Restaurants in Sierra Nevadas + Yosemite

Grab a picnic lunch at the Victorian-housed emporium, specializing in fresh salads and sandwiches designed to be packed up and taken into the park.

The sultry lounge has artisanal cocktails (try the Alpine Blood Orange Cosmo), house-made charcuterie, and remarkably good live jazz.

Sit right over the lake and watch the sun set over the bouillabaisse or the sake-steamed clams with cilantro-lime butter.

Little House on the Prairie fans will adore this teahouse, where along with salads and sandwiches you’ll find homemade chicken pot pie.

The loungelike restaurant has creative sushi (halibut tempura with chili aioli), Asian tapas (Vietnamese shaking beef; curry mochiko

Stop in on your way in or out of the park for a French dip sandwich

Start the day with a breakfast burrito.

Housed in a restored 1940’s dining car, the diner serves aptly named Morning Addiction—layers of hash browns, avocado, bacon, and eggs, with a drizzle

Create a picnic basket with prepared salads and sandwiches.

The café’s new chef, Rick Edge, recently created a series of winemaker dinners, pairing bottles from single northern California wineries with dishes l

There’s a good pizza menu in the bar (in summer), and kids are welcome.

Get the “possibly best burger in the world” (according to the menu), which comes with smoked cheddar, skinny onion rings, bacon, and barbecue sauce.

The kitchen serves hearty steaks and pasta.

Stop at the funky restaurant, 25 miles outside the park, for pork loin with adobo sauce and Sierra Nevada on tap.