The Range Food & Drink Hall — Restaurant in Four Corners States

Another top-notch Steamboat spot with lousy reviews that, in my view, are undeserved. Here’s the thing: it’s one thing to give low ratings to a place when there are other outstanding options available, but there simply is not another place with the range (get it!) of this place. We got in on a Thursday and had a terrific lunch on the first floor (lots of service-related griping about the first floor, which wasn’t super quick but there were like 200 skiers trying to order from 5 restaurants at the same point. Again—lower your standards, Steamboat), then came back for lunch on Friday (bomb, ordered the same exact thing [meatball sub]) and went for apres drinks Saturday night. Apres is magic at The Range—the patio is perfectly constructed to give you a view of night skiing, and there was a DJ shouting out everyone’s birthdays (after the first birthday shoutout, a suspicious amount of self-reported birthdays were announced. This didn’t impede my good time, but I could see how more suspicious minds might find fault). Those whose birthdays were announced were hoisted in the sky by surrounding patrons, and I just can’t articulate what a heroic, celebratory vibe this introduced as we all drank away our skiing soreness. They kept tally mark count of all of the shot skis that were ordered, and I’m not convinced that they’d serve you if you ordered a different item. I’m allowed to grant up to 5 stars and I’ll grant them all...

Want a menu? It’s a secret until you can find a table to sit and scan a QR CODE. Or you can stand in a long line while the bartender (who was nice) takes drink orders and fields complaints from people who ordered drinks on the QR code at their table, but never received them only to find out that they had to come up to the bar to get them to show ID.

Thankfully, there was one menu at the bar which I’m including in this review for those of you who like to actually know what your choices are before you make a commitment to wait for a table.

I waited in line so long that I ran out of time to order food, but the tacos on other tables looked promising.

I ordered a small hot chocolate instead, but as soon as I was about to order another one for Friend, I looked at the first one and noticed there was no whip cream, and it looked like watered down mud. So basically you’re getting water and chocolate, but no milk for premium. I politely declined.

I would highly suggest SADDLES over this place. At least there’s a menu at the counter and you can see exactly what they have before you order with an actual person. For the record, there is slim, pickings on the mountain at the base. The Bear used...

We ate lunch here 4 days in a row while skiing and really enjoyed the bright, comfortable atmosphere with views of the plaza and mountain. My son had the pepperoni pizza and I switched back and forth between Ramen and tacos. We found the food to be well prepared and the "order by QR code at your table" process was super easy. The shrimp tacos were my favorite. They are small street taco size but stuffed with lots of shrimp and other toppings. The pizza is thin crust and pretty tasty. The Ramen was also really nice for a warming and hearty mid-day meal. The prices were actually not outrageous for a ski resort, especially given the food quality. We didn't have too much trouble getting tables for 2 any day, even coming around 12:30. I will say, default tip of 25% for fast casual where they just bring your food and clear the table struck me as sort of aggressive but I know it is hard for staff to get by in touristy areas like this, so it is...