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Westside Cafe opened on Christmas Eve 2002, started by three Vail locals, Mike, Ryan and Steve, who met working at Sweet Basil. It is a West Vail restaurant through and through: on the North Frontage Road next to the Highline Vail hotel, serving comfort food at breakfast, lunch and dinner with a full bar.

It suits families and groups who want a long menu and a relaxed room, skiers staying in West Vail, and anyone who counts a Bloody Mary as part of breakfast. Evenings bring a bigger dinner menu from Monday to Saturday.

Breakfast

The menu calls its Benedicts the World's Best, and there are eight of them, from the classic with country ham and béarnaise to bison tenderloin, crab cake, chicken and sweet potato waffles, and a maple-glazed pork belly version on a biscuit. Around them sit skillets, huevos rancheros with pork green chili or red elk chili, Cap'n Crunch French toast, gluten-free pancakes and a lighter Health Club section with avocado toast and steel-cut oats.

Lunch and dinner

Lunch and dinner run to burgers (including bison and an open-faced elk chili burger), soups, salads and rice and ramen bowls. At dinner, entrées step up to ribeye, filet mignon, salmon, shrimp scampi, French onion meatloaf and crispy chicken with country gravy.

The bar

The Big Ass Bloodys come in an 18-ounce schooner with house-infused vodka (classic, spicy or bacon), a veggie skewer and a mini beer. Mimosas are poured with Prince de Lise Blanc de Blanc, and there is a barrel-aged Manhattan made with 10th Mountain bourbon, Vail Brewing Company's Gore Creek IPA on draft and a wine list with bottles and glasses. Coffee is a house blend from Vail Mountain Coffee & Tea.

Before you go

It gets busy. At peak times the cafe runs a waitlist through the Yelp app, so you can join the line before you arrive. Larger parties pay an automatic gratuity, the house rules say cash is always preferred, and the owners cater off-site at any time of day. Hours, prices and details are in the FAQ.

Next to Highline Vail

Westside Cafe is independently operated, but Highline Vail, a DoubleTree by Hilton lists it among the hotel's dining options, a few steps from the lobby. The hotel's own restaurants are Pivot62 and Del Toro Mexican Cuisine.

Sources: home, about us, breakfast menu, dinner menu, drinks, Highline Vail. Checked September 23 and 26, 2026.

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2211 N Frontage Rd W Ste 5
Vail, 81657

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About Westside Cafe

Quick answer: Westside Cafe is a restaurant at 2211 N Frontage Rd W Ste 5, Vail, CO 81657. West Vail comfort food since 2002: eight kinds of eggs Benedict, dinner Monday to Saturday and 18-ounce Bloody Marys beside the Highline Vail.

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Westside Cafe opened on Christmas Eve 2002, started by three Vail locals, Mike, Ryan and Steve, who met working at Sweet Basil. It is a West Vail restaurant through and through: on the North Frontage Road next to the Highline Vail hotel, serving comfort food at breakfast, lunch and dinner with a full bar.

It suits families and groups who want a long menu and a relaxed room, skiers staying in West Vail, and anyone who counts a Bloody Mary as part of breakfast. Evenings bring a bigger dinner menu from Monday to Saturday.

Breakfast

The menu calls its Benedicts the World's Best, and there are eight of them, from the classic with country ham and béarnaise to bison tenderloin, crab cake, chicken and sweet potato waffles, and a maple-glazed pork belly version on a biscuit. Around them sit skillets, huevos rancheros with pork green chili or red elk chili, Cap'n Crunch French toast, gluten-free pancakes and a lighter Health Club section with avocado toast and steel-cut oats.

Lunch and dinner

Lunch and dinner run to burgers (including bison and an open-faced elk chili burger), soups, salads and rice and ramen bowls. At dinner, entrées step up to ribeye, filet mignon, salmon, shrimp scampi, French onion meatloaf and crispy chicken with country gravy.

The bar

The Big Ass Bloodys come in an 18-ounce schooner with house-infused vodka (classic, spicy or bacon), a veggie skewer and a mini beer. Mimosas are poured with Prince de Lise Blanc de Blanc, and there is a barrel-aged Manhattan made with 10th Mountain bourbon, Vail Brewing Company's Gore Creek IPA on draft and a wine list with bottles and glasses. Coffee is a house blend from Vail Mountain Coffee & Tea.

Before you go

It gets busy. At peak times the cafe runs a waitlist through the Yelp app, so you can join the line before you arrive. Larger parties pay an automatic gratuity, the house rules say cash is always preferred, and the owners cater off-site at any time of day. Hours, prices and details are in the FAQ.

Next to Highline Vail

Westside Cafe is independently operated, but Highline Vail, a DoubleTree by Hilton lists it among the hotel's dining options, a few steps from the lobby. The hotel's own restaurants are Pivot62 and Del Toro Mexican Cuisine.

Sources: home, about us, breakfast menu, dinner menu, drinks, Highline Vail. Checked September 23 and 26, 2026.

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Neighborhood: West Vail
Cuisine: American / Comfort Food
Service: Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner
Established: 2002
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Business Hours

Closed · Opens 7:30 AM Wed

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Mon–SatClosed
7:30 AM – 9:00 PM
Sun
7:30 AM – 2:30 PM

Amenities at Westside Cafe

  • Full bar
  • Patio/outdoor seating
  • Free parking
  • Takeout
  • Off-site catering
  • Gift cards
  • Highchairs
  • Wheelchair access

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the hours of Westside Cafe, and is it open in the off-season?
Daytime service runs daily from 7:30 a.m. (not 7 a.m.; the 7 a.m. figure on other listings is a copied error, and Google's own panel says 7:30). In the regular pattern daytime ends at 2:30 p.m., with evening service Monday to Saturday from 2:30 to 9 p.m.; Sunday is daytime only. In the published off-season window (Thursday, October 22 to Monday, December 14, 2026) the split moves to 3 p.m.: daytime daily 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., evenings Monday to Saturday 3 to 9 p.m. Inside that window, dinner is closed from Sunday, November 1 to Sunday, November 15, 2026, the cafe is closed all day on Tuesday, November 3 and Wednesday, November 4, and dinner reopens Monday, November 16. Shoulder-season closures are announced in the footer of westsidecafe.net, so check there before an April, May, October, or November visit, because listings keep showing normal hours while service is reduced or closed.
How late does Westside Cafe serve breakfast?
The cafe does not publish a breakfast cutoff time, on its menus or anywhere else, so be wary of any listing that prints one (an old profile's 11 a.m. is stale). What the official site does publish is the shape of the day: breakfast sits inside daytime service, which runs daily from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (3 p.m. in the off-season window), with lunch alongside it. If breakfast is the point of the trip, arrive in the morning or call (970) 476-7890 and ask for that day's cutoff before you drive over.
What should I order at Westside Cafe?
Start with the Benedicts, which the menu itself heads "The World's Best": eight of them, from the Classic with country ham ($19.95) to the Bison Tenderloin ($24.95), the Crab Cake ($21.95), and The Sticky Pig, maple-glazed pork belly on a biscuit ($21.95). Add a Big Ass Bloody ($16.95): an 18-ounce schooner of house-infused vodka (House, Spicy, or Bacon) with a veggie skewer and a mini beer, the drink the cafe is known for across Vail. Beyond breakfast, order the Cap'n Crunch French Toast ($15.95), the huevos rancheros with pork green chili or red elk chili ($19.95), the Bison Burger ($20.95) or open-faced Elk Chili Burger ($21.95) at lunch, and the French Onion Meatloaf ($27.95) or the $44.95 ribeye or filet at dinner. Full menus with prices are at westsidecafe.net (breakfast, lunch, and dinner pages).
What do reviews say about Westside Cafe?
Reviews are strong and unusually consistent for a casual cafe. Google rates Westside Cafe & Market 4.4 out of 5 from 1,684 reviews (October 2026); TripAdvisor rates it 4.5 from about 1,212 reviews and ranks it #3 of 89 restaurants in Vail. Diners praise the Benedict range above all, the Big Ass Bloody Marys, the Cap'n Crunch French Toast, friendly service, large portions, the patio, and the free parking right outside. The recurring criticisms are service that runs hit-and-miss at peak, Vail-level prices for a casual room, and takeout accuracy, which management publicly acknowledged after a December 2025 complaint.
Does Westside Cafe take reservations?
No. Westside Cafe does not take book-ahead reservations; it is a walk-in cafe. At busy times it runs a waitlist through the Yelp app (its earlier NoWait system is the same mechanism under its old name): the app quotes a wait time, lets you join the line before you arrive, and texts you when your table is ready. Ignore the OpenTable profile that still ranks for this name: its reviews end in 2014 and it takes no bookings ("contact them directly"). For catering, which is a separate phone-booked service, call (970) 476-7890.
Is Westside Cafe part of the Highline Vail hotel?
No, not part of it, and not its breakfast service. Westside Cafe is an independently operated restaurant at 2211 North Frontage Road West, Suite 5, a few steps from the Highline Vail (DoubleTree by Hilton) lobby, and the hotel lists it among its dining options alongside its own restaurants, Pivot62 and Del Toro Mexican Cuisine. Sharing the hotel's street address is the whole connection: the cafe keeps its own hours (call the cafe itself at (970) 476-7890, not the hotel front desk), takes no hotel bookings, and serves hotel guests and locals on the same walk-in terms.
What does a meal cost at Westside Cafe?
Breakfast plates run $13.95 to $24.95, most of them $14.95 to $21.95 (Local Special $17.95, Classic Benedict $19.95, Bison Tenderloin Benedict $24.95), with coffee at $3.95 and Big Ass Bloody Marys at $16.95. Lunch runs $12.95 to $13.95 for soups, $13.95 for salads, $19.95 to $21.95 for burgers, $18.95 to $20.95 for sandwiches, and $25.95 to $26.95 for bowls and entrées. Dinner entrées run $26.95 (Grandma's Crispy Chicken) to $44.95 (ribeye, filet mignon), with shrimp scampi $29.95, grilled salmon $34.95, and desserts $9.95. That is moderate for Vail at breakfast and lunch; Google's "moderate" label fits, TripAdvisor's $$-$$$ spans the dinner steaks, and an old "$30 and under" label describes lunch only. Note the house rules: a 22% gratuity is added for parties of five or more, and cash is preferred (cards are accepted).
Where do I park for Westside Cafe, and is there outdoor seating?
Parking is the easy part of this restaurant: free parking directly in front of the cafe, at no charge, with more off-street parking alongside (the practical opposite of Vail Village). The cafe is on the North Frontage Road at I-70 Exit 173, a drive or a Town of Vail / ECO bus ride from Vail Village; a step-free ramp serves the entrance. Yes, there is outdoor seating: a large patio with mountain views, repeatedly singled out in recent reviews (most recently September 2026). The cafe's own site does not describe the patio, so treat its availability as seasonal and weather-dependent, and note it runs on the same walk-in and Yelp-waitlist model as the dining room; the hotel's guest shuttle is for hotel guests and is not a way to reach the cafe.
Are there gluten-free and vegetarian options?
Yes, and breakfast is where they are strongest: the breakfast menu marks gluten-free Benedicts, offers gluten-free pancakes and has vegetarian dishes such as avocado toast and berry oatmeal.
Does Westside Cafe cater?
Yes, off-site and at any time of day. Catering is booked by phone at (970) 476-7890.

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