it may pose a risk for the vaccinated, especially in areas with substantial COVID transmission.</em></p>
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https://vegas.eater.com/maps/best-restaurants-sedona-arizonaJamie Killin2021-05-27T10:00:00-07:002021-05-27T10:00:00-07:00Where to Eat When Visiting Death Valley National Park
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<p>The best restaurants inside and outside the sprawling desert park</p> <p id="ph2rW7">Traveling from Las Vegas to the heart of the Mojave Desert feels like leaving civilization for Mars (there’s a reason why <em>Star Wars</em> was shot in Death Valley). It may only be a two-hour drive from <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/venue/las-vegas">Las Vegas</a>, but Death Valley National Park’s undulating badlands, golden sand dunes, and windswept mountains that soar more than 11,000 feet above the white salt flats below give the 3.4 million-acre park an otherworldly feel. While a trip to the desert wilderness feels far out both literally and figuratively, there’s no need for travelers to subsist on trail mix alone. In true desert oasis fashion, these restaurants in and around Death Valley offer cold beers and hearty meals to the weary desert traveler — and none of them are mirages.</p>
https://vegas.eater.com/maps/best-restaurants-death-valley-national-parkKrista Diamond2021-05-26T05:55:00-07:002021-05-26T05:55:00-07:00A Paradise of Beer (and a Pricey Gallon of Gas) Await at the Hottest Place on Earth
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<p>Panamint Springs Resort offers the only fuel, lodging, and food within the 65-mile-long Panamint Valley. So who ends up there?</p> <div id="Ed1UJX"><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.typekit.net/uxx4pgf.css"></div>
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<p class="p--has-dropcap p-large-text" id="xdpAfJ">There is no easy way to get to <a href="https://www.panamintsprings.com/">Panamint Springs Resort</a>. The route from the east crawls from below sea level to 4,956 feet before plummeting down the side of a mountain. The route from the west twists like a carousel past steep dropoff after steep dropoff. The route from the south washes out with just a whisper of rain. And then there are the dirt roads in — harrowing passes that squeeze through narrow canyons over rocks big enough to gut even high-clearance vehicles. </p>
<p id="sfytEk">When you finally find your way to the remote western edge of Death Valley National Park, where Panamint Springs Resort is located, its mere existence feels like a mistake. There are no power lines stretching across the desert floor. There is no cell phone service. Not to mention, this is the <a href="https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/climate-change-indicators-and-impacts-worsened-2020">hottest place on earth</a>. The resort, a 40-acre, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it blip on the map, offers the only gas, lodging, and food within the 65-mile long Panamint Valley. This otherworldly area, defined by its glowing white playa, star-shaped sand dunes, and lava-colored hills, only officially became a part of Death Valley National Park in 1994 after the signing of the California Desert Protection Act. It is, in this same spirit, something of an afterthought to many Death Valley travelers, who often stick to the more touristy east side of the park where there are ranger stations, boardwalks, hotels with pools, and even a golf course. </p>
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<p id="pWVIxi">So who ends up in the Panamint Valley? In some cases, it’s people looking for off-the-grid adventure. In other cases, it’s lost travelers with near-empty gas tanks. In the case of the latter, the sight of a gas station is welcome. The price of fuel, however, can come as a shock. On a recent day in April, it hovered between $3.50 and $5 a gallon. </p>
<p id="QCqpQL">“It’s a hard environment just to live in, let alone run a business,” says Victoria Harkins, who owns Panamint Springs Resort alongside her parents and five older brothers. According to Harkins, steep gas prices are the result of how difficult it is to get gas brought into the area. “Occasionally you’ll get someone who complains about the price,” she says. “It’s like, I’m sorry, but also do you see where you are? These big tanker trucks have to come down these tiny mountain roads to get to us.”</p>
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<p id="ZvDf43">Another challenge: Panamint Springs Resort generates its own power using a diesel generator. When there is no power, the computer system associated with the gas pumps goes down. The satellite internet, which can be disrupted by weather, also causes problems. “There have been days where we have gas, but people have to wait until the pumps connect with the computer to actually get it,” says Harkins. </p>
<p id="DNJJGx">What Panamint Springs Resort lacks in electricity and internet, it makes up for in beer. That’s another thing that seems impossible about the remote operation: the surprisingly robust craft beer selection. Step inside the small bar and restaurant and you’ll be greeted by a walk-in closet-sized room of coolers. Typically, there are more than 150 beers to choose from, though due to diminished visitation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are currently about 40 — still an impressive amount for the middle of nowhere. Panamint Springs is one of the only places where one can find a number of beers from Indian Wells Brewing Company, a microbrewery in Inyokern, California, that uses water from the same artesian spring that saved the lives of settlers crossing Death Valley during the 1849 gold rush. There are also cocktails, though due to what Harkins calls “a weird alcohol license” (not uncommon in rural Inyo County, where the resort is located), hard liquor can only be served April through December. </p>
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<p id="wBdx8u">On the menu, there are burgers, fish and chips, pizza, fried appetizers, salads, and warm apple pie. Like the beer selection, this has been temporarily pared down during the pandemic. In recent months, Panamint Springs has also experimented with temporarily leasing out its restaurant to the owners of El Mana, a popular Mexican food truck in Lone Pine, California, a small community located 50 miles away at the base of Mt. Whitney. The pop-up serves chilaquiles, tacos, fajitas and carne asada. Given the restaurant’s reputation for burgers (the BBQ bacon cheeseburger topped with craggy onion rings is a favorite among repeat visitors), Panamint Springs plans to make some of these menu items available during the Mexican pop-up.</p>
<p id="6UZh7U">If the unexpectedly large beer selection in the midst of a hot, dusty valley isn’t enough of a treat, there’s also that view. From the porch of Panamint Springs Resort, diners can see clear across the valley to the snow-capped mountains, including Telescope Peak, the park’s highest at 11,049 feet. Palm trees shift in the wind, the sun turns the playa dazzlingly white, and roadrunners hunt for lizards among the creosote and sagebrush. At night, there is nothing but starlight and silence. </p>
<p id="H1uRoL">“The sky is so big,” says Harkins. “And there’s nothing in the way.”</p>
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<p id="eAIo7Z">It feels timeless, perhaps because so little has changed about Panamint Springs Resort in the 84 years it’s been open. Part of the property was built in 1937 by William and Agnes Reid, the latter of whom was the cousin of the famous William “Buffalo Bill” Cody. The Reids opened the property as a restaurant and motel serving miners traveling along one of the original roads in the area. After William Reid died, Agnes continued running the operation until 1959 when she sold it. Over the next few decades, the resort opened and closed intermittently while also expanding to add a gas station, general store, and more lodging, including a campground. In 2006, Victoria Harkins and her family purchased it and moved to Death Valley from San Jose.</p>
<p id="VYQ42P">In addition to the restaurant, motel rooms, campground, gas station, and general store, the purchase also came with the water rights to nearby Darwin Falls. A rare Death Valley sight, the 18-foot waterfall tucked inside a lush canyon is a crucial ingredient in the continued survival of Panamint Springs Resort. “We don’t own Darwin Falls but we own the water that comes out of it,” says Harkins. “That’s the reason why we can be here.” </p>
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<p id="RDaVE5">Much like generating their own power, sourcing water from a desert waterfall comes with its challenges. </p>
<p id="0FDKqf">“My brother and my dad are constantly working on the water line,” says Harkins. “The donkeys like to kick open the pipes and drink the water out of there, and we’ll get people that are camping and they’ll loosen up the couplings to get the water. And then there’s just nature — expansion and contraction. It is always challenging.”</p>
<p id="bu9Lv9">Challenging is a word that comes up a lot when Harkins talks about running Panamint Springs Resort with her family. It is challenging for gas tanker trucks to carry fuel over several dangerous mountain passes. It is challenging to ship fresh ingredients in for the restaurant from 180 miles away in Las Vegas. It is challenging to communicate with motel guests when there’s no cell phone service. Even fixing the occasional broken doorknob is an all-day operation requiring a 70-mile drive to Ridgecrest. And then there’s the extreme heat. Summer days in Death Valley can soar above 120. In 1913, the park recorded the hottest air temperature ever at 134 degrees — recent years have come close to breaking that record. This is the kind of heat that causes jewelry to burn skin, that makes it possible to bake cookies inside a car, that requires travelers heading into the Panamint Valley to turn off their air conditioners so their vehicles don’t overheat.</p>
<p id="DILINA">“Things degrade faster because of so much heat,” says Harkins. “I can put a plastic bag outside for three months in the summer and by the end of the summer, it’s dust. The environment is so harsh. We have to pay attention to our personal belongings, our motel units. Everything needs to be assessed regularly because of the extreme climate and how dry it is.”</p>
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<p id="zVdzcc">In 2020, Panamint Springs Resort was met with an additional challenge: COVID-19. </p>
<p id="WjnhE9">“The pandemic had a big effect on tourism in the park,” says Harkins. “In April of last year, we had to close everything down and pretty much just ran our gas station and campground to keep the lights on.” </p>
<p id="Pa9i8V">In November 2020, a group of self-described “Panamint enthusiasts” took it upon themselves to <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-the-lights-on-at-panamint-springs-resort?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all">start a GoFundMe</a> to help keep the resort afloat; the fundraiser earned $32,653. With restrictions easing up, the restaurant is now open on weekends. The campground and tent cabins are also open, and the general store is open with snacks, camping supplies, and Death Valley souvenirs. In the restaurant, three family members cook and serve food, hoping that tourism will pick back up. Harkins is worried about the warmer months ahead — Death Valley summers are typically some of the busiest months of the year. From June through August, Europeans flock to the park, eager to experience the American West and famously hot desert destination. During non-pandemic summers, the porch at Panamint Springs is reliably filled with German motorcyclists, grinning in the heat and drinking Death Valley Pale Ale. As of spring 2021, tourists do seem to be returning to Death Valley, but the heat-seeking crowds who give Panamint Springs Resort so much of their business may or may not reappear. </p>
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<p id="08lfJP">“We’re just a family trying to keep something going that’s been going for 80 years,” says Harkins. “We’re doing the best we can with the limited resources that we have. I don’t really know if people understand what it means for us to be out here and the trials we have to go through daily just to keep the lights on.”</p>
<p id="dxuZ0K">With all of these obstacles, one might wonder whether it’s worth the trouble of operating a business in the middle of a place like Death Valley. This is a question posed by those who have never been to Panamint Springs Resort, who have never seen the mountains go pink or heard the howls of coyotes, who have never had a beer in the company of strangers on a desert porch after hours of travel with nothing cold to drink. </p>
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<p id="XlIylA">The sunsets are different in Death Valley. The air is clearer, cleaner. As a result of the remoteness, the strangeness of it all, the people are different too. </p>
<p id="jkSrUQ">In the 16 years that her family has owned Panamint Springs Resort, Victoria Harkins spent about seven years waiting tables at the restaurant. She recalls busy nights when there were more visitors than places to sit. Often, people from different countries would crowd around tables together. With nothing but the desert night and each other, they became friends. </p>
<p class="c-end-para" id="UP2qMI">“Total strangers can have organic relationships here,” says Harkins. “Being in Death Valley brings them together. When I think about it now with so much turmoil going on in the world, I try to keep my memory on those moments.”</p>
<p id="DfyRdJ"><a href="https://www.kristamariediamond.com/"><small><em>Krista Diamond</em></small></a><small><em> is a freelance writer based in Las Vegas.</em></small> <a href="http://www.louiievicta.com/foodstyling/n8ibzq8ytyuodtk4isvumdum1xlxzm"><small><em>Louiie Victa</em></small></a><small><em> is a chef, recipe developer, food photographer, and stylist living in Las Vegas.</em></small></p>
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https://vegas.eater.com/22446453/panamint-springs-resort-death-valley-national-park-nevada-craft-beer-gasKrista Diamond2021-05-12T10:00:00-07:002021-05-12T10:00:00-07:00Where to Eat at the Grand Canyon
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<p>From bison short ribs at the North Rim to fry bread tacos at the South Rim, here’s what to eat while you take in the views</p> <p id="BJbHdk">You load up the car, get on the highway, and consume nothing but coffee until you’ve arrived. It’s the Great American Road Trip, and no place embodies the spirit of it quite like the Grand Canyon. The 277-mile-long, 6,093-foot-deep wonder isn’t just <em>a</em> destination, it’s <em>the </em>destination.</p>
<p id="x3wrk3">Visiting the Grand Canyon isn’t just as simple as looking at a map and going. You must first decide which rim: the bustling South Rim with its historic hotels and year-round entry? The remote North Rim with its otherworldly views and seasonal access? Or the touristy West Rim with its glass bridge hovering 4,000 feet above the canyon floor?</p>
<p id="3Wf5HN">Once you decide where you’re going, here’s where you should eat when you get there.</p>
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https://vegas.eater.com/maps/best-restaurants-grand-canyon-arizonaKrista Diamond2021-04-15T13:00:19-07:002021-04-15T13:00:19-07:00Where to Dine Near Bryce Canyon National Park
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<p>Visitors can see the largest collection of hoodoo rock formations in the world and then chow down on cowboy fare</p> <p id="u69U52">Drive 260 miles to the northeast of Las Vegas into Utah for the breathtaking beauty of Bryce Canyon National Park<strong>.</strong> That name is a misnomer; rather than a canyon, the star here is a giant natural amphitheater formed by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Crimson-colored hoodoos, those spire-shaped rock formations, are perfect at sunrise and sunset. In between hiking and setting up the best photos, hunger sets in. Here’s a look at some of the restaurants near the entrance to Bryce Canyon, where visitors can get a caffeine fix, chow down on steaks, or grab a fun cowboy experience filled with country music. </p>
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<p>17 waterfront dining and Boulder City classics await at the National Recreation Area</p> <p id="icG2Qr">When desert dwelling Las Vegans find themselves craving water, the natural instinct is to hop on the highway and make the four-hour drive — well four hours on a good day — to the Pacific Ocean. So many locals and visitors forget that Las Vegas is just moments from the sprawling Lake Mead National Recreation Area where opportunities for swimming, boating, fishing, and even scuba diving abound. </p>
<p id="BGFX4d">The 1.5 million-acre Lake Mead National Recreation Area is situated on the border of Nevada and Arizona and is comprised of both Lake Mead and Lake Mohave (a reservoir along the Colorado River). The bright blue body of water can make for the perfect day trip from the Strip or a weeklong voyage on a houseboat. </p>
<p id="UHG4Up">Here’s where to eat while exploring this oft-overlooked desert oasis. </p>
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<p id="CixjSu">• <a href="https://vegas.eater.com/2017/6/13/15795670/road-trip-las-vegas-restaurants-bars">Where To Eat and Drink on a Road Trip from Las Vegas</a> [ELV]</p>
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