Welcome to Aspen and Snowmass's favorite restaurant - The Woody Creek Tavern,  We are a fun, funky landmark located near both Aspen and Snowmass where locals, visitors and celebrities love to hang out, enjoy fabulous food in a comfortable atmosphere where everyone can let their hair down and have a great time.
 
Originally founded in 1980, the Woody Creek Tavern quickly found itself to be a gathering place for the notorious anti-establishmentarian ism of the Woody Creatures and the legendary Hunter S. Thompson.  Aspen itself may have moved and changed with the times but the Woody Creek Tavern retains that, that makes it so special and so keeps it's place in the hearts of this special community.
 
We that work, play, eat, drink and be merry at the Tavern enthusiastically embrace the colorful history that has made it what it is today.  You too can learn and be a part of that history as you peruse the walls of our restaurant, which are papered with newspaper and magazine articles, photographs and souvenirs depicting events that have occurred over the last three decades,
 
Our menu has been created so that the health conscious and the not so health conscious will be equally satisfied.  You will find delicious homemade cooking made with free- range organic meats and vegetables when ever possible.  On offer are fabulous steaks, burgers, ribs and chicken, the best enchiladas and tamales you will ever taste, our fish is fresh and our sea food line caught.  We promise that our fish tacos will become your firm favorite and bring you back to us time and time again!  We even have vegan tacos, outrageously tasty veggie burgers, freshly prepared salad's, soups and decadent desserts
 
And of course there is the local tonic - our fresh lime juice margaritas made with top shelf Herradurra Blanca 100% Agave.  We have a full bar serving the local Woody Creek beer "Doggy Style Amber" from the Flying Dog Brewery established by our very own George Stranahan, his whisky will also have you hooked from your first sip!
 
So please come and visit us and become part of the uniquely individual Woody Creek Tavern, whether you drive, hike, bike or Harley - we even have a hitching post for those of you that arrive on horse- back.  Take a snow mobile tour, ski our beautiful Rocky Mountains before you arrive or cross- country ski down the bike path.  Your trip will be worth your effort and if you find our margaritas to be as tasty to you as they are to us, we can arrange a taxi ride to take you and your bicycle home.
 
So come check out where Hunter S. Thompson started his day ( at 4 in the afternoon with a Chivas !), see our affidavit on the wall where he declares he will never let off another stink bomb, where Bill Clinton played pool, where Rachel Ray declared our margaritas to be the best she'd had on American soil and also  - so legend has it - a local rancher rode his horse right inside and brazenly ordered drinks for them both!
 
We look forward to seeing you !

Woody Creek Tavern opened in September of 1980. Prior to that, the building housed the Woody Creek Store and the Woody Creek Post Office. When this building was constructed is something of a local mystery. It is known that at one time the Woody Creek Store was a short distance down the river from its present location (where Upper River Road crosses at the old railroad tracks). It is possible that the store existed as early as the late 1800s when silver mining was king in Aspen and ranching and farming were booming in Woody Creek. Around 1948 Virginia and Lee Jones purchased the store and relocated to where it sits now. They also opened the Woody Creek Trailer Park at about the same time... More about Woody Creek Tavern!

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