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Vendetta's has been on Bridge Street since 1983, family owned the whole time, which makes it a fixture in the middle of Vail Village. It is two things at once: an Italian restaurant with a candlelit dining room, and a pizza bar with a double-sided bar that the family calls legendary for après.

It suits families and groups who want a relaxed Italian dinner, skiers who want a slice at lunch, and anyone looking for food after most village kitchens have closed. It is casual fine dining without the formality.

The menu

Dinner runs from focaccia, burrata and calamari to pastas such as pappardelle Bolognese, cacio e pepe limone and lasagna, then chicken parmigiana, saltimbocca, branzino and a New York strip. Lunch is lighter, with salads, sandwiches, wings and chicken tenders, and there is a separate off-season menu.

Pizza by the slice

The pizza bar sells whole 12- and 18-inch pies and slices. The house combinations have local names: Popeye's Passion, Snow Pig, Jack Attack, Billy Bob's Brain, and a white pizza called Willie's White Room. A cheese slice is four dollars, and house slices run up to $5.50.

The bar and late hours

The double-sided bar is the après and late-night side of Vendetta's, and the pizza and bar hours run later than the dining room's. Opening hours shift with the season, so check the FAQ before a late visit.

Reservations and groups

Dinner reservations are seated downstairs in winter, from December to April, and upstairs or on the patio in summer, from June to October. Tables of up to ten can book online; larger parties email the restaurant, and the downstairs dining room handles groups. Reservations are held 15 minutes and come with a time limit, detailed in the FAQ.

Sources: Vendetta's, about, reservations, contact, pizza menu, dinner menu. Checked September 23, 2026.

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291 Bridge St
Vail, 81657

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About Vendetta's Restaurant

Quick answer: Vendetta's Restaurant is a restaurant at 291 Bridge St, Vail, CO 81657. Vendetta's on Bridge Street: family-owned Italian dining, pizza by the slice and a late-night double-sided bar in Vail Village since 1983.

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Vendetta's has been on Bridge Street since 1983, family owned the whole time, which makes it a fixture in the middle of Vail Village. It is two things at once: an Italian restaurant with a candlelit dining room, and a pizza bar with a double-sided bar that the family calls legendary for après.

It suits families and groups who want a relaxed Italian dinner, skiers who want a slice at lunch, and anyone looking for food after most village kitchens have closed. It is casual fine dining without the formality.

The menu

Dinner runs from focaccia, burrata and calamari to pastas such as pappardelle Bolognese, cacio e pepe limone and lasagna, then chicken parmigiana, saltimbocca, branzino and a New York strip. Lunch is lighter, with salads, sandwiches, wings and chicken tenders, and there is a separate off-season menu.

Pizza by the slice

The pizza bar sells whole 12- and 18-inch pies and slices. The house combinations have local names: Popeye's Passion, Snow Pig, Jack Attack, Billy Bob's Brain, and a white pizza called Willie's White Room. A cheese slice is four dollars, and house slices run up to $5.50.

The bar and late hours

The double-sided bar is the après and late-night side of Vendetta's, and the pizza and bar hours run later than the dining room's. Opening hours shift with the season, so check the FAQ before a late visit.

Reservations and groups

Dinner reservations are seated downstairs in winter, from December to April, and upstairs or on the patio in summer, from June to October. Tables of up to ten can book online; larger parties email the restaurant, and the downstairs dining room handles groups. Reservations are held 15 minutes and come with a time limit, detailed in the FAQ.

Sources: Vendetta's, about, reservations, contact, pizza menu, dinner menu. Checked September 23, 2026.

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Neighborhood: Vail Village
Cuisine: Italian / Pizza
Service: Lunch • Dinner
Established: 1983
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Business Hours

Open now · Closes 12:00 AM

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Mon–ThuOpen now
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Fri–Sat
11:00 AM – 1:00 AM
Sun
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM

Amenities at Vendetta's Restaurant

  • Full bar
  • Double-sided bar
  • Patio (including upstairs patio)
  • Late-night service
  • Pizza by the slice
  • Group/private dining room downstairs

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Vendetta's hours, and how late can I get food?
Vendetta's is open daily from 11:00 a.m., closing at midnight Sunday to Thursday and at 1:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. That schedule, from the restaurant's own site header, is the only one to plan around: ignore the 11 p.m. closes some directories print (they repeat a stale record) and any 2 a.m. figure (it survives only in a commented-out draft on the restaurant's contact page). Pizza is served daily from 11 a.m. to close, so a slice at midnight is a real option here when most Vail Village kitchens have shut. Lunch runs from 11 a.m.; dinner reservations seat in the dining room in the evening. Call (970) 476-5070 before a very late visit in the quietest weeks.
Is Vendetta's open in the off-season, or does it close for mud season?
It stays open. Unlike many Vail Village restaurants, Vendetta's publishes no spring or fall closure: between seasons it trades on a dedicated reduced Off Season Menu (the antipasti core, soups and salads, sandwiches, and pasta specialties such as spaghetti marinara and pappardelle Bolognese at lunch-level prices) at the same 11 a.m. opening hours, and Discover Vail's Fall 2026 guide lists it open daily with no closure window while neighbors around it close for weeks. Verified diners were eating there through October 2026. What changes seasonally is the menu and where dinner reservations sit (downstairs December to April, upstairs or on the patio June to October), not whether the doors are open.
How do I make a reservation at Vendetta's?
Book dinner online through OpenTable (the restaurant's own reservations page runs the same booking widget) for up to 10 guests. Know the shape of the house first: the dining room takes reservations, while the pizza bar and much of the restaurant run first come, first served, in the restaurant's own words "mostly a first come, first serve basis". Reservations carry a 15-minute grace period, after which the table is voided, and tables are limited to 1.5 hours for up to four guests and 1.75 hours for five or more; cancel at least 24 hours ahead, and note that multiple bookings are seated as separate reservations. For parties over 10, email [email protected]; the downstairs dining room is the group space. Vendetta's is at 291 Bridge Street in Vail Village: park in the Vail Village parking structure, cross the Covered Bridge, walk through the first intersection, and it is a few steps further on the right.
What should I order at Vendetta's?
Two meals live here. At the pizza bar, order by the slice or share a named house pie: Popeye's Passion (pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, green peppers, onions, black olives), Jack Attack (pepperoni, pepperoncini, garlic, basil), Snow Pig (Canadian bacon, pepperoni, sausage), or the white Willie's White Room; everything is on house-made dough. In the dining room, the center is pasta: pappardelle Bolognese ($22), cacio e pepe limone ($23), lasagna ($25), and the shrimp scampi spaghetti ($28), then secondi such as chicken parmigiana ($29), saltimbocca ($33), and the New York strip Bistecca ($45). Start with the burrata or calamari ($22 to $23). The full menus are at vendettasvail.com.
Can I buy pizza by the slice at Vendetta's, and what does it cost?
Yes, slices are the pizza bar's whole point, served daily from 11 a.m. to close. A cheese slice is $4 and slices of the house combinations are $5 to $5.50 (Popeye's Passion is the $5.50 top). Whole pies come in two sizes: 12-inch at $16 to $22 and 18-inch at $23 to $30, depending on the combination, with extra toppings available. Prices are from the restaurant's own pizza menu and can change; lunch and off-season pasta prices elsewhere on the menu run lower than dinner, but pizza pricing is the same list year-round.
What do reviews say about Vendetta's?
Reviews are mixed-to-warm, and the platform matters, so here they are with their counts. As of October 2026, Google rates Vendetta's 3.9 out of 5 from 1,393 reviews; TripAdvisor 3.9 from 917; Yelp 3.3 from 617; and OpenTable's verified diners, the people who definitely ate there, rate it highest at 4.3 from 73 reviews (food 4.4, value 4.3). Diners praise the pizza above all, the branzino and stuffed shells, the focaccia, the house Chianti, and the value for Vail Village; the recurring criticisms are uneven service in recent years and long waits at peak. Ignore any site showing a 5.0 rating for this restaurant: that figure comes from a stale mirror with a single review behind it.
Does Vendetta's have a happy hour?
No published happy hour exists. The restaurant's own site lists no happy hour, no happy-hour menu, and no discounted après pricing anywhere, so treat any directory claiming one (without times or prices, as they all are) as unverified. Après at Vendetta's is the real thing without the label: the double-sided bar the family calls legendary, a full bar with cocktails, beer, and wine, and pizza by the slice ($4 to $5.50) served until the house closes at midnight, or 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Does Vendetta's have vegetarian or gluten-free options?
Vegetarian, yes, by dish: the Billy Bob's Brain and Willie's White Room pizzas, cheese pizza, spaghetti marinara, fettuccini Alfredo, cacio e pepe limone, the salads, burrata, and focaccia are all meatless on the official menus, and TripAdvisor classifies the restaurant vegetarian friendly. Gluten-free needs the honest version: no dish, crust, or pasta on any official Vendetta's menu is labeled gluten-free, so the "Gluten-free Options" attribute on OpenTable and TripAdvisor overstates what the restaurant publishes. Gluten-free diners do eat there and report accommodations in reviews, but nothing is guaranteed in print; call (970) 476-5070 before booking if gluten is a hard constraint.
Can Vendetta's seat a large group or host a private event?
Yes, downstairs. The official site says the downstairs dining room accommodates groups of any size in a relaxed atmosphere, and press coverage describes it as the private-party space. The booking rules are firm: online reservations stop at 10 guests, so larger parties email [email protected] rather than booking; dinner reservations in winter (December to April) are seated in that downstairs room in any case. A 20% gratuity may be added for groups of six or more. Ignore any site promising a happy-hour or banquet package for groups: none is published.
Is Vendetta's kid friendly?
Yes, with one honest caveat: there is no dedicated children's menu on any of the restaurant's published menus. Families are a core crowd here (OpenTable's diner FAQ calls it family-friendly and TripAdvisor lists highchairs), and the food children actually eat is all on the regular menus: cheese pizza and slices from $4, chicken tenders and fries ($23), spaghetti marinara, and lasagna. The dining room is candlelit but the house framing is "fine dining without the stuffiness", and the pizza bar side is louder and easier with kids; an early seating is the comfortable way to do dinner with small children, given the 1.5-hour table limit.

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